Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications Technology, is part of a panel of experts that will be discussing about “The vital role played by the public sector in driving the roll-out of networks and services”. This is scheduled to take place at the ITU Telecom World 2011 taking place from the 24th to the 27th of October 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland.
A press statement released recently about the event stated that the action-packed agenda would be focusing on the major global issues reshaping the information and communication technology (ICT) landscape. The event will bring together Heads of State and Government, ICT ministers and regulators, global business leaders and some of the industry’s brightest young innovators for a dynamic series of debates led by some of the industry’s biggest names.
The event will kick off with a Broadband Leadership Summit featuring Heads of State, Heads of Government and ICT ministers, who will join luminaries including Mexico’s Carlos Slim; Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission; Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD; Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO; and many members of the ITU/UNESCO BroadbandCommission for Digital Development.
Internet pioneer, Robert E. Kahn, will join Web 2.0 innovators such as Juliana Rotich, CEO of Ushahidi, an open source project which allows users to crowdsource crisis information via mobile devices, in sessions such as the power of social media and the Internet of the future. Director-General of WIPO, Francis Gurry, will lead another stimulating debate on the evolution of frameworks for intellectual property and convergence of online content.
In the development sphere, a strong mix of speakers like Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund; Doyle Gallegos, Global Practice Leader, Connectivity Infrastructure at the World Bank; and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for the Millennium Development Goals, reinforces the fact that ICT access has become central to development across a whole range of spheres.
Delegate registration is open at http://world2011.itu.int/be-there/register-now. The Forum agenda is online.
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