January 11: Public Session

Registration

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Carmelita I. Quebengco
Executive Vice President
De La Salle University

Dr. Donald Hellmann
Director, Institute for International Policy
University of Washington

9:15 am

Keynote Address

H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (to be confirmed)
President
Republic of the Philippines

9:35 am

Conference Framework

Dr. Francisco Magno
Executive Director
La Salle Institute of Governance

Higher Education, Information Technology and Sustainable Development

9:40 am

Panel 1: University Role in ICT for Development

Dr. Derek Keats
Executive Director
Information & Communication Services
University of the Western Cape

African Universities and ICT4D Capacity Building

Dr. Milagros Rivera
Director
Information & Communications Management Programme
National University of Singapore

Panel Chair:
Chris Coward
Director
Center for Internet Studies
University of Washington

10:10 am

Panel 2: ICT as a National and Global Issue

ICT Strategy for Philippine Development
Hon. Virgilio L. Peña
Chairman
Commission on Information and Communications Technology
ICT in Philippine Development: A Strategic Roadmap based on the President's 10-Point Agenda

ICT and International Development
Dr. Michael Best
Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology

Internet & Democracy

10:40 am

Open Forum

10:50 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

Panel 3: ICT Research and Capacity Building

ICT4D
Hon. Fortunato T. Dela Peña
Undersecretary for Science and Technology Services
Department of Science and Technology
Learning from ICT4D to Enhance Policymaking

Human Capital and Development Strategy
Dr. Emmanuel Lallana
Commissioner
Commission on Information and Communications Technology

Human Capital Development: The CICT Agenda

ICT Research and Curriculum Development
Dr. Francisco Magno
Executive Director
La Salle Institute of Governance

and

Dr. Sherwin Ona
Assistnat Professor
College of Computer Studies
De La Salle University, Manila

ICT Research & Development Strategy

11:40 am

Open Forum

12:00 pm

Lunch

Signing of Partnership Agreement with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines for the Alkalde.net Project

Signing of Partnership Agreement with the Commission on Information and Communications Technology for the HRD for ICT Project

1:00 pm

Panel 4: SMS and the Filipino ICT Revolution

SMS for Good Citizenship
Tricia U. Santiago
Director
Life Academy
SMS for Good Citizenship:  It's My Good Move
 

Monitoring Market Prices Through SMS
Edgardo B. Herbosa
Managing Director
B2Bpricenow.com
Landbank-B2Bpricenow.com: E-Commerce for Farmers
B2B Infomercial

ICT & Gender
Florence Villanueva-Reyes
Project Manager
Women's Hub
 

Panel Chair:
Maria Lee Hoon Ng
Senior Program Officer
International Development Research Centre
Singapore

1:30 pm

Open Forum

1:50 pm

Panel 5: Local eGovernance (ULAP - TAF Technical Working Group)

i-Governance
Hon. Jesse Robredo
Mayor
Naga City

Naga City I-Governance Program

Grassroots e-Governance Project
Rene Sanapo
ICT Consultant
The Asia Foundation

Supporting Grassroots eGovernance

ICT for Disaster Preparedness
Hon. Margarita Cojuangco
President
Philippine Public Safety College

ICT for Disaster Preparedness

Outsourced ICT Projects
Rafael F. Baraan
City Administrator
Dagupan City

Issues & Concerns of LGUs in eGovernance

Panel Chair:
Dr. Royal D. Colle
Professor Emeritus
Cornell University

2:50 pm

Open Forum

3:10 pm

Coffee break

3:20 pm

Panel 6: ePolicy

eRule-Making
Atty. Claro Parlade
Executive Director
Cyberspace Policy Center for Asia-Pacific
eRulemaking: Re-engineering Democracy

Improving Legislative Services
Rodolfo Vicerra
Director-General
Congressional Planning and Budget Office
House of Representatives

ICT Policy Forum
Victor Andres Manhit
Convenor
Philippine Caucus for ICT Legislation
Enabling E-Philippines through Active Public Policy

Panel Chair:
Luci Abrahams
Director
LINK Centre
Wits Graduate School of Public & Development Management
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

4:20 pm

Panel 7: Building Knowledge Networks across the Digital Divide

Telecenters
Dr. Rodrigo Garrido
Instituto de Informatica Educativa
Universidad de la Frontera, Chile

Araucania Region Community Information Network

ICT for Peace Building
Hon. Gerry Salapuddin
Deputy Speaker for Mindanao
House of Representatives

e-Learning
Dr. Miguel Rapatan
Director
Center for Educational Media
De La Salle University, Manila

Collaborative Learning Networks for Social Transformation

Information Learning Network
Elcid Pangilinan
Manager
Programme Management Support Unit
United Nations Development Programme

and

Jane Steel
Program Assistant
United Nations Development Programme
International Learning Network: UNDP and ICT4D

Panel Chair:
Dr. Rohan Samarajiva
Executive Director
LIRNEasia

5:10 pm

Open Forum

5:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Colin Maclay
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard Law School

Closing Remarks

5:40 pm

End of Program

6:30 pm

"Food for Thought" Dinner (Makati area)