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11th November

Workshop 8: Education and Training (click here to see the video)

President: Dionisio Marenco, Mayor of Managua

Speakers:

  • Bernard Cornu, International Federation of Internet Processing (IFIP)
  • Tarcisio Della Senta, Director of the Universal Networking Language Programme
  • Jorge Figueroa Córdova, Sub-Secretary of Planning of the State Governemnt of Chiapas, Mexico
  • Hédi Ayache, Mayor of Sousse, Tunis
    • José María Ramírez Morán, Mayor of Almendralejo
    • Sanjeev Shah, International Consultant of the All Indian Institute of Local Self-Government, India
    • Luis Adrián Salazar Solís, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology of Costa Rica
    • Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, First Lady of the Dominican Republic

Workshop 9: e-Business (e-Economy (click here to see the video)

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.

Workshop 10: Decentralised Cooperation (click here to see the video)

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

Workshop 11: Sustainable Development (click here to see the video)

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

Workshop 12: e-Inclusion (click here to see the video)

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

Workshop 13: Public Safety and Risk Management (click here to see the video)

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

Workshop 14: Initiatives and Tools for the development of Information Society (click here to see the video)

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

Workshop 15: Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (click here to see the video)

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)

The Basque Country in the Information Society (click here to see the video)

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:

  • Joseph Sarr, Counsellor for New Technologies, Regional Council of Dakar , Senegal

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

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

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 (click here to see the video)

  • 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)