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Appendix 4: Bangalore Workshop Details
Agenda – Bangalore Workshop on IT and Sustainable Development
January 14-16, 2004
January 14, 2004 (Day 1) 10:00-10:30 am: Registration and Tea Welcome Remarks – Prof. N. Balakrishnan, IISc. Plenary 10:30-10:45 am: Session Opening Remarks – Ms. JoAnne DiSano, UN; Dr. Carlos Braga, World Bank; and Dr. Peter Freeman, NSF 10:45-11:00 am: ICT for SD: A resume – Prof. V. S. Arunachalam, CMU Chair: (1) Dr. A. Ramachandran Keynote Address on WSIS and ICT: (UN, retd.) 11:00-12:20 am: (1) Mr. Nitin Desai, UN (retd.) (2) Mr. K.K. (2) Prof. Richard Newton, UC-Berkeley Jaswal (MCIT, India) Developing Country Needs and Perspectives in ICT – Prof. 12:20-12:35 pm: Susana Finquelievich, University of Buenos Aires 12:35-2:00 pm: Lunch 2:00-5:30 pm: Working Groups 7:30-9:30 pm: Dinner
January 15, 2005 (Day 2) Plan of Action/Announcements Chair: Keynote Address on Development and Economics Dr. Carlos Braga 9:30-10:10 am: Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University (World Bank) 10:10-12:30 pm: Working Groups 12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch Development and Security – Dr. Ronald Lehman, Lawrence 1:30-2:00 pm: Livermore Natl. Lab ICT & Development: Who Pays, How Much? – Prof. Raj Reddy, 2:00-2:15 pm: CMU Chair: Ms. JoAnne DiSano (UN) Co-Chairs: Dr. S. 2:15-5:15 pm: Presentations by Working Groups and Joint Discussions Varadarajan (INSA), Prof. Bill Scherlis (CMU) 7:30-9:30 pm: Dinner Appendices 107
January 16, 2004 (Day 3) Remarks by – (Late) Dr. Raja Ramanna, NIAS; Ms. JoAnne Disano, UN; Dr. Carlos Braga, World Bank; Dr. Peter Freeman, Valedictory 9:30-10:45 am: NSF; Prof. Raj Reddy, CMU; and Prof. V. S. Arunachalam, CMU Session Address by H.E. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India Vote of Thanks – Prof. N. Balakrishnan, IISc 10:45-11:15 am: Tea with the President of India Research Agenda Prioritization and Discussions 11:15-12:00 pm: Tom Kalil, UC-Berkeley Linkages, Partnerships, and Mechanisms for Implementation 12:00-12:45 pm: Dr. Kui-Nang Mak, UN 12:45-1:00 pm: Where Do We Go From Here? – Dr. V. S. Arunachalam, CMU 1:00-1:15 pm: Closing Remarks – Dr. Peter Freeman, NSF 1:15 pm Workshop Concludes; Lunch January 17, 2004 (Day 4) (Optional)
Industry/Site Visits
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Bangalore Workshop Select Highlights
Inaugural Session (L to R): Carlos Braga (World Bank), Keynote Address : Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia Univ.) being introduced by V. S. Arunachalam (CMU), Peter Freeman (NSF), Carlos Braga (World Bank) JoAnne DiSano (UN), A. Ramachandran (NIAS), Raj Reddy (CMU)
Breakout Group Sessions : Working Group on Human Development Valedictory Session (L to R podium and onstage): (late) Raja Ramanna (NIAS), Carlos Braga (WorldBank), Peter Freeman (NSF), JoAnne DiSano (UN), Raj Reddy (CMU), H.E. President APJ Abdul Kalam, H.E. Governor T. N. Chaturvedi, V. S. Arunachalam (CMU), N. Balakrishnan (IISc) Appendices 109
Participants – Bangalore Workshop on IT and Sustainable Development
January 14-16, 2004
V. K. Aatre Vivek Balaraman Secretary Scientist DRDO Research Dev. & Design Center Govt. of India Tata Consultancy Services India India Hoda Baraka Talal Aboud National Project Director (MCIT) Scientific Studies and Research Centre Ministry of Communications and IT Syria Egypt
Dulcy Abraham Yashwant Bhave Assoc. Professor Joint-Secretary Civil Engineering Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Purdue India USA Carlos Braga Bruce Alberts Senior Advisor President Intl. Trade National Academy of Sciences World Bank USA Switzerland
Yahya M. Al-Sharafi Lawrence Brandt National Water Resources Authority Program Manager Yemen CISE National Science Foundation P. Anandan USA Microsoft India Eric Brewer Assoc. Professor James Arputharaj EECS Executive Director University of California, Berkeley South Asia Partnership International USA Sri Lanka Rudolfo Castillo-Lopez V. S. Arunachalam Director Professor Agency for the Development of the Inform. Soc. of Bolivia Engineering & Public Policy/School of Computer Bolivia Science/Materials Science & Engineering Carnegie Mellon R Chandrashekhar USA Joint Secretary e-Governance V. Balaji MCIT Head India Information Resource Management ICRISAT Vijay Chandru India Professor Comp. Sc. & Automation N. Balakrishnan Indian Inst. Of Science Chairman India Information Sciences Indian Inst. Of Science Fernando Chaparro India Director Digital Columbia Columbia
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T. N. Chaturvedi Jose Fortes H. E. Governor of Karnataka Professor India U. of Florida USA Tony Crewsswell Associate Professor Peter Freeman SUNY-Albany Asst. Director for CISE USA National Science Foundation USA Joseph Davis Professor Stuart Gannes Computer Science Director Univ. of Sydney Digital Vision Fellowship Australia Stanford USA Nitin Desai Under-Secretary General (retd.) Atma Ram Ghimire United Nations Nat. Information Technology Centre USA Nepal
Parag Deshpande S Ghosal Coordinator Head Software/User Interface Design Bangalore Centre National Institute of Design National Institute of Design India India
M. Bernardine Dias Gita Gopal Special Faculty Asst. Director School of Computer Science HP Labs India Carnegie Mellon USA USA Valerie Gregg JoAnne DiSano Program Manager Director CISE Division For Sustainable Development National Science Foundation United Nations USA USA J. Gururaja Kunzang Dorji Advisor Deputy Director United Nations Information Communication and Outreach Section USA National Environment Commission Bhutan K. N. Hari Kumar Managing Director Rupa Sriyani Eknayake e-tapaal Director India Human Resources Department Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources Vishaka Hidellage Sri Lanka Country Director ITDG South Asia Kevin Fall Sri Lanka Fellow Intel Keiichi Ishihara USA Professor Kyoto University Susana Finquelievich Japan Director Research Program on Information Society Ashok Jain University of Buenos Aires Delhi University Argentina India
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A P J Abdul Kalam Ronald Lehman H.E. The President of India Director Center for Global Security Research Tom Kalil Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and USA Technology University of California, Berkeley Richard Lempert USA National Science Foundation USA Ken Keniston Professor Kui-Nang Mak MIT Chief USA Energy and Transport Branch United Nations P. C. Kesavan USA Professor M.S.Swaminathan Res.Foundation Swamy Manohar India Professor Comp. Sc. & Automation Ashok Khosla Indian Inst. of Science President India Development Alternatives India Ramona Miranda ITDG South Asia Beth Kolko Sri Lanka Assoc. Professor Department of Technical Communication M. D. Mohsin U. of Washington Senior Assistant Secretary USA Ministry of Environment & Forests Bangladesh Darlie O. Koshy Director Benoit Morel National Institute of Design Professor India Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy Carnegie Mellon Gopi Krishna USA India M. Granger Morgan M Krishnamurthi Professor Trustee Carnegie Mellon M. Venkatarangiyah Foundation USA India Nandan Nilekani Alfonso Lafuente CEO President Infosys National Center for IT (CNTI) India Venezuela M. K. Narayanan Sunil Lal Director (retd.) Senior Research Scientist Intelligence Bureau Intl. Ctre for Gen. Engg. & Tech. India India Ravi Narayanan Emmanuel C Lallana Director Executive Director WaterAid e-ASEAN Task Force UK Philippines Ramamurthy Natarajan Chairman AICTE India
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Indira Nath Bui Duc Quang Professor Head of Group for Computer and Electronics Industries AIIMS, New Delhi Department of Information Technology Industry India Ministry of Posts and Telematics Vietnam Abdoulaye Ndiaye Technical Adviser on IT to the Prime Minister Ramji Raghavan Govt. of Senegal Chairman Senegal Agastya Foundation India Richard Newton Dean Hakikur Rahman University of California, Berkeley Project Coordinator USA Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) Zerubabel M. Nyiiria Bangladesh Executive Secretary and National ACACIA Programme Coordinator Y. S. Rajan Uganda National Council for Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Uganda Punjab Technical University India John Onyatta Principal Research Officer A. Ramachandran Department of Research Development Chairman Kenya The Energy Research Institute (TERI) India Joyojeet Pal Researcher A. Ramakrishna University of California, Berkeley President (Op.) & Dy MD USA Larsen & Toubro Ltd. India D. B. Pathak Professor & Head Krithi Ramamritham KReSIT Professor IIT, Mumbai Comp. Sc. & Engg. India IIT, Mumbai India Rabin Patra Researcher Bhaskaran Raman University of California, Berkeley Asst. Professor USA Comp. Sc. & Engg. IIT, Kanpur Anand Patwardhan India Professor and Head S J Mehta School of Management Late Raja Ramanna IIT, Mumbai Director (Emeritus) India National Institute of Advanced Studies India Feniosky Peña-Mora Assoc. Professor Raj Reddy U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Professor USA School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon Vishweshwaraiah Prakash USA Director CFTRI Justus Roux India Professor University of Stellenbosch South Africa
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Roald Sagdev Uma Srinivasan Professor Research Group Leader U. of Maryland Health Data Integration USA CSIRO Australia Varun Sahni Project Shakti Srinivasan Ramani Hindustan Lever Ltd Director India HP Labs India India Walt Schearer Business Manager Joseph Stiglitz ISRI, School of Computer Science Professor Carnegie Mellon Columbia University USA USA
Bill Scherlis Eswaran Subrahmanian Principal Research Scientist Research Professor School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon/NIST Carnegie Mellon USA USA P. V. Subrahmanyam Angus Scrimgeour Member Scrimgeour Inc. Byrraju Foundation USA/India India
Michael Shamos Aruna Sunderarajan Director, e-Commerce Inst. Secretary, IT School of Computer Science Govt of Kerala Carnegie Mellon India USA Subrahmanian Suresh R. K. Shukla Professor Principal Statistician MIT Sample Survey and Gen. Econ. USA NCAER, India Ngurah Swajaya Mel Siegel Senior Expert on Economic and Environmental Affairs Assoc. Research Professor Dept. of Foreign Affairs School of Computer Science Indonesia Carnegie Mellon USA William Thompson State Representative UNICEF Shanta Sinha India Professor Political Science University of Hyderabad Rahul Tongia India Systems Scientist School of Computer Science/Engineering & Public Policy Carnegie Mellon Friedrich Soltau USA Sustainable Development Officer United Nations Srinivasan Varadarajan USA Past President Indian National Science Academy Kong Kim Sreng India Technical Officer Department of Nature Conservation K. I. Vasu Ministry of Environment National President Cambodia Vijnana Bharati India
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David Victor Director Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Stanford USA
T. Vijay Kumar CEO Velugu Project India
Ernest Wilson Professor U. of Maryland USA
David Zoellner Nexant Philippines
Xiang Fu Zong Founding President and Professor Shanghai Int. Institute of Information Science & Tech China
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