---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 13:41:22 -0500 From: THAKUR Dhanaraj <dhanaraj.thakur@uwimona.edu.jm> Subject: [TIER] Please distribute - Panel on ICTS and SIDS - participate online - March 12, 2012 (2pm-4:30pm eastern standard time) To: "tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu" <tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <4F53B752.1070309@uwimona.edu.jm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Invitation to Participate in a Panel Discussion: Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) We wish to invite you to join us online for a panel discussion on ICTs and SIDS which will take place at the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2012), Atlanta, USA, Monday, March 12, 2012 from 2:30pm to 4pm (eastern standard time). To follow the discussions live and participate online please join us at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/813799999 The goal of this panel is to examine the various ways in which ICTs can be used to overcome the unique development challenges that are faced by SIDS. The topic will be addressed by panelists from a variety perspectives including: * Christina Higa, Director, Pan-Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT), Hawaii, USA - "Universal Service and Public Service ICT for Development: Pacific Island Experiences." * Ilan Kelman, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway - "SIDS and ICTs: Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction, Including Climate Change Adaptation." * Dhanaraj Thakur, Lecturer, Department of Government, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica. - "National ICT Policies in the SIDS Context." * Elena De Jesus, Associate Sustainable Development Officer, SIDS Unit, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - "ICTs and Coordinating Action across SIDS: SIDS Net" The panel will be chaired by Prof. Gillian Marcelle (Wits Business School, South Africa). Note that there is no cost to participating online. We look forward to your attendance. https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/813799999