Metrics (U-1)
Moderator: Larry Press, California State University, USA
Speakers:
"My Scale or Your Meter? Evaluating Methods of Measuring the Internet", Giampiero Giacomello, European University Institute, Italy
"Diffusion of the Internet in India", William Foster, Arizona State University, USA
"The GDI Project Metrics", William McHenry, University of Akron, USA
"The Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on Internet Use in South East Asia", Michael Minges, International Telecommunication Union, Switzerland
"Internet Difusion Metrics", Larry Press, California State University, USA
"Internet Metrics: Regional and Sectoral Dimensions", Madan Rao, Consultant and Author, India
Alan Mauldin, TeleGeography, Inc., USA
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The Internet in Development: Four Vital Policies for 2002 (U-2)
Moderator: Royal Colle, Cornell University, USA
Panel Discussion:
"Policies to Promote the Use of the Internet in Developing Countries", Juan Belt, Inter-American Development Bank, Cuba
Royal Colle, Cornell University, USA
"Putting Information Back into the Information Economy", Kenan Jarboe, Athena Alliance, USA
"The Costs and Benefits of ICTs for Direct Poverty Alleviation", Charles Kenny, The World Bank, USA
Colin Maclay, Harvard University, USA
Raul Roman, Cornell University, Spain
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Winning ICT Stories: Lessons Learned from Internet Frontiers (U-3)
Moderator: George Sadowsky, Internews and GIPI, USA
Speakers:
"Marrying Radio with Internet in Nepal", Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, For, Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal
"Connecting India Village by Village", Satyan Mishra, Drishtee, India
Becky Wachera, Wikyo Akala Project/Ecosandals.com, Kenya
"Sole Comfort Dot-Com: Bridging the Global Income Gap Through Hard Work, Quality Sandals, and ICTs", Matthew Meyer, Wikyo Akala Project/Ecosandals.com, Kenya
Kim Lowery, Kabissa - Space for change in Africa "Kabissa - Space for change in Africa"
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Connectivity, Commerce and Cooperation (U-4)
Moderator: Stefaan Verhulst, Markle Foundation, USA
Presenters:
"Connecting Policy to People on the Ground", Teresa Peters, Bridges.org, South Africa
"Democratizing Global e-Commerce", Daniel Salcedo, PEOPLink.org, USA
"Using the Internet to Build South-South Economic Cooperation", Sam Lanfranco, York University & Black Creek Research Foundation, Canada
"Socio-Economic Factors on Internet Use in SE ASIA", Vanessa Gray and Michael Minges, ITU, Switzerland
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Country Mosaics (U-5)
Moderator: Madanmohan Rao, INOMY, India
Speakers:
"Internet Regulations, The Saudi Arabian Experience", Ibraheem Al-Furaih, KACST-Internet Services Unit, Saudi Arabia
"To Internet or not to Internet: The Case of Mozambique", Magda Ismail, Harvard University, USA
"Telecommunications Regulation Impact in Egypt", Mohamed Elnawawy, Telecom Egypt Data, SAE, Egypt
"Pacific Island Regional ICT initiatives", Franck Martin, SOPAC, Fiji
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Poverty Reduction and Development (U-6)
Moderator: TBD
Speakers:
"Is The Internet a Useful Tool for Direct Poverty Alleviation?", Charles Kenny, The World Bank, USA
"ICT for Empowerment and Poverty Reduction in rural India", Simone Cecchini, The World Bank, USA
"Can Information and Communications Technology Applications Contribute to Poverty Reduction? Lessons from Rural India", Simone Cecchini, The World Bank, USA
"IT Outsourcing to the Developing World: The Case of Cambodia", Jeremy Hockenstein, Digital Divide Data, USA
"Democracy and Security Challenges of Internet", Neki Frasheri, Institute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Albania
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Museums and Entrepreneurial Universities (U-7)
Moderator: Teresa Peters, bridges.org, South Africa
Speakers:
"Panoramas: the North American Landscape in Art", Sherwood Dowling, Smithsonian Institution, USA
"Improving lifelong e-learning through University-Industry Cooperation", Jose Silvio, IESALC-UNESCO, Venezuela
"Overcoming the Digital Divide in Education in Uganda", Daniel Stern, Uconnect, Uganda
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Education: Policy Solutions and Workforce Markets (2 Mini-Panels) (U-8)
Moderator: Karen Levitan, Program Officer, FIPSE/Dept.ED, USA
Policy Panelists:
Bruce Chaloux, Southern Regional Education Board, USA
Virginia Moxley, Kansas State University and the Midwest Consortium for Distance Learning, USA
Workforce Panelists:
Randy Lemke, President of International Communications Industry Association, USA
Joanna Kile, College of the Mainland, USA
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Healthcare in the 21st Century (U-9)
Moderator: Harrison "Lee" Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project, USA
Speakers:
"The Online Health Care Revolution: How the Web helps Americans take Better Care of Themselves",
"Exposed Online: Why the new federal health privacy regulation doesn't offer much protection to Internet users.", Harrison "Lee" Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project, USA,
"Findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project", Tobias Rademann, RIT-Consulting + Weiterbildung, Germany, "A Survey of the Current Employment of IT in Medicine and Recommendations for Actions" and Abstract
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2002: The Mobile Internet Unleashed? (U-10)
Moderator: Venilde Jeronimo, Fellow, Center for Internet Studies, University of Washington, USA
Speakers:
Anne Saunders, Vice President, Starbucks Wireless Ventures, USA
Dan Lowden, Vice President, Marketing, Wayport, USA
Arturo Pereyra, General Manager & Founder, WiFi Metro, USA
"NGN & 3G, ETSI Bids for the Future", Tapio Kaijanen, FICOM & ETSI, Finland
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