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General Information

Registration

Registration for POW will be open from 8.30 a.m. on Thursday,
12 February 2004 at the entrance of Arcade 5, Lower Ground Floor.

All sessions will be held at Arcade 5, Lower Ground Floor of the Renaissance Hotel.
The Secretariat is located in Arcade 1 in the same area.
Lunch will be held at Tempts Restaurant (Ground Floor, New World Wing) and Vogue Café (Ground Floor, Renaissance Wing). Please refer to your agenda daily for the lunch location.
Dinner will be held at the Saloma Theatre Restaurant, within walking distance of the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel.

Consultation materials and nametags will be provided upon registration to confirmed participants.

Day One - Thursday, 12 February 2004

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

Welcome and Workshop Agenda
Phet Sayo, Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP

Logistics and daily announcements, UNDP-APDIP Team

9:30 - 10:00

Participant Self-introduction

Reporting on the first Programme Officers Workshop
Presentation highlighting the issues that were addressed, the recommendations that were submitted, and the follow-up work and outcomes.
Phet Sayo, Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP
Q&A

Break

UNDP-APDIP, an update on past programmes, initiatives, and what is planned
Shahid Akhtar, Programme Coordinator, UNDP-APDIP
Q&A

Free Time and Lunch
Vogue Café (Ground Floor, Renaissance Wing)

UNDP ICT Programme Officers' Presentations with Q & A
Presentations by POs on respective country and UNDP CO's activities, highlighting best practices, strategic frameworks, and lessons learned, particularly in balancing upstream and downstream programmes; POs should present insights that have not been captured in reference materials provided for the workshop and should also focus on problems, issues, and needs as seen from the perspective of the CO; in keeping with the themes of the workshop, POs should, where applicable, focus on Free/Open Source initiatives, wireless and other innovative connectivity/access technologies, and ICT and SMEs.

Break

UNDP ICT Programme Officers' Presentations with Q & A continued

Dinner and Cultural Show (Saloma Restaurant)
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Day Two - Friday, 13 February 2004

9:00 - 9:05

Logistics and daily announcements, UNDP-APDIP Team

9:05 - 9:45

ICT and MDGs: Findings from the Regional Human Development Report (Promoting ICT for Human Development in Asia 2004)
www.apdip.net/rhdr/preview-event/default.asp
James George, Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP

9:45 - 10:30

Wireless Connectivity: the Technologies, Solutions, and Possible Opportunities
Phet Sayo, Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:00

ICT and SMEs in Asia Pacific
James George, Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch
Tempts Restaurant (Ground Floor, New World Wing)

13:00 - 14:30

Free/Open Source Software (FOSS): A Regional Perspective on the Issues and Policies, and the Role of IOSN
Presentation includes a demonstration of the IOSN Portal
www.iosn.net
Tan Wooi Tong and Ken Wong, Programme Specialists, UNDP-APDIP

14:30 - 15:30

UNDP and ICT for Development: Trends and Issues (Plenary discussion)
- UNDP BDP/ICT for Development
- Developments and the Impact of Regional Restructuring
- Pacific Island Countries

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 16:30

UNDP and ICT for Development: Trends and Issues (Plenary discussion) continued
Identify Working Group Topics

Day Three - Saturday, 14 February 2004

9:00 - 10:30

3-4 Working Groups* on Topics Identified by Workshop Participants

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:10

Working Group Presentations and Discussions - The Way Forward

12:10 - 12:30

Closing

12:30

Lunch
Vogue Café (Ground Floor, Renaissance Wing)

*Proposed Working Group Topics

(1)

Regional opportunities - Free/Open Source Software, wireless connectivity, and SMEs

(2)

Regional coordination, collaboration, support, expectations, and recommendations

(3)

Communicating what we do:

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Dissemination project results/findings

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ICT4D Series

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UNDP RBAP ICT4D Magazine/e-Newsletter