Facilitation
Meeting: WSIS Action Line C5
International Telecommunication Union
19 May 2009, 16:00 -
17:30
ITU Headquarters, Room B1
A fundamental role of ITU, following the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the 2006 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is to build confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At the second phase of WSIS in Tunis in 2005, ITU was entrusted to take the lead as the sole facilitator for Action Line C5, 釘uilding confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)?.
This meeting is intended to provide a forum for facilitating discussions on work carried out in the area of Cybersecurity under Action line C5. The meeting will broadly focus on the following themes:
Need for mechanisms for better information sharing
Identifying measures for progress
Fostering global partnerships
We invite contributions from various stakeholders in any of the above themes. You can still send your contributions to Preetam Maloor <preetam.maloor@itu.int>
Moderator: Alexander Ntoko, Head of Corporate Strategy Division, ITU
Confirmed List of Speakers:
Mr Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU
Mr Marco Obiso, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Advisor Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU
Mr Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany
Dr Henning Wegener, Ambassador , World Federation of Scientists, Spain
Mr Mohamed Shihab, Advisor (Technical), Chairman's Office, International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (選MPACT?)
Further information on the activities related to the facilitation of the WSIS Action Line C5 may be found here.
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