Experts from different regions of the world share their experiences of the services and objectives of setting up telecentres in various countries. The potential for conferences like this one is to bring cross-cultural learning to take place. Asia with its diversity of people and experiences has much to offer, as also experiences from Africa where in telecentres have served to crucially bridge the digital divide. Be they servicing poverty reduction issues or learning needs or e-inclusion, or governance, the telecentres project experiences serve to advocate the right mix of services. The challenge of twin objectives of attaining financial sustainability with that of the social purposes always seems to be a struggle. Yet, its critical that sustainability questions around telecentre projects address the needs of the communities that it serves.
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Chair:
Ashok KrishnanVice President, NISG, India
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Speakers
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 AriefFaculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia
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 Ouedraogo Sylvestre
President de Yam Pukri, Burkina Faso
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 Roger HarrisRoger Harris Associates, Hong Kong
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 Sherif El TokaliICT4D Specialist, UNDP, Egypt
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Suhaidi Hassan
Associate Prof and Dean, Faculty of IT, University Utara Malaysia,(UUM), Malaysia
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Rwakyera JamesRICNET (KRC), Uganda
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Johanna Liukkonen
Industry Marketing Manager and Project Manager of Village Phone, Nokia Corporation, Finland
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Tarun Malik
Group Head-Rural Computing and Public Sector Strategy, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
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