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GPPS 2011 Program


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Updated: 11/05/2011

Sunday, November 6th 2011

 

TIME

ACTIVITIES

18:00 - 20:00
(2 hr)

Welcome Cocktail

Sponsored by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Republic of Argentina

 

Monday, November 7th 2011

 

TIME

ACTIVITIES

07:00 - 08:00
(1 hr)

Registration

09:00 - 10:00
(1 hr)

Opening Ceremony

Presidium:

  • Dionisio Pérez-Jacome - Minister, Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
  • Emilio González - Constitutional Governor of Jalisco
  • Dan E Khoo - Chairman, WITSA
  • Santiago Gutiérrez - President, CANIETI
  • Octavio Parga - President, CANIETI West Division
  • Jorge Aristóteles - Guadalajara City Major
  • Fernando Guzmán – Government Secretary, Jalisco State Government
  • Alonso Ulloa – Minister of Economic Promotion, Jalisco State Government
  • Juan Alberto González - Chairman, AMITI
  • Amado Espinosa - Chairman, GPPS 2011

10:05 - 10:50
(45 min)

An Interconnected World and The Net Effect

Keynote Address

Speaker: Rich Beyer - Chairman of the Board and CEO, Freescale Semiconductor

10:50 - 11:20
(30 min)

The Digital Age Challenge

Keynote Address

Speaker: Dan E. Khoo - Chairman, WITSA

11:20 - 11:30
(10 min)

Break

11:30 - 13:00
(1 hr 30 min)

Building a thriving ICT Sector

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Som Mittal - President, NASSCOM

Objective: To engage progress countries and economies from around the globe that are leading in the building of thriving ICT sectors. These countries represent proven best practices and lessons learned from actual experiences.

Panelists:

  • Hector Olavarria - Under minister of Communications, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Mohd Badlisham Ghazali - Chief Executive Officer, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) MSC Malaysia Headquarters
  • James Liu - Chairman, Information Service Industry Association of Chinese Taipei  (CISA)

13:00 - 14:00
(1 hr)

Lunch

14:00 - 15:20
(1 hr 20 min)

ICT for Effective and Efficient Public Services

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Cathilea Robinett - Executive Director, Center for Digital Government and Center for Digital Education, US

Objective: To present case studies (success stories) that incorporate the elements necessary to positively affect the quality and accessibility of e - Government Services.

Panelists:

  • Anastacio A. Ramos - Executive Director, International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Verizon Communications
  • Boo-mann Choung - Research Fellow, National Information Society Agency (NIA), Republic of Korea
  • Carlos Viniegra - Electronic Government Unit Director, Mexican Ministry of the Public Administration
  • Jorge Cassino - President, ALETI

15:20 - 16:40
(1 hr 20 min)

Connected Health for Everyone

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Yunkap Kwankam - CEO, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)

Objective:To discuss about institutional strategies which incorporate the elements necessary to improve the delivery and
quality of health care services by incorporating ICT.

Panelists:

  • Ana Estela Haddad - Programs Director and Deputy Secretary of the Secretariat of Labor and Education of Human Health Resources, Ministry of Health, Brazil
  • Carol Hullin – Vice president, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and eHealth Strategy Leader at the WB
  • Igor Rosette - Chief Adviser of the Minister, Mexican Ministry Health
  • Monica Aspe - Cordinator, Information Society and Knowledge, Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
  • Lorely Ambris Irigoyen - Knowledge Management and Communication Advisor, PAHO

16:40 - 17:10
(30 min)

ICT as a Global Differentiator

Jalisco´s Model Presentation

 

Objetive: To present Jalisco's State success story as Mexico´s leading region with the largest digital network and high tech industry in the country.

Francisco Medina - Director, Jalisco State Council of Science and Technology (COECYTJAL), Jalisco State Governmen

 

Connectivity, Digital Inclusion and Applications

Victor Manuel González - Minister, Ministry of Planning, Jalisco State Government

19:30 - 22:30
(3 hr)

Gala Dinner

 

Tuesday, November 8th 2011

 

TIME

ACTIVITIES

08:30 - 09:05
(35 min)

How Innovation Enables Our World

Keynote Address

Speaker: Craig Shank, General Manager, International Government Affairs, Microsoft Corporation

09:05 - 10:30
(1 hr 25 min)

ICT for Innovation and Education

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Julian Seseña - President ROSE Vision, Coordinator European FIRST Project, EU-Latin American technology platforms on Future Internet

Objective: To review the most relevant outcomes of the international iniciatives using ICT to estimulate innovation and deploy new paradigms for education.

Panelists:

  • Bruno Ferrari - Minister, Mexican Ministry of Economy
  • Alonso Ulloa - Ministry of Economic Promotion, State of Jalisco
  • Alessio Hagen - Manager, Business Development Vertical Markets - Education, Dell Mexico
  • Cathilea Robinett - Executive Director, Center for Digital Government and Center for Digital Education, US

10:30 - 11:30
(1 hr)

ICT and Sustainable Economic Growth

Panel Session

 

Moderator: John Higgins - CEO, Intellect, UK

Objective: To discuss the critical role of ICT in enabling sustainable economic development. In addition to the productivity and efficiency gains which ICT has delivered, it also plays a central role in reducing energy consumption; transforming behaviors, developing alternate energy sources and working toward a low-carbon economy.

Panelists:

  • Emma Fryer - Associate Director, Climate Change Porgrammes, Intellect, UK
  • Kevin J. Houston - CEO, Carbon Masters
  • Lorie Wigle - General Manager, Eco - Technology Program, INTEL

11:30 - 13:00
(1 hr 30 min)

Global Institutional Perspective on ICT and the Digital Age

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Santiago Gutiérrez - President, CANIETI

Objective: To learn about the decision making criteria from World Economic Institutions on how to acquire social and economic sustainability through the ICTs.

 

Panelists:

  • Anders Halvorsen - Public Policy Director, WITSA
  • David Olive - Vice President, Policy Development, ICANN
  • Dimitri Ypsilanti - Head of the Information, Communications and Consumer Policy Division - OECD
  • John Wilson - Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group and International Trade, World Bank
  • Lee Tuthill - Senior Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, World Trade Organization

13:00 - 14:00
(1 hr)

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30
(30 min)

Information Privacy

Keynote Address

Speaker: Scott Taylor - Chief Privacy Officer, Hewlett - Packard

14:30 - 15:30
(1 hr)

Protecting Infrastructure and Information

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Andy Purdy - Former Director,  Cyber Security Division - Department of Homeland Security, US and Chief Cybersecurity Strategist - Computer Sciences Corporation.

Objective: To analize the best solutions on how to build confidence in security in the use of ICTs as the platform for the
economic development.

  • David Olive - Vice President, Policy Development, ICANN
  • Gordon Morrison - Director of Defence and Security, Intellect, UK
  • John Suffolk - Global Cyber Security Officer (GCSO), Huawei Technologies

15:30 - 15:45
(15 min)

Break

15:45 - 16:30
(45 min)

Effects of Social Media on Governments and Society

Panel Session

 

Moderator: Jim Poisant - Secretary General, WITSA

Objective: To present the cons and pros of connecting the world through the internet and how social networks were used to transmit how the public feels and what is happening in the streets, at a time when the traditional Media are either manipulated or are not providing proper coverage. An important point to be addressed is how the Social Networks were used to ignite social unrest that led to revolution..

Panelists:

  • Sameh Montasser - Vice Chairman, Eitesal, Egypt
  • John Higgins - CEO, Intellect, UK
  • Nizar Zakka - Secretary General, IJMA3 and Regional Vice Chairman (Middle East/Northern Africa), WITSA

16:30 - 17:10
(40 min)

Youth´s Perspectives of the Digital World

 

Moderator: Octavio Parga - President, CANIETI West Division

Objective: To introduce GPPS 2011 participants, the demands of Mexican youth regarding the future of technology and how to get a unified message despite having different positions on the same subject.

 

Participants:

  • Gerald Madlmayr - Mobile Doctor Project - WSYA Award Winner 2009
  • 50 Mexican High School Students.

17:40 - 17:40
(30 min)

Conclusions

&

Closing Ceremony

Reading and Signing of "WITSA / Guadalajara Declaration for e - Inclusion"

 

*The Conferences/Panels program will count with simultaneous translation to Spanish