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- Access to land for Pakistan earthquake victims: UN-HABITAT will present a web-based Landless Information Management System(LIMS) which captures data on victims using a National Identification Card database uses other field level verification systems to help vulnerable earthquake victims access land for new housing.
Presenters: Monowar Golam Kamal, UN -HABI TAT
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- Bridging the digital and language divides – Internet Speech (USA) will present innovative technology that allows anyone to access the Internet using a phone and user's own voice, without a computer. Users can surf any website, search, send, receive, compose and reply to emails and do much more just using their voice and any phone. Users basically talk and listen to the Internet. The system uses a "rendering" engine that automatically render today's Visual Internet content into short, precise, easily navigable and meaningful audio content. There is no need to re-write the existing web pages as required by cell phones with screen. www.internetspeech.com
Presenter: Emdad Khan, Internet Speech, USA
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- E-Agriculture: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) will present E-Agriculture.org, a global initiative to enhance sustainable agricultural development and food security by improving the use of information, communication, and associated technologies in the sector. The initiative allows members to exchange opinions, experiences, good practices and resources on agriculture and ensure that the knowledge created is effectively shared and used worldwide. www.E-Agriculture.org
Presenters: Anne Aubert, Stephen Katz, FAO
Supporting small farmers through the web: DrumNet will show how it is connecting small farmers in Kenya to banks, large-scale buyers, transporters, retailers and Ministry of Agriculture field agents. A good example of using mobile telephones to access IT enabled information and services.
Presenters: Jonathan Campaign, DrumNet
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- E Learning: TATA Interactive Systems, a global leader in developing custom training solutions which has worked with several United Nation's agencies, will share case studies of how eLearning has supported development initiatives. The session will evaluate new instructional and training styles that can beused to further achievement of the MDGs. www.tatainteractive.com
Presenter: Gajanan Kasbekar, Tata Interactive Systems
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Online Education for Sustainable Development in Africa: The session will raise awareness about environmental education beyond universities to students, teachers and managers through e-learning. http://www.unep.org/training/mesa/toolkit.asp
Presenter: Eddah Kaguthi, UNEP / DEPI
- Gateways and Portals: The internet is now full of gateways, portals, clearing houses and one-stop shops many of which are intended to contribute to development and social change. But who is producing these information, communication and knowledge interventions, how do they think about their work, what drives them to do that they do? How are they contributing to development and how can this be evaluated? The workshop, led by the Institute of Development Studies based in the United Kingdom, will explore the role of information for development and identify the drivers for better development outcomes. www.ids.ac.uk/ids/info/sli.html
Presenters: Catherine Fischer, Anna Downie, Institute of Development Studies
- MySpace for social good: Taking IT Global discuss use of this platform for young people around the world to share their ideas, experiences and aspirations. It also connects the youth to resources and opportunities. The presentation will show how youth are making their mark on today’s world www.takingitglobal.org
Presenter: Patricia Sudi, TakingITGlobal
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- One Source: The Secretariat of the United Nations Chief Executive Board (CEB) will present a business case for a unified United Nations system Internet presence to enhance knowledge sharing and make it easers for UN system partners and the public to find accurate, relevant and up-to-date information. The UN System High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) approved the One Source project during its 14th session in New York (20-21 September). www.un-system.org/communities/web4dev
Presenters: Richard Maciver, David Gallipeau, UNOG
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- Online Access to research in the Environment (OARE): An online portal launched in partnership with Yale University to provide institutions from developing countries with access to scientific journal titles. The session will seek to show how OARE can contribute to the reduction of the North-South scientific gap and digital divide and accelerate achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the Bali Strategic plan for the Technology Support and Capacity building. http://www.oaresciences.org/.
Presenters: Mohammed Atani, UNE P / OARE
- Fighting poverty amongst the disabled using ICT: this presentation will focus on how Gedaref enables the disabled to be included in the technological area and fight poverty in Sudan. www.gedarefcity.org
Presenter: Ahmed M.M. Eisa, Gedaref Digital City
- Online nurses training program: The presentation will show this e-learning system that is developed by AMREF, in partnership with the Nursing Council of Kenya, Accenture, the Kenya Medical Training Colleges and partners in the private sector to provide online learning opportunities to nurses in Kenya as part of the Kenya Nurse Upgrading programme for Enrolled nurses. http://www.amref.org/index.asp?PageID=514
Presenter: Adesuwa Akinboro, AMREF
- Potential of web 2.0 for development: Germany’s international cooperation enterprise (GTZ), and the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), will present the potential of web2.0 for development using best practice from the recent web2fordev conference in Rome in September 2007. The session will highlight the potential and challenges for implementing web2.0 technologies in development projects.
Presenter: Christian Kreutz, GTZ, Nynke Kruiderink, IICD
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- Scalable model for establishment of sustainable broadband in rural areas: Royal Institute of Technology’s model that can be localized to different environments. Participants will take home a localized plan of action to initiate a process leading to the startup of a project for the establishment of local broadband access in their home environment. (http://www.kth.se/?l=en_UK)
Presenters: Bjorn Pehrson, Amos Nungu, Marco Zennaro, Victor Kyalo, Royal Institute of Technology
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- Tanzania’s Socio-Economic Database (TSED): A case study on the Government of Tanzania national database, an adaptation of the DevInfo global software for monitoring Millennium Development Goals. In Tanzania TSED is used to monitor the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty and supports the National Bureau of Statistics’ mandate to produce and disseminate data. TSED is supported financially and technically by UNDP, UNICEF and the government. www.tsed.org www.nbs.go.tz
Presenter: Ms Elide Mwanri and Tanzania’s National Statistics Bureau
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- The Community Opportunity: Community Broadband Network (CBN) will focus on benefits of high speed Internet for schools, clinics, community organizations and businesses. The discussion will cover grassroots projects, locally developed services, community-focused social enterprise models and targeted ICT in support of development goals. The presentation draws on CBN's experience of UK-based community broadband projects, supported by case studies and analysis from CBNs work in Africa. www.broadband-uk.coop
Presenter: Adrian Wooster, Community Broadband
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- Tools for connecting young people: UNICEF will present its work partners to develop innovative tools to connect young people who don’t have access to the Internet with those who do. These include using mobile phones to collect data from young people, bootable USB sticks that turn any laptop into a radio station, and technologies to allow people with landlines or mobile phones to record stories onto the Internet. The session will explore strategies and new technologies for connecting those furthest from the traditional Internet, review best practices and new possibilities.
Presenter: Christopher Fabian, UNICEF
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- Youthink! The World Bank will present its youthink.worldbank.org, a website that provides youth with facts on global issues and allows them to share experiences and find out what they can do to make the world a better place.
Presenter: Christine Sedky, Worldbank
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Using web 2.0 to build global youth partnerships for Development: One World Youth project that links schools and youth groups around the world together for the purpose of cultural exchange and collaborative community service toward the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals. www.oneworldyouthproject.org
Presenters: Adunuur Mohammed Ashima Bhardwaj / Hubert Zirimwabagabo, OneWorld Youth Project
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- WaterWiki: MediaWiki-based “knowledge map, networking and on-line collaboration platform” presented by UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States’. The session will give an introduction into the “old and new WaterWiki”, its development-story, as well as insights and analysis on the use and practicality of Wikis and "the new" web 2.0 applications and ICT tools for knowledge management and development. http://waterwiki.undp.sk
Presenter: Juerg Staudemann, UNDP
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- CHOiCE: A case of Chhattisgarh, the first Indian State to issue detailed e-Governance rules, on using the Internet to deliver Government services to citizens including those in far-flung areas. The session, aimed at policy makers and IT professionals from the public and the private sectors will show how CHOiCE centre support hassle free, responsive administration.
Presenter: Aman Kumar Singh, Chhattisgarh Institute of Biotech Promotion Society
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- Gender and Internet use in higher learning: The department of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University, Uganda, will present a case on integrating ICTs in gender studies’ curricula, highlighting the benefits, lessons learnt, challenges and future opportunities.
Presenter: Consolata Kabonesa, Makerere University
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- Languages other than English: The International Monetary Fund will show new ways of communicating in languages other than English through its website. The session will explain how content in Arabic, Chinese, Japanes and Russian, for instance, can be easily accessed by users of those languages and demonstrate the impact and reactions of a growing international audience.
Presenter: James Mc Nulty, IMF
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