BPN 1368 WSA 09 Winners' Event Monterrey, Mex. (2)

If you do not know what the World Summit Award is, please play this movie first.


The first of the three day event has started. Justn have a look at the schedule; it runs over midnight!

DAY 0 | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Time Program
Through the day: arrivals in Monterrey
Pre-Registration for the WSA Events at Hotel Holiday Inn Parque Fundidora

20:00 –22:00
Global Piñata - WSA / WSYA 09 Winners meet WSA 09 Jurors and Experts
Hotel Holiday Inn Parque Fundidora

DAY 1 | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
Time Main Program
08:30 –09:00
WSA Registration
Parque Fundidora - Nave Lewis

09:00 –12:30
UNDESA GAID Strategy Council
Club Industrial

12:30 –14:00

Lunch
13:30 –15:30
UNDESA GAID Strategy Council Meeting Conclusion
Club Industrial

16:15 –18:30
WSA Winners’ Conference
Parque Fundidora - Nave Lewis

16:15 –17:00
Opening and Introduction:
Bridging Digital Divides and Narrowing Content Gaps: Strategies and Challenges
Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, DESA, United Nations
Peter A. Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award, Austria
Ramón Alberto Garza, CEO, Indigo Brainmedia, Mexico
Lynn St. Amour, President, Internet Society, USA
SR Rao, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of
Communication & Information Technology, Union Government of India
Dina Pule, Deputy Minister of Communications, South Africa



17:00 –18:30
Winners’ Conference: e-Learning & Education
Chair & Moderator: Osama Manzar, Director,
Digital Empowerment Foundation, India
Keynote: Mario Franco,
Chairman, Foundation for Mobile Communication, Portugal
WSA 09 Winners
- CELL (Italy) - Luca Quareni
- Lingorilla (Germany) - Philip Gienandt
- Human and Nature (Lithuania) - Arvydas Andrijauskas
- Our Space(New Zealand) - Jan Bieringa

19:00 Transport to the Marco Museum of Modern Art











Time Program
20:00 –20:05
WSA Winners’ Gala and Ceremony
MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporane



Welcome to the World’s Best in e-Content and Creativity
Hosts for the WSA Board of Directors:
Manar Al-Hashash, Board Member from Kuwait
Peter A. Bruck, Chairman
Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, DESA, United Nations
Ramón Alberto Garza, President & CEO, Indigo Brainmedia

20:05 –20:35
World Summit Youth Award Gala:
Getting Action on MDGs through use of ICT - Internet and Mobiles
Laudators:
Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, DESA, United Nations
Mario Franco, Foundation for Mobile Communications, Portugal
Lynn St. Armour, President & CEO, Internet Society, USA
Jose Zamora, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, USA
Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President, General Council, Intel Corporation, USA
Alfonso Romo, CEO, Plenus, Mexico
Moderators:
Mohammed Fathy, Unit Manager, Cyber Peace Initiative, Egypt
Jennifer Corriero, Co-founder and Executive Director, TakingITGlobal, Canada

20:35 –20:45
Arab e-Content Award
Mohamed A. AlQaed, CEO, eGovernment Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain

20:45 – 20:50
Video Flash back to WSA Galas 2003, 2005, 2007

20:50 –22:00
WSA Winners GALA:
Celebrating the Richness and Diversity of the World’s Best e-Content and Innovative ICT Applications
Laudators:
Lynn St. Amour, President & CEO, Internet Society, USA
SR Rao, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication &
Information Technology, Union Government of India
Juan Molinar Horcasitas, Minister of Communications and Transportation, Government of Mexico
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman, GAID, United Nations
Juan Carlos Jil, Director and Deputy Chair of GSMA, Latin America
Raslan Ahmad, Under Secretary of the ICT Policy Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
Ramón Garza, President & CEO, Indigo Brainmedia, Mexico
Dina Pule, Deputy Minister of Communications, South Africa
Moderators:
Peter A. Bruck, Chairman of the Board, World Summit Award, Austria
Denisse Dresser, Mexico

22:00 –24:00
WSA Gala Dinner


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