Thursday May 8, 2003 — Roundtable Discussion (by special invitation)

8:30 am		Registration
9:00 am		Welcome and Introduction
9:15 am		Hon. Kwamena Bartels (invited)
9:45 am		Ghana New Venture Competition (GNVC) Award Ceremony
10:00 am		Session 1: Social Venturing - Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Launching the Venture Model in Africa
11:30 am		Coffee Break
11:45 am		Session 2: Raising the Bar - Empowerment through Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building
1:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm		Session 3: Redefining the Future of Culture and Gender
3:30 pm		Coffee Break
3:45 pm		Session 4: Leaving No One Behind - Developing an Inclusive Approach
5:15 pm		Session 5: Digital Responsibility - Engagement through Effective Policy
7:30 pm		Dinner for Invited Guests

Friday May 9, 2003 — Open Session (pre-registration required)

8:30 am		Registration
9:00 am		Welcome and Keynote Address, Henry Louis Gates, Chair, Afro-American Studies Dept. and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Studies, Harvard University
9:45 am		Session 6: The Changing World of ICT and Development, Part 1 - Ghana
11:15 am		Coffee Break
11:30 am		Address, Satish Jha: The Indian Experience
12:15 pm		Launch of the Ghana Web Directory on CD
12:30 pm		Lunch
1:15 pm		Keynote Address, Kwame Anthony Appiah:, Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center of Human Values, Princeton University
2:00 pm		Session 7: The Changing World of ICT and Development, Part II - Africa
4:00 pm		Coffee Break
4:15 pm		Session 8: Building a New Future - Private Sector Input to the World Summit on Information Society
5:15 pm		Summary and Next Steps
6:00 pm		Closing Remarks, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister of Communications and Technology (invited)

Saturday May 10, 2003 — Site Visits (transportation fees may apply)

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