Facilitation
Meeting: WSIS Action Line C2 (ICT
Infrastructure)
ITU
20 May 2009,
11:00 - 12:30
ITU Headquarters, Room C2
Pursuant to the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, ITU is playing a facilitating role for the implementation of the WSIS Action Line C2: Information and Communication Infrastructure. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the work carried out in the area of ICT Infrastructure under Action Line C2 and the way forwards.
The meeting will focus on three main aspects:
ICT infrastructure development: Progress and challenges.
Facilitation activities oriented towards WSIS Connectivity Goals.
Way forwards.
We invite contributions from various stakeholders in any of the above themes. You can send the contributions to <maxim.kushtuev@itu.int>. Submitted material will be made available on this web site and will be shortly presented during the first part of the meeting.
Draft Agenda
PROGRAMME - Wednesday, 20 May 2009
11:00 - 12:30
A. Opening remarks
Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development5 Bureau.
H.E. Mr. Hasam Baryalai, Deputy Minister Technical Ministry of Communication& Information Technology Afghanistan
H.E. Mr Abdol Majid Riazi, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr Pavel Sincariuc, Director of Main Directorate of Information Society Development, Ministry of Information Development of Republic of Moldova
B. Presentations
ITU-D's Major Activities Related to Action Line C2 Mr Emamgholi Behdad, Chief of the Projects and Initiatives Department, BDT, ITU
The ITU-T and the Action Line C2 - WSIS Representative of ITU-T
Opening to competition the namespace
infrastructure
Dr. Francis Muguet, KNIS, Research
Group, University of Geneva
C. Round Table discussions on the way forward for implementation of WSIS Action Line C2 (Roadmap)
Moderated by Mr Emamgholi Behdad, Chief of the Projects and Initiatives Department, BDT, ITU
D. Conclusions
Meeting Documentation:
Doc. C2/04/01: ITU-D's Major Activities Related to Action Line C2 (ITU-D)
Doc. C2/04/02: Opening to competition the namespace infrastructure (KNIS, Research Group, UNIGE
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