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Innovation in ICTs for Sustainable Development

Since they cut across so many areas of social and economic policies, ICTs are at the convergence of a complex array of commercial, political, and diplomatic strategies and actions. Maximizing the positive impact of ICTs, for fostering innovation for development needs, will therefore require deliberate and concerted efforts to ensure that all relevant players, private and public, are brought to the same table. This high-level dialogue will provide an opportunity to discuss possible ways to strengthen the relationship between ICTs and innovation, and its foreseen positive impact on development. Among others, this HLD will discuss the following themes:

  • What are the main factors impacting innovation process in the ICT ecosystem?
  • What is role of national and regional policy and governance in fostering innovation in ICT ecosystem?
  • How could innovation in developing countries contribute more to the global development agenda?
  • What is the role of incubation, acceleration centers, knowledge centers and techno-parks in fostering the innovation in the ICT ecosystem? 
Speakers / panellists
  • Chairman: Dr Chesub Lee, Director of Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
  • H.E. Iwona Wendel, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, Republic of Poland
  • Mr István Manno, Ministerial Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
  • Mr Kabir Bin Anwar, Director General, Project Director, Bangladesh
  • Mr Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, WIPO
  • Mr John E. Davies. Vice President and General Manager, Intel Corporation
  • Mr Berhane Gebru, Director of Programs, FHI 360 TechLab, USA
  • Mr Ken Lohento. ICT4D Programme Coordinator, Technical Center for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Netherlands
Session's link to WSIS Action Lines
  • C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • C4. Capacity building
  • C5. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
  • C6. Enabling environment
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-government
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-business
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-learning
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-health
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-employment
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-environment
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-agriculture
  • C7. ICT Applications: E-science
  • C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
  • C9. Media
  • C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
  • C11. International and regional cooperation
Session 247
  • Wednesday 27 May, –
  • Auditorium, WIPO
  • High-Level Dialogue
WSIS Forum 2015 | Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs for Sustainable Development
25–29 May 2015, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
WSIS Forum 2015