Indian Telecentre Forum 2009 Conference Agenda

DAY I: August 25, 2009
10.00am-1.00pm GRAND INAUGURAL CEREMONY of eINDIA 2009 1.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH BREAK 2.00pm-5.30pm PARALLEL TRACKS ON egov, Digital LEARNING, eHEALTH and eAGRICULTURE
DAY II: August 26, 2009
9.30am-1.00pm	PARALLEL TRACKS ON egov, Digital LEARNING, eHEALTH and eAGRICULTURE
1.00pm-2.00pm	LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm-2.05pm	Welcome by Telecentre Forum Team
2.05pm-3.30pm	Session I Common Service Centres (CSCs): opportunities and challenges 1 Chair: Mr. Ashis Sanyal, Senior Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India Panelists: Ms. Sunanda, Chairman & Co-founder, Alternatives for India Development Mr. Mukesh Hajela, CEO, Network for Information & Computer Technology (NICT) Mr. D. Sattaiah, Chief Operations Officer, BASIX India Ltd Presentations Mr. Ranabir Das, Vice President, Business Development, SREI SAHAJ e-Village Ltd Ms. Shilpi Varshney, Project Director, AISECT Presentations
3.30pm-4.00pm	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
4.00pm-5.30pm	Session II Digital Inclusion through Telecentres: converging old and new Chair: Mr. S. N. Goswami, Managing Director and CEO, Media Lab Asia Panelists: Mr. Ashis Sanyal, Senior Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India Mr. G. K. Simli, Principal Consultant, Technology, PMU, CPV, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Presentations Mr. Sultanur Reza, Head of Community Information Centre, New Initiatives, Grameenphone, Bangladesh
DAY III: August 27, 2009
9.30am-11.00am	Session III Common Service Centres: opportunities & challenges 2 Chair: Mr. Shankar Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India Panelists: Mr. Ashis Sanyal, Senior Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India. Ms. Shilpi Varshney, Project Director, All India Society for Electronics & Computer Technology (AISECT) Mr. Anwar Sadath, Executive Director, IT@School Project, Kerala Government Mr. Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia Dr. Kamolrat Intaratat, Director, The Research Centre of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM) Mr. Rajen Varada, Resource Person, UN Solution Exchange, ICT4D Community
11.00am-11.30am	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11.30am-1.00pm	Session IV Knowledge Sharing Among Telecentre Stakeholders Chair: Mr. Naimur Rahman, Director, One World South Asia, New Delhi Panelists: Ms. Deepa Anandakrishnan, CEO, OneRoof, Inc. India Presentation Mr. Niranjan Meegammana, Project Director, Shilpa Sayura Foundation, Kandy, Sri Lanka Presentation Dr. Kamolrat Intaratat, Director, The Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM), Thailand Presentation Ms. Maud Chatelet, Executive Director, howtopedia.org Presentation Dr. Peter Mozelius, Lecturer, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden Presentation Ms. Maithree Malwattegoda, Business Development Executive, Sarvodaya-Fusion, Sri Lanka
1.00pm-2.00pm	LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm-3.30pm	Session V Telecentres: Innovations and Opportunities Moderator: Mr. A S Guha, Officer on Special Duty, Indira Gandhi, National Open University, Shillong Presentation Speakers: Mr. Chetan Sharma, Founder, Datamation Foundation, India Presentation Mr. Wilfred Varghese, IT Manager, South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS) Presentation Mr. Senthil Kumaran, Director, IEC, Jamshetji Tata National Virtual Academy and Training School, MSSRF, India Presentation Mr. Ajay Kapur, Senior Director, Oracle Education Foundation Mr. M. S. Kiran, Senior Researcher, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Presentation
3.30pm-4.00pm	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
4.00pm-5.30pm	eINDIA 2009 VALEDICTORY SESSION