Digital Dividend: A televised debate for BBC World TV
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We have just had a Millennium Summit Plus 5 in New York. To no-one’s surprise, the ambitious so-called "Millennium Development Goals" for halving poverty are not being met. Could that be because in the 21st century we are overlooking the 21st century solution for bridging the divide between Rich and Poor? Namely: to invest more in information and communication technologies (ICTs) – television, radio, computers, the Internet, mobile phones, and so on?
On 30 September 2005, at the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva, dev.tv is staging a Debate on the emerging agenda for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
An invited audience of 50 ICT movers and shakers will fire questions at a distinguished panel of experts.
The resulting programme, Digital Dividend, will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 and 23 October 2005, and through Eurovision's world feed on 14 November 2005, in advance of Phase II of WSIS, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16-18 November 2005.
This is your chance to have a say by sending your questions to Anita McNaught, moderator for the Debate.
Send your questions right up to 12:00 GMT on 29 September 2005 on anita@dev.tv, and we will do our best to make sure they are put to the panel.
This Debate is staged with support from APDIP, Global Knowledge Partnership and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
Related Links
View Video of Panel Debate [WMV, 43.7MB]
Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Press Release (TVE Asia-Pacific)
World Summit on the Information Society
Last modified 2006-02-17 02:59 PM
