31 августа 2005 года

WITFOR 2005 Botswana

WITFOR 2005 will address issues critical to developing countries, such as the application of ICT in fighting HIV/Aids, poverty, access to education, environment, as well as social, ethical and legal consequences of IT. It will also showcase leading-edge ICT solutions for economic development, as well as best practice projects from around the world.

The inaugural WITFOR was held in Lithuania, in 2003, where the participants adopted the Vilnius Declaration.

This year's Forum, the second, will bring together more than 700 delegates, including ICT Ministers, senior policy-makers, academics, NGOs, ICT experts and the private ICT sector.

The theme of WITFOR 2005 is "ICT for accelerated development". Its specific objectives are:

• to find ways of utilising ICT for accelerated development, in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals and the WSIS Plan of Action; and
• to pay special attention to the needs of developing countries and assist them in accelerating development through the application of ICT.

The conference takes place at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC) in Botswana.

• Themes
• Programme

More info - http://www.witfor.org.bw/index.htm

Registration - http://www.witfor.org.bw/registration.php