To make the Local Authorities aware of the aspects they should consider in order to implement Information Society promotion strategies in their territories or improve the ones that are already being undertaken.
Hours
8.30.10.15 Workshop 8: Education and Training (Room A1)
Objective: To analyse how New Technologies can contribute towards improving the skills training of persons, regarding aspects related both with their professional and with their personal activity.
President: Dionisio Marenco, Mayor of Managua
Speakers:
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, First Lady of the Dominican Republic
Luis Adrián Salazar Solís, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology of Costa Rica
Jorge Figueroa Córdova, Sub-Secretary of Planning of the State Governemnt of Chiapas, Mexico
Bernard Cornu, International Federation of Internet Processing (IFIP)
Tarcisio Della Senta, Director of the Universal Networking Language Programme
Sanjeev Shah, International Consultant of the All Indian Institute of Local Self-Government, India
Objective: To show what role companies can play to promote economic development, especially in the creation of new enterprises and the strengthening of already existing ones, through promotion of the information society. In particular, new trends like teleworking and the use of New Technologies by SMEs will be analysed. To show what support can be offered by the Local Authorities to promote the incorporation and application of New Technologies in the business processes of the companies in their territories in order to improve their competitiveness and encourage the appearance of businesses and activities based on new technologies that help to generate employment and wealth.
President: Elena Gutiérrez, Director of Information Technologies of the Basque Government
Speakers:
Jacqueline Subban, Board Member of the Smartxchange, South Africa
Andrés Font, Director of "Enter", Centre for the Analysis of the Information Society and Telecommunication
Costis Toregas, Honorary President of Public Technology Inc., U.S.A.
Objective: To show the advantages for Local Authorities of taking part in national and international networks, through which they will be able to share best practices, increase their knowledge through training, etc.
President: Juan José Duque, Assistant Director of SPRI and Vice-President of the Bilbao Summit
Speakers:
Miguel A. Porrua, Coordinator for e-government of the Executive Secretary’s Office for Integral Development of the Organization of American States (OEA)
Claire Klindt, Representative Global Cities Dialogue (GCD) and the URB-AL II Network 13
Luis de Eusebio Ramos, General Assistant Director of the Coordination of Technological Resources of the General Directorate of Administrative Modernization of the Ministry of Public Administrations
Fatimetou Mint Mohamed-Saleck, Professor of the University of Nouakchott, Mauritania
Moncef Ben Gharbia, Mayor of Bizerte, Tunis
08.30-10.15 Workshop 11: Sustainable Development (Room A4)
Objective: To analyse how New Technologies can contribute towards the care of our environment, through control of its indicators, the spreading of social awareness on this matter and other actions that result in the improvement of our quality of life.
President: Alfonso Alonso, Mayor of Vitoria and President of the Environment and Ecology Commission of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP)
Speakers:
Izaskun Iriarte, Coordinator of the Secretary of the nrg4SD Network and Service Director of the Environment and Territory Ordinance of the Basque Government and President of the Regional Governments
Pascal Dubois, Assistant to the Mayor of Valenciennes, France
Martin Herrndorf, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Research Group Sustainable Production and Consumption
Jon Patrick, Professor, University of Sydney, Chair of Language Technology, Australiaç
Gilles Berhault, Director of the Association of Communication and Information for the Sustainable Development (ACIDD), France
08.30-10.15 Local experiences (III)
Sala B1
José Miguel Abarrategui, General Manager of the Association for the Development of the Bajo Ibaizabal (IBAE-ADEBI)
Daniel Armendari, Association of Basque Companies of Free Software in Euskadi
Jarmo Heiskanen, Region of North Karelia, Finland
Andrew Macias, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
Charles Watt/ Rajesh Vasudevan, Senior Policy Advisor at the Wold Bank and Public Sector Specialist, infoDev Program
David Castro, Representative of the City Council of Getafe
Christophe Pannetie, Foundator of Digiport
Richard Drewes, Partner of Deloitte
10.15- 12.00 Workshop 12: e-Inclusion (Room A1)
Objective: To show how New Technologies can help towards total inclusion in all fields of life (work, social, family, etc.) of the most disadvantage persons for reasons of sex, age, residence….
President: Chris Newby, President of the Knowledge Society Forum, ofTelecities and Councillor Liverpool City Council, United Kingdom
Speakers:
José Manuel Vázquez, Responsible of the European Resources Unit in the Local Development Area and Employment of the Provincial Council of Huelva
Luiz Carlos Boscolo, Head of Consultancy than manages the Telecentre Program of the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oscar Enrique Torres Quiroz, Mayor of Chachapoyas, Peru
Beatriz Tibiriça, President of the NGO Colectivo Digital, Brazil
May Escobar, Director of the Bip-Bip Foundation
Rick Molony, National Broadband Advisor, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), Australia
10.15- 12.00 Workshop 13: Public Safety and Risk Management (Room A3)
Objective: All aspects related with the creation of trust and legal security will be highlighted in this workshop, so that persons can make greater use of Information Technology with all kinds of guarantees. Aspects such as the electronic signature and accreditation, data protection, etc. will also be analysed.
President: Dato Lakhbir Singh Chahl, Secretary-General of Regional Network of Local Authorities for the management of the Asia-Pacific Establishments (CITYNET)
Speakers:
Angela Spizig, Mayor of Cologne, Germany
Montserrat Tura, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Government of Catalonia and President of Telecities
Alberto Susini, Responsible of the Enterprise Environment, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Shaun O'Neill, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police of London, United Kingdom
Francisco Medina Gómez, General Director of the Science and Technology Council of the State of Jalisco (COECYTJAL), Mexico
10.15-12.00 Workshop 14: Initiatives and Tools for the development of Information Society (Room A5)
Objective: In this workshop, the role of the Regional Development Banks will be analysed in supporting the development of the Information Society at local level. It will count with experiences such as the Digital Solidarity Found and will debate about the role of the Regional Banks for Development in the support to the advance in the Information Society at a local level.
President: Fernando Irigoyen, General Director of the Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa- BBK
Speakers:
Motoo Kusakabe, Senior Counsellor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Professor of International Communication of the University of Aahrus, Denmark
Fernando de la Fuente, Head of Division, Directoriate for Lending Operations in the European Union of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
Charles Watt/ Rajesh Vasudevan, Senior Policy Advisor at the Wold Bank and Public Sector Specialist, infoDev Program
Josu Ocariz, General Secretary of the IT4ALL Network- Local Authorities Network for the Information Society and of the Bilbao Summit
10.15-12.00 Workshop 15: Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (Room A4)
Objective: To show how New Technologies can help towards total inclusion in all fields of life (work, social, family, etc.) of persons with disabilities.
President: Jesús Hernández Galán, Director of Accessibility of the ONCE Foundation
Speakers:
Kicki Nordström, Immediate Past President of World Blind Union
Christine Raffin, City Councillor for ICT of the City of Metz, France
Hiroshi Kawamura, Director of the Department of Rehabilitation of the National Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Japan
Xabier Madina, Director of X-Madina
Charles McCathieNevile, Experts of SIDAR and member of the technical team of the World Wide Web, Consortium (W3C)
10.15-12.00 Visits “The Basque Country in the Information Society”
Introducción y Moderación
Iñaki Suárez, Director de la Sociedad de la Información de SPRI
Intervinientes
Red de Parques Tecnológicos del País Vasco: Marian Ibarrondo, Directora de Innovación del Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia
TECNALIA, Corporación Tecnológica: I+D+i en las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TICs): Guillermo Gil, Director de TELECOM
EUSKALTEL, Operador Global de Telecomunicaciones
EITB, Grupo de Comunicación: Juan Luis Diego, Director Gerente
Plenary (Room A1)
12.30.12.45 Presentation of the Conclusions from the Thematic Workshops
Conclusions of the Thematic Blocks A and B: Ricardo Nencini, President of the Regional Council of Toscana and President of the Conference of European Regional Assemblies (CALRE)
Conclusions of the Thematic Blocks C and D: Robert Guerra, Counsellor for New Technologies, Regional Council of Dakar , Senegal
12.45-12.55 Reading of the Letter the Rights of the Citizens in the Information Society
Chris Newby, President of the Knowledge Society Forum, Telecities and Councillor Liverpool City Council
12.55-13.00 Reading of the conclusions of the Forum of the Digital Civilizations (Ci´NUM)
Marcel Desvergne, President of Aquitaine Europe Communication and of the Forum for Digital Civilizations (Ci´NUM), France
13.00-13.15 Presentation of the Future Stages in the International Agenda (2006-2015).
Marcel Boisard, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Reading of the Declaration of Bilbao and the Action Plan of the Local Authorities in relation to the Information Society. Message for the Summit in Tunis. Closing (Room A1)
13:15-14.00 Reading of the Declaration of Bilbao and the Action Plan of Bilbao. Closing
Moderador: Moderator: Mauri Lazkano, General Director of SPRI and and Vice-president Executive of the Bilbao Summit
Jeremy Smith, Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), European Division of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Abbès Mohsen, Mayor of Tunis
Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor of Bilbao
José Luis Bilbao, General Deputy of Bizkaia
Chen Haosu, President of United Cities and Local Governments, Asia Pacific Regional Section (UCLG-ASPAC)
