The OECD organized the following events at the 2009 IGF:
Workshop 95 Expanding access to the Internet and broadband for development
Day 2 - 16 Nov 09:30 to 11:00 in Room 5: Sphinx
The IGF workshop 95, on Expanding access to the Internet and broadband for development, is a follow-up to the OECD/infoDev workshop on ICT for development (www.oecd.org/ict/4d).
Chair: Dimitri Ypsilanti, Head of Information, Communication and Consumer Policy Division, OECD
Keynote Speaker: Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNE Asia
Discussants:
Tim Kelly, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, infoDev - World Bank
Olfat A. Monsef, Vice President of National Telecommunication Regulator, Telecom Services, Egypt
Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) /
Jake Jennings, Executive Director International External and Regulatory Affairs, AT&T.
Background documents:
Policy Coherence in the Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Development - Workshop Summary
How the developing world may participate in the global Internet Economy: Innovation driven by competition, Rohan Samarajiva, 2009
The importance of Internet Access and Openness for a sustainable economic recovery
Day 3 - 17 Nov 09. 9:00 - 10:30, Room 4: Nile Valley
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=533
Speakers and a link to their bio/photos follow:
Background document:
The Role of Communication Infrastructure Investment in Economic Recovery, OECD, 2009
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