Program of 9th of november

12.00-17.00 Accreditation and collection of summit kit at the Euskalduna Conference Centrea
17.00-19.00 Presentation of the “2nd World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society”

Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor of Bilbao
Karmelo Sainz de la Maza, President of Association of Basque Municipalities (EUDEL)
Àngel Ros, President of the Commission of New Technologies of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) and Mayor of Lleida
Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary-General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Secretary General of the “World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Jean François Soupizet, Deputy Head of Unit Internacional Aspects DG Information Society
José Montilla, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Commerce of Spain
Peter Zangl, Deputy General Director of the Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission
Marcel Boisard, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Sarbuland Khan, Director of Division of the Economic and Council Board of the United Nations
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations (Video-message)
Juan José Ibarretxe, President of the Basque Country
The Honorary Committee of the “II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society” is presided over by H. M. Juan Carlos I.