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UNITAR Symposium on ICT Policy Issues for Development

Presentations*

Organized in Collaboration with the Intel Corporation

29 - 31 August 2006
UN Headquarters, New York

Day 1: Free Open Source Software

FOSS and Government
Carlos Castro, General Director, Government of Extremadura, Spain
FOSS and Human Capacity Building
Glen McKnight, Director of Operations, Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
What "Open" Means to You: Innovation, Interoperability, Independence
Dr. Robert Sutor, Vice President of Standards, IBM

Day 2: Information Security - A Policy Perspective

Introduction to Information Security/Regulatory Frameworks and International Standards
Ed Gelbstein, UNITAR Senior Fellow
Establishing Information Security From a Policy/Governance Perspective
Malcolm Harkins, General Manager, Information Risk and Security, Intel Corporation
Building Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs and the International Cooperation Agenda
Christine Sund, Policy Analyst, Stategy and Policy Unit, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Additional Resources

Summary Report (updated 25 September 2006)

Agendas

Bios

Webcast Day 1 (FOSS): Morning / Afternoon

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Webcast Day 2 (Information Security): Morning

* For additional information on materials and presentations from the workshop portions of this event, please contact: Amy Weesner, ICT Programme Coordinator
**Workshop portions of this event were not recorded - as such no webcast is available for the afternoon of Day 2 or for Day 3.