WSA India International e-Content Summit on ‘21st Century India through Digital Content’ VENUE: Hotel Intercontinental, Nehru Place, New Delhi April 2, 2009, Thursday 09:30 – 18:30 Organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation Supported by Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India & World Summit Award as Knowledge Partner ‘21st Century India through Digital Content’ Introduction to WSA & the India Summit Conference In 2003 when United Nations invited for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), its purpose was to develop and foster a clear political will and take concrete steps towards the establish the foundations for an Information Society for all, reflecting all the different interests at stake and to integrate especially developing countries into a globalised information society where every individual without any differentiation could be a part of the digital revolution and be part of the informed and knowledge based society. On this occasion, the World Summit Award (WSA) was initiated by the Government of Austria in order to bring into the WSIS framework the consideration of the digital divide in terms of e-content and to seek steps to narrow the content gap. Part of this effort from time on is to identify digital content experts across the countries and through them evaluate best practices using an open, transparent and fair contest mechanism. Further more, WSA creates a network of active ambitious government and business actors and advocacy groups to facilitate the larger ambitions of WSIS through best e-content practices. Under WSA, every two years around 40 e-content experts from 40 different countries gather at one place for one week to check out, deliberate, debate, research, and identify the best digital content practitioners out of nearly 1000 nominations from more than 160 countries. The WSA Grand Jury selects and decides on 4 winners in 8 categories the World’s Best in e-Content and Creativity. In 2009, India is the host for this gathering of the WSA 09 Grand Jury from April 1-8. Hosted by Department of Information Technology of Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, and organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation, on April 2, 2009, an International Summit on Digital technology is organised for a high level of deliberation on world’s best e-content practices, cross learning, business exchange programs, and government officials’ interactions with global experts. About WSA India International Summit The Summit is intended to be India’s largest Digital Technology and Digital Content Summit for all communities into technology for sustainable development! The Summit is a gathering of Digital Technology and Content experts, policy experts, research and academic institutions into technology and development, private and civil society stakeholders, digital technology and content innovators and practitioners and community leaders, who will come together to discuss digital technology and content areas in development. The Summit attracts over 100 key people from World Summit Award member countries, Representatives and experts of Indian National Government and policy makers from across Indian States. Stakeholders will come together to better understand how digital Technology and content is changing our lives and what critical areas are needed to be deliberated upon for larger development and governance objectives. The value of the Summit is immeasurable. Delegates and presenters will be able to share unique experiences, which can serve to provide road-maps for others and participants can walk away with tools and resources that can directly benefit their own communities. Summit Objectives: To share best practices and lessons learned about digital technology and content for development from international and national levels To showcase tools and strategies for digital technology and content for development To have focused and targeted deliberation on the linkage between digital technology and content and social, economic, and cultural capital To initiate, develop, or renew partnerships among attendees. To increase the level and scope of knowledge about the strategies and resources available to build social, economic, and environmental capital, especially in light of the changing technology and content environment. To deliberate on key policy aspects of digital technology and content for last mile development Themes The main themes of the Summit are ‘21st Century India through Digital Content’. Key speakers from national and international arena will address common challenges, including: India status of digital technology and content for development Essential linkage between developing social, cultural and economic capital and role of digital technology and content Policy compatibility & Digital enabled development framework Public-Private Partnerships Summit Implementation The Summit shall be guided by an implementing and monitoring committee having representatives from Department of Information Technology (GoI), Digital Empowerment Foundation and key experts from ICT domain Summit Highlights The one-day summit is designed to be highly interactive with 40 international experts who would be a mix of panels for various sessions, and there would be around 40 other diverse experts from government, business and social sectors from various parts of India. The day would be divided into 4-5 sessions with panels and participants as subject experts. Focused discussions on 3 series of topics with digital content and new media as focus: Business, Enterprise & Livelihoods Education, Learning & Culture Governance & Inclusive Development A participative model of deliberation – Highly interactive Public-private-CSO participation Poster exhibition of digital content innovation, applications & practices Conference Action plan & Future Perspective for use AGENDA [April 2, 2009]; New Delhi Inaugural & Power Session: 10.00 – 11.00 AM The Inaugural Session would be highlighting the main theme of the Summit: ‘21st Century India through Digital Content’ and how the learning from global experts can make it to the next level. Besides, India can share their most diverse experiences in being ICT super power also how ICT is changing the development paradigm of the country – a lesson for global experts. Introduction & Session Anchor: Digital Empowerment Foundation Welcome Address by Mr SR Rao, Add Secretary, DIT, MoCIT Inaugural Address by Hon’ble Minister of State of Communications & IT, Govt. of India Summit Speech by Prof Peter A. Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award, Austria Strategic Speech by R Chandrashekhar, Special Secretary, DIT, MoCIT Session Summary & Key highlights Working Session I: 11:30 – 13:00 Digital Technology & Content in Business, Enterprise & Livelihoods The focus of this session would be to have a deliberation and highly interactive discussion and question and answer on the following topical areas: Development with enterprising inputs & Digital Technology and content services Digital technology as the Infrastructure Content Creation, language content & new media platforms Access, Affordability & content Session Summary & Key highlights CONFIRMED PANELISTS International Panelists Mr. Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria, Mr. Faouzi Zaghbib, General Manager, R2i, Tunisia, Ms. Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, CEO, PT Bubu Kreasi Perdana, Indonesia Ms. Maria Mercedes, Operations Director, Zaghi Ergocom, Guatemala Ms. Jan Bieringa, Director, BWX Productions, New Zealand Ms. Titi Akinsanmi, Corporate Communications and Citizenship Consultant, Africa Practice .com, South Africa Ms. Anya Sverdlov, Managing Director, Actis Systems, Russian Federation Mr. Gabriel Deek, President, Professional Computer Association (PCA), Lebanon Mr. Ehssan Riazi Esfehani, IT Consultant, Hamsafar.com, Iran Mr. Goh Chin Teck, Executive Director, VISIONEDGE Ventures Group, Singapore Ms. Anthea Foyer, Training Programmes Manager, CFC's Media Lab, Canada India / South Asia panelists Mr. Alok Kumar, CISCO, India Mr. Ramamurthy Sivakumar, Managing Director – Sales and Marketing, South Asia Mr. Rahul Bedi, India Business Operations Manager, Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd Mr. Srikanth B Iyer, COO, Edurite Technologies, India Sandeep Bhargava. Head Corporate Affairs Sub Region-India, Nokia Siemens Networks, India Mr. Ashutosh Chadha, Head, Intel's Education initiative, Asia Pacific Mr. Navin Aggarwal, Executive Director, KPMG, India Mr. Gautam Chikermene, Editor, The Hindustan Times, India Ishteyaque Amjad, Director-Corporate Affairs, Cargill India Private Limited Satish Kaushal, IBM's Country Manager - Government & Education Sector (GSMB), Alok Bhargava - Executive Director, IL&FS India Mr. Subho Ray, President, IAMAI, India Sunil Kapoor, IT Head, Fortis Healthcare, India Mr. Subhas Rai, Bangalore Working Session II: 14:00 – 15:30 Scaling up Social & Economic Indicators through Digital Content & Technology in Education, Learning & Culture The focus of this session would be to have a deliberation and highly interactive discussion and question and answer on the following topical areas: ICT-integrated education system as must Social & cultural needs to be included through digital route Meeting HRD needs digitally Triggering economic growth through pervasive educational provisioning Learning & Sharing by examples & experiences with bottom up approach and collaborative philosophy Session Summary & Key highlights CONFIRMED PANELISTS CONFIRMED PANELISTS Mr. Andrew Gakiria, Coordinator, Kenya eLearning Centre, Kenya Mr. Alex Hung, Vice President, IPROA, China Ms Josie Cacdac, Programs Director, Multimatics Indonesia, Phillipines/Indonesia Mr. Alfredo Ronchi, Gerneral Secretary, MEDICI Framework, Italy Mr. Rodolfo Laddaga, VP of Digital Content, Media Innovations, Mexico Mr. Nawaf Mohammed Abdulrahman, Chief, Information Technology, General Organization for Youth & Sport, Bahrain Mr. Ananya Raihan, CEO, D.Net, Bangladesh Mr Jak Boumans, Director, VOF ELECTRONIC MEDIA REPORTING, Netherlands Mr. Garegin Chugaszyan, Executive Director, IT Foundation, Armenia Ms. Manar Al-Hashash, General Manager, Dot Design, Kuwait Mr. Stanislav Miler, Producer/Creator, Studio TRIMEDIA, Futurola s.r.o., Czech Republic Mr. Alejandro Fuentes, IndigoMedia, Mexico India / South Asia panelists Satya Narayanan R. Chairman, Career Launcher Group, India Mr. Shankar Venkateswaran Mr. Manas Chakrabarty, Learning by Design Foundation, NCR, India Mr. Allen Bailochan Tuladhar. Chairperson, FIIT, Nepal Mr. R. Sreenivasan, Founder Director, Career Launcher, India Anshul Sonak. Head - South Asia Education - Intel Ninad Vengurlekar, VP, ILFS - ETS Mr. Amol Goje, Director, VIIT, Maharashtra, India Mr. Sajan Venniyoor, Prasar Bharati, BCI, India Dr. Madan Mohan Rao, Research Director, Asian Media Information and Communication centre (AMIC), Singapore Vijayaraghavan M. Chariar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi Ashish Garg, Asia Regional Coordinator, Global e Schools and Communities Initiative, Ireland Working Session III: 16:00 – 17:30 Policy compatibility & Digitally enabled framework for Governance & Inclusive Development The focus of this session would be to have a deliberation and highly interactive discussion and question and answer on the following topical areas Policy needs specificity, not generalization – where is digital content relating masses Policy & the technology infrastructure thrust – look at the government initiatives & pilot development Content finding special focus in policy domains – focus bottom up collaborative content Cost, price & regulatory matters are important policy elements – must include multi-stakeholders approach Session Summary & Key highlights CONFIRMED PANELISTS International panelists Ms. Dorothy Gordon, Director-General , Advanced Information Technology Institute – Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT, Ghana, Mr. Rudi Vansnick, President, Internet Society, Belgium Mr. Lumko Mtimde, Chief Executive Officer, Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), South Africa Ms Chitranganie Mubarak, Programme Head, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka Mr. Christian Rupp, Spokesperson Federal Platform Digital Austria, BKA Austria Ms. Zawan Al-Sabti, Projects Specialist, Information Technology Authority (ITA), Oman Ms. Effat El Shooky, V.P. & Director of e-Learning/Knowledge Program, Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC), Egypt Mr. Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum, Luxembourg Mr. Nariman Hajiyev, Director, National E-Governance Network Initiative, Project, Azerbaijan Ms. Beatriz Elvira Alonso Becerra, CEO, Information Technologies and Advanced Telematic Services (CITMATEL), Cuba Mr. Shashank Ojha, Senior e-Government Specialist, World Bank India Panelists Mr. Ajay Mishra, IAS, Principal Secretary, IT & C, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal Mr. Amarendra Sinha, Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand, India Mr. Sanjay Jaju, IAS, CMD, INCAP, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India Mr. Manish Bhardwaj, IAS, Director, Technical Education, Govt. of Gujarat Ms. Sonal Mishra, IAS, Director, Gujarat Municipalities, Govt. of Gujarat Ms. Lekha Kumar, Director, e-Governance, DARPG, Govt. of India Ms. Ankhi Das, Director (Public Policy), Microsoft, India Aruna Sundararajan, chief executive officer, CSC project at IL&FS, India Dr. Prateep V. Philip (IPS) Inspector General of Police, Tamil Nadu Mr. Alok Kumar , Deputy Director, LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttaranchal, India 17:30 – 18:30: Summit Action Plan & Practical Recommendations Digital Content Advocacy & Exchange Platform The focus of this session would be to have consolidated deliberation on the summaries of each of the sessions and finalise outcomes on the following lines: Formation of Digital Content Advocacy & Exchange Platform [DIT-DEF-WSA + Member Countries’ Institutions] 20-Point Action Plan for Digital Content generation in India where global players could participate Conference Participants India national policy makers / Implementers State / Provincial policy makers / Implementers World Summit Award Expert team / delegates Academic Institutions / Academicians / Researchers Corporate / Private agencies / Representatives Civil Society bodies / representatives / experts Digital technology / Content innovators, designers, practitioners/ vendors Grassroots practitioners / promoters of digital technology and content models Contacts: Nidhi Sharma: nidhi@defindia.net Syed: syed@defindia.net Digital Empowerment Foundation House No. # 44, 3rd Floor, Ka lu Sarai, Near IIT Delhi, New Delhi - 110 016, INDIA Ph # 91-11 - 26532786/87 Fax # 91-11 - 26532787 E-mail #defindia@gmail.com