Bishkek Conference on
Information Society and Regional Cooperation in Information and Communication Technologies for Development, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
(16-18 November 2004)

The Bishkek Conference on Information Society and Regional Cooperation in Information and Communication Technologies for Development was held in partnership with the Government of Kyrgyzstan, UNECE, UNDP and UN ICT Taskforce and attracted 44 participants from 9 countries (Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), 23 participants from 5 UN bodies and international organizations and 20 participants from the private sector, academia and NGOs.

	To Real Broadband in Russia (M. Gurieva)		Financial Mechanisms for ICT for Development (Xuan Zengpei)		Fund Information Future (Nurbek Toichubayev)
	Coordination Center TLD RU (Burkov)		UNESCAP initiatives in ICT for development and capacity building in Asia and the Pacific (Guennady Fedorov)		Condition and prospects of development ICT in Tadjikistan (Mr. Sherali Nujmudinov)
	Community e-Centers (Xuan Zengpei)		ICT : leap-frogging or sustained economic development (Hans Armfelt Hansell - ECE)		Strategy for cooperation in the area of information society between the CIS countries (Mr. Nurudin Mukhitdinov)
	Connectivity in Tajikistan-Integrating Technology in Education (62MB, Garth Willis)		Internet Governance (Guennady Fedorov)		Application of the electronic digital signature and electronic document circulation in Azerbaijan (Velizadeh)
	E-Estonia Road Map (Ants Sild)		Internet governance – challenge of the new age or fear of the future (I. Agamirzyangora)
	E Health (Ainura Ibraimova)		ICT for accelerated development - World Information Technology Forum (Dipak Khakhar)
	E South-East_Europe Agenda Initiative (Yuri Misnikove-UNDP)		Encouraging Entrepreneurship in ICT infrastructure and businesses – EBRD’s approach (Motoo Kusakabe)