Round Table Schedule:
Monday February 9th - Tuesday February 10th
Monday, February 9
9:30-12:00
Registration and administrative matters
ICT for Science and Research in Developing Countries
Kastler Lecture Hall - AGH
14:00-14:30
Opening Speech : "The Abdus Salam ICTP and ICT for
Development"
K.R. Sreenivasan, Director (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
14:30-15:00
"UNESCO and ICT for Development"
E. Longworth, Director (Information Society Division, UNESCO HQs., Paris, France)
15:00-15:45
Public Lecture : "The ITU/BDT and ICT for Development"
Hamadoun I. Toure', Director (ITU Telecommunication
Development Bureau, Geneva, Switzerland)
15:45-16:15
Coffee Break
16:15-17:00
"Information Technology and Telecommunications Impact on
Developing Countries"
W. Luther (FCC, Washington, USA)
17:00-17:45
Round Table Discussion
Tuesday, February 10
Emerging Radio Technologies for ICT: Projects that have worked
Kastler Lecture Hall - AGH
9:00-9:30
Opening Talk "Digital Radio Communications for Research and
Training in Developing Countries"
ICTP School Directors: S. M. Radicella and R. Struzak
9:40-10:10
"The future of Telecommunications"
R. Saracco (TelecomItalia Lab, Torino, Italy)
10:20-10:50
"The Information and Communication Technologies in Africa"
G. O. Ajayi (NITDA, Abuja, Nigeria)
11:00-11:20
Coffee Break
11:20-11:50
"Wireless Networking in Venezuela"
E. Pietrosemoli (EsLaRed, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida,
Venezuela)
12:00-12:30
"Broadband wireless access solutions as platform to bridge
the digital divide: a real life experience from Africa"
E. Ekuwem (TELEDOM International, Lagos, Nigeria)
12:40-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-14:30
"Laos: the JHAI Computer and Communication System"
V. Dengkayaphichith (JHAI Foundation, Vientiane, Laos)
S. Okay (JHAI Foundation, USA)
A. Longo (JHAI Foundation, USA)
14:40-15:10
"The experience of People First Network at Salomon Islands"
R. Biliki, PFnet Manager (Salomon Islands)
15:20-15:50
"Village Area Networks"
A. A. Hasson, Founder (First Mile Solutions, Cambridge MA, USA)
16:00-16:30
"Model and technologies to build an efficient and scalable broadband data network for rural and growing areas"
A. Borsetti, Agent for Italy (Alvarion, Milano, Italy)
16:40-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-18:30
Open Discussion
19:30
Get Together
Contact us for more info:
Ms. Koutou Mabilo (secretariat)
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