Asian Forum on Information and Communication Technology Policies and e-Strategies, 20-22 October 2003

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Resource Persons

Prominent regional resource persons will facilitate discussions and provide substantial input to the Forum. Resource persons from government, academia, and the private sector have been identified to assist in the various sessions of the Forum.

There are eleven (11) Resource Persons for the Asian Forum as listed below.

Ministers' Roundtable	Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, Ministry of Economic Reform, Science, and Technology, Sri Lanka	bio key questions
Session I	Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman, ePoor.org, Pakistan	bio abstract paper presentation summary
Session II	Dr. Susan Teltscher, UNCTAD, Geneva	bio abstract paper presentation summary
Session III	Professor Subhash Bhatnagar, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (World Bank Consultant)	bio abstract paper presentation summary
Session IV	Dr. John Ure, Director, Telecommunications Research Project, Hong Kong University	bio abstract paper presentation summary
Session V	Hon. Virgilio L Pena, ICT Advisor to the President and Undersecretary for ICT, Philippines	bio abstract paper presentation summary
Session VI	Mr. Salman Ansari, Advisor, ICT, Ministry of Information and Communication, Pakistan	bio abstract presentation summary
Session VII	Professor Harry HK Tan, Director, CAPTEL, Nanyang Business School, Singapore	bio abstract paper presentation summary
Session VIII	Mr. Paul Ulrich, Consultant, Hong Kong	bio abstract paper presentation summary
e-Primer on ICT Policy Formulation and e-Strategy Development	Mr. Richard Labelle, Canada	bio abstract e-Primer
Comparative Analysis of ICT Policies and e-Strategies in select Asian countries	Dr. Emmanuel C. Lallana, Philippines	bio report

Session Paper
Each resource person shall prepare a paper on the specific session topic to which they are assigned. These papers will include (i) an overview of the issues surrounding the topic itself, and (ii) highlight developments in the Asian region as they relate to the topic.

Presentations
Based on their preparatory work and the session papers noted above, resource persons will prepare and make a twenty-minute (20) presentation in the session to which they are assigned. Resource persons will also be expected to field questions during the plenary discussions that follow their respective presentations.

Templates
Download these templates for your papers and presentations; MS-Word, Sample paper on MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint.

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