2008 Global Event on Measuring the Information Society
AGENDA
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Chair: Ms. Maral Tutelian, Director General, Central Administration of Statistics, Lebanon
10:00 – 11:00 Session 1: Opening and introduction
- Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General, ITU
- Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Acting Deputy Secretary General, UNCTAD
- Ms. Martine Dirven, Director, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
- Mr. Ralf Becker, Chief, Economic Statistics and Classifications Section, UN Statistical Division
11:00 – 13:00 Session 2: Global overview of Information Society measurement
11:00 – 12:00 Policy aspects
12:00 – 13:00 Global status of ICT statistics
Followed by a discussion
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 18:00 Session 3: International standards on ICT statistics
15:00 – 16:30 Revision of the core list (facilitator: ECLAC)
Followed by a discussion
16:30 – 18:00 New indicators on ICT in education (facilitator: ESCWA)
Followed by a discussion
18:15 – 19:30 Cocktail (Bar Escargot, Palais des Nations, 3rd floor, E-Building)
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Chair: Mr. Tony Clayton, Director, Economic Analysis, Office of National Statistics, United Kingdom
10:00 – 13:00 Session 4: Measurement of ICT impact (facilitator: Eurostat)
Followed by a discussion
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 18:00 Session 5: Future ICT measurement issues
15:00 – 16:30 Measuring E-Government (facilitator: Ms. Khopotso Tsotetsi, South Africa)
Followed by a discussion
16:30 – 18:00 Advancing the ICT measurement agenda (facilitator: Ms. Helani Galpaya, LIRNEasia)
Followed by a discussion
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Chair: Ms. Maral Tutelian, Director General, Central Administration of Statistics, Lebanon
10:00 – 12:00 Session 6: Strategies to enhance Information Society measurement (facilitator: George Sciadas, Statistics Canada)
Followed by a discussion
12:00 – 13:00 Session 7: Conclusions and the way forward