In the framework of WITSA´s 18thWorld Congress on Information Technology
Montréal, Canada, October 22-24, 2012
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
Venue: Palais des congrès de Montréal
Click here for the full programme: Young Digital Planet Programme
Sunday, October 21
- Walk around Montréal, the UNESCO City of Design
16:00-18:00
- Global Action Place: Welcome & First Get2Gether
Kick-off of WSYA 2012
Peter A. Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award
Walter Betschel, Telfree Group, South Africa
Martina Roth, Intel, Germany/USA
Explore YA! Friends - Connect Globally!
Mathias Haas, International Center for New Media
18:00-19:30
Hotel Delta Centre-Ville
- Networking Dinner
Il Focolaio, 1223 Carré Phillips
Monday, October 22
- Spaces for Action: Beyond the Borders of a Digital Society – Fishbowl Session
Bringing together new digital experts and young talents to discuss and debate how ICT
can contribute to the agenda of the UN Millennium Development Goals
Philippe Kridelka, Director, UNESCO Office in New York, Representative to the United Nations
Dorothy Gordon, Advanced Information Technology Institute – Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT, Ghana
H.E. Ivo Ivanovski, Ministry of Information Society and Administration, Republic of Macedonia
Ralph Simon, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas
Kanika Gupta, Visionary & Chief Catalyst, SoJo, Canada
Walda Roseman, Chief Operating Officer, ISOC, USA
Martina Roth, Director Global Education Strategy, Research & Policy, Corporate Affairs Group Intel, USA
Utpal Misra, ICT4Gov, World Bank Institute, USA
15:45-17:00
Room #511
- Business Speed Meeting: Find your significant others!
Young, creative and committed minds meet with CEOs and General Managers of the IT and Business Sector.
Kim Stevenson, CIO, Intel, USA
Paul Hoffert, Chairman, Bell Fund, Canada
Ivo Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society and Administration, Macedonia
Naomi Goldapple, Strategy Consultant and Business Developper, Canada
Jim Poisant, World Information Technology and Services Alliance
18:00-18:45
Room #511, Palais des Congrès
Tuesday, October 23
- Larry King Live in Montréal - The Digital Era and the Impact on our Society.
Keynote Luncheon with special guests and Nathan Masyuko, a WSYA winner of 2012
11:45-14:00
Room #220B, Palais des Congrès
- Share the Vision, show the Best: The World’s Best in e-Content addressing the
MDGs
WSYA 2012 Winners’ Project presentations.
Dorothy Gordon, Advanced Information Technology Institute – Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT, Ghana
Ralph Simon, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas
Martina Roth, Director Global Education Strategy, Research & Policy, Corporate Affairs Group Intel
Nkemdilim Uwaje, Director, Future Software Resources Nigeria Ltd.
14:00-17:00
Room #511
- Evening of ICT Excellence: WSYA Awarding Ceremony as part of the WCIT Gala Dinner
H.E. Ivo Ivanovski, Ministry of Information Society and Administration, Macedonia
Philippe Kridelka, Director, UNESCO Office in New York, Representative to the United Nations
Walter Betschel, CEO, Telfree Group, South Africa
Walda Roseman, Chief Operating Officer, ISOC, USA - Martina Roth, Director Global Education Strategy, Research & Policy, Corporate Affairs Group Intel, USA
Ambassador Arno Riedl, Austrian Ambassador to Canada
18:00-19:00
Entrance through room #210A
Wednesday, October 24
- Young Digital Planet – Action Workshops: Boost your project!
1) Mathias Haas, Super Social, Austria
Nkemdilim Uwaje, FutureSoft, Nigeria
2) Martina Roth, Global Education Strategy,
Research & Policy, Intel, Germany
Kanika Gupta, SoJo, Canada
3) Ralph Simon, Mobilium International, Mobile Entertainment Forum, UK
Suzanne Stein, Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada
4) Nora Wolloch, World Summit Award, ICNM
Liam O'Doherty, TakingITGlobal, Canada
08:30-11:30
Room #514 ab
- Creative Minds Mingling: Visit to the National Film Board of Canada
Tom Perlmutter; NFB Film Commissioner
Joel Pomerleau, Director, Platform Development
Mia Desroches, Assistant Director General for English Program
Hugues Sweeney, Executive Producer-Interactive Production for the French Program
13:30-15:30
National Film Board of Canada
- Spaces for Action: Global Huddle
Next steps towards 2015: WSYA 2012 and its achievements.
17:00-18:30
Room #511