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Microsoft's ICT for Development Conference

Start date & time: 
09/22/2008 - 8:30am
End date & time: 
09/23/2008 - 5:00pm
Description: 

It is estimated that some 5 billion people in the middle and bottom of the pyramid still lack access to even basic technology and the opportunities it provides. Experts agree that investments in technology are crucial to economic growth and development to raise this vast majority of humanity out of poverty.

You are cordially invited to Microsoft's 2nd Annual Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) Conference. In this in-depth, two-day event you'll learn about what top donor agencies, NGOs and private companies are doing to mobilize science and technology in the developing world. Come hear how technology can change the lives of the next 5 billion people. Join Microsoft along with development agency leaders, private sector practitioners and the NGO community in this discourse for ICT in education, governance, health, disaster, environmental sustainability, and other relevant development platform concerns.

Speakers will include Assistant Secretary of State Goli Ameri, Millennium Challenge Corporation's CEO, Ambassador John D. Danilovich, Special Envoy to the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jose Manuel Briosa e Gala, and many more senior level representatives from donor agencies, corporations, NGOs, and other key players in the ICT for Development industry.

Microsoft's ICT for Development Conference
September 22-23, 2008
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Atrium Hall
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Space is limited and you must register to attend. You are welcome to send this invitation to relevant colleagues who might also be interested to attend.

There is no cost to attend this conference and, based on last year's highly successful event, we expect registration to close quickly, so you are encouraged to register early. (If you cannot attend both days, there are options to register for half day or one day sessions.)

Sessions


  1. September 22, 2008 | 08:30 AM - 12:30 PM


  2. September 22, 2008 | 12:30 PM - 05:30 PM


  3. September 23, 2008 | 08:30 AM - 12:30 PM


  4. September 23, 2008 | 12:30 PM - 05:00 PM

RSVP: http://www.devex.com/ICTforD

 

 

Location: 
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Atrium Hall
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City: 
Washington D.C.
Country: 
United States
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