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Activities
4. The Youth Forum (YF)
Special youth-addressing sessions feature industry and political leaders, and probes the technical, regulatory and financial issues, as well as issues of other concerns related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and instrumental in social and economic development.
Technologies and Applications – require Global coherence and promotion of the capability of people in utilizing ICT for a better, more peaceful productive and secure world. It also requires innovation, creativity and local knowledge. It also requires a secure communication network and the ability to use the ICTs in a safe and responsible manner. This interactive session will discuss these and other issues of interest to the Youth Fellows and relevant to the ICT sector.
Policies and Systems - Young people need to be empowered to ensure their equal participation in the information society. Thus, ICT strategies and policies need to address both accessibility as well as human capacity building requirements.
However, the objective of providing everyone in Africa with benefits of ICTs can only be achieved if African Governments make firm commitments which recognize ICTs as one of their political priorities. These commitments will in turn lead to enhanced investment in ICTs for education and training and availability, affordability and usability of ICTs for all.
| FRIDAY, 9 MAY |
09H00 – 18H00
YF FELLOWS ARRIVAL |
10H00 – 18H00
REGISTRATION AND ORIENTATION |
LOCAL TOUR
TIME (TBC) |
| SATURDAY, 10 MAY |
09H00 – 10H30
YF.1
YOUTH FORUM OPENING
(MYCERINOS A) |
11H00 – 13H00
YF.2 – JOINT AFRICA YOUTH FORUM FELLOWS AND EGYPTIAN YOUTH AMBASSADORS – “CONVERSATION”ON CYBER-PEACE (MYCERINOS A) |
13H00 – 14H30
YF LUNCH SESSION SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED BY THE HOST COUNTRY
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14H300 – 18H00
YF.3 – TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
(MYCERINOS A) |
EVENING ACTIVITY
(TBC) |
SUNDAY, 11 MAY |
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YF.4– POLICIES AND REGULATION
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16H00 JOINT ITU TELECOM AND GSMA BOARD MEETING |
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| MONDAY, 12 MAY |
09H00 – 10H30
JOINT OPENING SESSION
FORUM/TDS AND YOUTH FORUM |
12H30 – 14H30
YF SPONSORED LUNCH SESSION
(HOSTED BY: GSMA) |
14H30 – 17H30
YF.5- BUSINESS AND FINANCE
(MYCERINOS A) |
EVENING ACTIVITY
Red words denote activities organized jointly by the Host City and ITU TELECOM (TBC) |
| TUESDAY, 13 MAY |
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TDS.1 - MOBILE: AFRICA’S BROADBAND PLATFORM OF CHOICE?
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12H30 – 14H30
YF SPONSORED
LUNCH SESSION
(HOSTED BY: QUALCOMM) |
09H00– 10H30
YF.6 – ITU AND ACADEMIA COMMITMENTFOR THE FUTURE OF ICTS
(MYCERINOS A)
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14H30 – 17H30
YF.7 – PLENARY YF ELECTIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF DRAFTING GROUP FOR DECLARATION AND ACTION PLAN
(MYCERINOS A) |
EVENING ACTIVITY
(TBC) |
| WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY |
09H00 – 12H30
TDS.2 - REGULATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE MISSING LINK TO CONNECT AFRICA
(MYCERINOS A) |
12H30 – 14H30
YF SPONSORED LUNCH SESSION
(HOSTED BY: TELKOM EGYPT) |
14H30 – 16H00
YF.9 – WORKSHOPS:
(1) DEVELOPING A BUSINESS- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (MYCERINOS A)
(2) STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION (MYCERINOS C)
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18H00 AND TO CONTINUE
YF.8 – PREPARATION AND FINALIZATION OF AFRICA YOUTH FORUM 2008 DECLARATION AND ACTION PLAN
(MYCERINOS A) |
| THURSDAY, 15 MAY |
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TDS.3 – WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: CONVERGENT NETWORKS? CONVERGENT POLICIES? (MYCERINOS A) |
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JOINT CLOSING SESSION FORUM, TDS AND YOUTH FORUM (CHEFEREN A&B)
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YF.9 - YOUTH FORUM CLOSING (CHEFEREN A&B)
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13H30 – 15H00
WTISD AWARD CEREMONY
(CHEOPS) |
| FRIDAY, 16 MAY |
| D E P A R T U R E |
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