Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD has been nominated among the key speakers at the 10th UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), where participants from government, civil society, the private sector and international organizations are meeting in Geneva to identify emerging trends, fresh priorities and innovations for advancing the 'ICT for development' agenda, while strengthening the impact of ICTs as an enabler of sustainable development.
Other Guest speakers at the High-Level Segment, which will take place on the morning of Tuesday 26 May, will include Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General (video message), Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU, Visionary Speech: Majed El Mesmar, Deputy Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, UAE (Strategic Partner, Platinum), Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO, Getachew Engida, Deputy Director General, UNESCO, Neil Buhne, Director, UNDP Office in Geneva, Philipp Metzger, Director General, OFCOM, Switzerland (Host of the First Phase of WSIS in 2003) and Noaman Fehri, Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy, Tunisia (Host of the Second Phase of WSIS in 2005), Thomas Luhaka Losenjola, Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and NTIC, Democratic Republic of Congo (Strategic Partner, Gold), John E. Davies, Vice President, World Ahead Program, Intel Corporation (Strategic Partner, Gold) , Cyril Ritchie, President Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CoNGO) and Joseph Alhadeff, Chairman International Chamber of Commerce Commission on the Digital Economy (ICC)
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