Keynote speakers to include Lídia Brito (Director of Science Policy Division, UNESCO) and Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Director of W3C)
ICTD2010 will consist of two days of plenary peer-reviewed papers and posters, and two days of workshops, demos, panels, discussion fora and other participatory interactive activities.
The broad structure of the conference will be as follows:
- 13th December: opening, workshops, panels, demos, interactive sessions, non-English language sessions – probably four parallel sessions throughout the day
- 14th December: conference papers in plenary, poster sessions, presentations from finalist to host the next ICTD conference
- 15th December: keynote addresses, conference papers in plenary, poster sessions, conference dinner
- 16th December: workshops, panels, demos, interactive sessions, non-English language sessions – probably four parallel sessions throughout the day – and closing session
The Conference Chair will also host the following two important panel discussions during the conference:
- Practitioner Reflections – a chance to hear from innovative practitioners (including Erik Hersman, Co-Founder and Director of Operations of Ushahidi; Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director of the Association for Progressive Communications; Tony Salvador Senior Principal Engineer, and Director of Research, Emerging Markets Platform Group, Intel Corporation; and Ken Banks, Founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS) about what they think academics working in the field of ICT4D should concentrate on; and
- Donor Voices – thoughts from senior officials in bilateral and multilateral donor agencies about the contributions that can be made by ICT4D, with participants including Laurent Elder (IDRC-CRDI)
For suggestions of activities you would like to see at ICTD2010, please go to our “Get Involved” page, or contact info[at]ict4d.org.uk.
