This three-day international conference and exhibition is planned to create a unique platform for knowledge sharing in different domains of ICT for development and to facilitate a multi-stakeholder partnership as well as professional networking among governments, industry, academia and civil society organisations of different countries, including the host country- India. The objective is to bring together ICTD experts, practitioners, business leaders and stakeholders of the region onto one platform, through keynote addresses, paper presentations, thematic workshops, exhibition and in the process provide an excellent opportunity for participants to interact with a wide and diverse development community.
Particular to this year's Conference, one new theme has been added - ‘Municipal IT’, keeping in view the recommendations from past eINDIA events organised by CSDMS.
The delivery of eINDIA2008 will be in such way that the growing need for a multi-stakeholder participation of seven overlapping domains of ICT4D, namely - eGov, digitalLEARNING, eHEALTH, mServe, Telecentre Forum, eAgriculture, and Municipal IT is addressed under a single knowledge-sharing platform, allowing people and organisations working in apparently isolated domains of ICTD, to engage themselves in mutual experience sharing and understanding of convergent issues in their individual pursuit for development. The eINDIA platform has brought together experts not only from India and Asia, but also from other continents, including Africa, Latin America, Europe and North America. The cross-country sharing of experiences and regional specificities has always ensured that new and possible collaborations are discussed and forged.
eINDIA Forum has always provided a stimulating and invigorating environment, starting from eINDIA2005 through eINDIA2007, allowing different stakeholders to learn from peers and experts representing different sectors. eINDIA2007 apart from being co-organised by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India and UNDP, also received overwhelming support from four key ministries namely the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. It saw 320 speakers across 7 thematic tracks and a participation of around 1500 delegates from more than 35 countries.
The Forum has also been extended to different Asian regions and has been hosted by different Asian countries along with CSDMS. eASIA2007 organised in Putrajaya, Malaysia, and eASIA2006 held in Bangkok, Thailand lauded the professional quality of the presentations and mix of participants leading to knowledge exchange, collaborations and refinement of perspectives.
The conference will also serve as an exhibition host to some of the latest e-solutions, services, initiatives and case studies from across India and beyond. Over 120 exhibitors from professional service providers, technology vendors, consulting firms, government agencies and national/international development organizations will participate in the exhibition.
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