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ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
How can ICT durably contribute to the wellbeing of all citizens around the world?

International Conference
European Commission - Brussels
January 22-23, 2009

Thursday, January 22
 
08:00 Welcome coffee
10:00 Opening addresses (Master of Ceremony: Sally Reynolds)
Webstreaming of the session
Yann Arthus-Bertand, Photographer ('Home' teaser)
Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, European Commission
Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union
Jeremy Rifkin, President, Foundation on Economic Trends (video message)
Maria da Graça Carvalho, Principal Adviser to the Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament
11:30 Coffee / Tea Break
12:00
Today's global challenges: keynote addresses
Moderated by Vittorio Prodi, Member of the European Parliament
Webstreaming of the session
Philippe Quéau, Director, UNESCO Office in Rabat, Morocco
Elly Plooij, Former Vice-President, European Parliament
Jaroslaw Pietras, Director General, European Council
13:15 Lunch break
14:30
Visions of a true sustainable future: keynote addresses
Moderated by Roger Torrenti, Coordinator of the PARADISO FP7 Project
Webstreaming of the session
Jakob von Uexkull, Founder of the World Future Council
Jeff McNeely, Chief Scientist, International Union for Conservation of Nature
Peter Madden, Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Painter and Art Theorist
Dasho Karma Ura, President, Center for Bhutan Studies
Nic Marks, Founder of the centre for well-being, NEF (new economic foundation)
Enrico Giovannini, Director of the Statistic Directorate and Chief Statistician, OECD
16:00 Coffee / Tea Break
16:30
The role of ICT to ensure a global sustainable future
Moderated by Mario Campolargo, Director, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission (introductory address)
Webstreaming of the session
Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google (video message)
Lynn St Amour, President and CEO, The Internet Society
Jeremy Rifkin, President, Foundation on Economic Trends (video conference)
Basie von Solms, President of the International Federation for Information Processing
Guo Liang, Deputy Director, Center for Social Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Steve Bratt, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium
Frantz Verella, Former Minister for Public Works, Transport and Communications, Haiti
18:30 End of conference programme for day 1
Friday, January 23
8:00 Welcome of participants
09:00 Opening addresses chaired by Antti Peltomaki, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission (introductory address)
Webstreaming of the session
Keith Walters, First Vice-chair of the EDUC Commission, Committee of the Regions
Anna-Maria Darmanin, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
09:30
Sustainable future: initiatives funded by the European Commission
Moderated by Jacques Babot, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Webstreaming of the session
Pieter Everaers, Director, Eurostat
Katarina Hejdova, Directorate-General Research, European Commission
Bror Salmelin, Advisor, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Ilias Iakovidis, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum
Carmen Mena Abela, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission
11:00 Coffee / Tea Break
11:30
Future directions for EU ICT research (panel session)
Moderated by Fabrizio Sestini, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Webstreaming of the session
Lorenz Bogaert, CEO, Netlog
Elmar Husmann, IBM Senior Managing consultant, SC member of the NESSI ETP
Fabrizio Davide, Director Marketing of ICT Services to Corporate Sector, Telecom Italia
Simon Hampton, Director of European Public Policy & Government Relations, Google
Martin Curley, Global Director, IT Innovation, Intel Corp.
Alfonso Ferreira, Head of Science Operations, COST Office
Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Keynote lecture from Natalie Jeremijenko, Artist and Engineer, Associate Professor at New York University
Webstreaming of the session
14:30
Feedback from the PARADISO open consultation
Moderated by Roland Burger, Manager of the PARADISO FP7 Project
Webstreaming of the session
Li Jun, CEO, CCID Consulting Ltd.
Sergey Kapitza, Professor, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Oliver Popov, Professor, Computer Science Department, Stockholm University/KTH
Raymond Morel, Professor, Univ. Geneva and IFIP
Thomas Schauer, Director, Club of Rome ESC
Andre Stochniol, Founder, IMERS (International Maritime Emission Reduction Scheme)
Francois E. Cellier, Professor, Institute of Computational Science, ETH Zurich
Alberto Munoz Gallego, R&D Engineer, Telefonica
Lorenz Hilty, Professor, EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research)
Lizbeth Goodman, Professor, Chair in Creative Technology Innovation, University of East London
Marie-Anne Delahaut, Director of research, The Destree Institute, Head of Millennia 2015
Gaston Zongo, ICT4D Senior Advisor, ESMT-IMPACT Africa
16:15
Closing session: next steps
Moderated by Per Blixt, Head of Unit, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Webstreaming of the session
16:30 End of the conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Developed in the framework of the FP7-ICT-224098 PARADISO Project
supported by the European Commission (DG Information Society & Media)
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International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"By creating opportunities for people to communicate, cooperate, and collaborate, the Internet will play a key role in bringing about a more equitable, sustainable future for all of us. "

St Amour Lynn
President and CEO
The Internet Society
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"Introduce full-cost national accounting and footprint analysis to complement GDP accounts"

Karma Ura Dasho
President
Center for Bhutan Studies
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"Tomorrow's web? It's about people! (not just machines, web pages, specifications,etc.)"

Bratt Steve
CEO
World Wide Web Consortium
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"The Internet can be a 'virtual classroom of public opinion' leading China to sustainable future"

Liang Guo
Deputy Director, Center for Social Development
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"The best available ICT needs to be applied to biodiversity conservation"

McNeely Jeff
Chief Scientist
International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"Improve policy making, through a better measurement of policy and societal outcomes"

Giovannini Enrico
Director of the Statistic Directorate and Chief statistician
OECD
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"ICT: last chance for Haiti to avoid collapse in the future?"

Verella Frantz
Former Minister for Public works,
Transport and Communication, Haiti
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"ICT have got role to play in climate strategy"

Pietras Jaroslaw
Director General
General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"The majority of the world population still lives in poverty and remains untouched by the ICT revolution "

Queau Philippe
Director
UNESCO Office in Rabat
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"The European Union's special role in spearheading a third industrial revolution"

Rifkin Jeremy
President
Foundation on Economic Trends
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"Business as usual is simply not an option"

Toure Hamadoun I.
Secretary General
International Telecommunication Union
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"We all have the power to change for the better, so what are we waiting for?"

Arthus-Bertrand Yann
Photographer
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"People should be the focus of our technological developments to achieve sustainability in social terms"

Darmanin Anna-Maria
Member
European Economic and Social Committee
International Conference
ICT FOR A GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Brussels - January 22-23, 2009

"We will put a greater emphasis on technologies having a positive social, economic and environmental impact"

Reding Viviane
Commissioner for Information Society and Media
European Commission

One of the main expected outputs of the PARADISO project is the PARADISO reference document, made available, in its successive versions, on this web site. This document has been discussed on the occasion of the two events the project has organised in Brussels (on June 12-13, 2008 and on January 22-23, 2009). Its current version is open to contributions from any organisations and individuals through an online consultation.

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