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(Dis)Connecting the World - Innovation for Development (I4D) 2008, The Netherlands
| What | Conference |
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| When |
2008-04-09 00:00
2008-04-09 00:00
2008-04-09 from 00:00 to 00:00 |
| Where | Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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ICT can be a solution to practical problems, making it possible to provide medical advice from a distance to people in remote areas, for example. ICT can also be a motor for economic development. What technological innovations are necessary for ICT to play such a role? Does the EU Lisbon agenda for innovation take this into account?
These and other aspect of the role of ICT in the further development of the South will be investigated on 9th April during the 2nd Innovation for Development Day (I4D) at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Organisation
The I4D-day and the I4D network are initiatives by Stichting Oikos (coordinator), Ingenieurs zonder Grenzen (KIVI NIRIA), Eindhoven University of Technology’s committee on Technology for Development, Studium Generale Wageningen, Studium Generale Delft and Studium Generale Eindhoven and the Royal Tropical Institute KIT. The I4D-day is supported by NCDO.
IICD’s Managing Director Caroline Figuères will do the introductory lecture and will participate in the debate.
For more information and registration, visit www.i4d.nl.
Programme
10.00 Opening by chair, prof.dr. Wiebe Bijker (Maastricht University)
10.05 Introductory lecture, by Caroline Figuères, director International Institute for Communication and Development
10.30 Offshoring, brain drain and development
Statements by Gregor van Essen, director ForeignTalent, and Amitkumar Lohiya, TU/e, TWAIO Electrotechnics/ICT
11.00 Base of the pyramid: delivering products or learning to produce?
Statements by Klaas Hernamdt. Managing Director Waag Society, Amsterdam, and Margreet van Doodewaard, HIVOS, Den Haag (to be confirmed)
11.30 Short break
11.45 Panel debate: What are the innovation needs for an optimal ICT contribution to development in the South?
12.45 Lunchtime and a chance to browse through the Market of I4D Ideas: Stands/poster presentations by research groups, companies etc. about ICT-for-development projects
14.00 EU Lisbon Agenda, ICT and development in the South
Presentation by Thijs Berman, European Parliament for PvdA
14.30 Africa, ICT and the needs for EU policy support
Presentation by Prof. Chuks I. Ogbonnaya, CTA, Wageningen / Abia State University, Nigeria
15.00 Roles and strategies for ICT innovation for development in the South
Presentation by Prof.Dr.Ir. Maarten Looijen, Delft University of Technology
15.30 Break
15.45 Panel debate: Can the Lisbon Agenda on ICT be reconciled with effective ICT development in the South?
17.00 Closing and social time (with music)
