Expert Group Meeting on WSIS+5 and Emerging Issues in Asia and the Pacific - 18-19 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand

The Expert Group Meeting on WSIS+5 and Emerging Issues in Asia and the Pacific will be held from 18 to 19 November 2008 at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting will be organized as a pre-session activity of the First Committee Session on ICT by the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

The main objective of this Expert Group Meeting (EGM) is to exchange knowledge and experiences among the participating experts at technical, institutional and policy levels.

The EGM will be organized under the overall theme of WSIS+5 regional review and key and emerging trends in Asia and the Pacific. It will highlight key issues related to ICT development in the region in general and progress made on the implementation of the WSIS Plan of Action in particular. The EGM will focus on the following areas:

1) WSIS+5 regional review
2) ICT capacity building
3) ICT and disaster risk reduction and
4) Emerging ICT issues, including food security and ICT access

Update: Please note that the meeting room has changed. The meeting will take place in Meeting Room H.

Documents

Please see the documents below for more details regarding this event:

Title	Size (KB)
Letter of acceptance	115
Information note for participants	95
Draft Annotated Provisional Agenda	30
Provisional Programme	19
Provisional Presentations Summary	1500

Please note that this EGM is a pre-session to the Committee on Information and Communications Technology, we encourage you to read the background papers for that meeting. Click here to access the Committee on Information and Communications Technology website and background papers.

For more information about this event

Please contact:

Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division,
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Building
Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200 Thailand

Fax : +66 2288 1085
Email : escap-idd@un.org