CommunicAsia – The Region’s Formative ICT exhibition and conference is going to be held in Singapore from 19-22 June 2007– offers exhibitors, visitors and delegates alike, in-roads to multiple markets across Asia and it is set to up its ante this June 2007. CommunicAsia2007 will once again cover the whole spectrum of the ICT industry, creating a vibrant marketplace where sellers and buyers congregate at Asia’s most comprehensive info-communications event. CommunicAsia2007 Summit is the region’s largest and most established communications conference. It focuses on the business of mobile communications, broadband, future networks and other critical technologies gaining momentum in today’s markets. Key Technology Highlights for 2007 include, 3G/GPRS/HSDPA. Broadband Wireless. Embedded Technology/RFID. Enterprise Networks and Technologies. Infrastructure solutions. IP Technology. Fixed-Mobile-Convergence (FMC). Mobile and Fixed Wireless Technologies. Next Generation Networks. Network Equipment. Satellite Communications and Technologies. Smart Cards. VoIP. Wi-Fi/WiMAX. Wireless Devices and many more. CommunicAsia2007 Summit is the region’s largest and most established communications conference. It focuses on the business of mobile communications, broadband, future networks and other critical technologies gaining momentum in today’s markets. The call for papers will be online in Oct 2006.

The e-GovWorld 2006 - South Asia e-Government Summit is scheduled to be held at hotel The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India, from October 26-28, 2006. Speakers from Industry and Multilateral Development agencies confirm to speak during e-GovWorld 2006. Prominent experts from India, Bhutan, Denmark and Canada are invited to speak during the session on "MDGs and Pro Poor e-Governance Strategies" to be organised by UNDP-APDIP. The session titled "MDGs and Pro Poor e-Governance Strategies " will be organised by UNDP-APDIP on October 27 from 9.30 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. during e-GovWorld 2006 - South Asia e-Government Summit. Friday 27 October 2006 Opening: 9.30 Mr. Shahid Akhtar, Programme Coordinator, UNDP-Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) · Introducing the concept 9:35-9:45 Video example: Power to the Powerless in Rajasthan 9:40-9:50 The MDGs and Pro-Poor e-Governance what is the relationship? Lars Bestle, Programme Specialist, UNDP-APDIP · South Asia Case examples 9:50-10:10 Pro-poor e-Governance examples from UNDP Indias ICTD projects, Mr. J Satyanarayana, CEO, National Institute for Smart Governments (NISG), Hyderabad, India 10:10-10:30 ICT for Good Governance in Bhutan, Mr. Sangay Wangchuk, Deputy Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication, Thimphu, Bhutan · The way forward 10:30 10:50 Overview of policy and implementation issues of Pro-poor e-Governance Prof Subhash Bhatnagar, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India 10:50- 11:00 Proposal for SAARC countries Mr Lars Bestle, UNDP-APDIP 11:00 11:30 Feedback from South Asian policy makers (5 min each) 11:30 11:40 Discussion For any further information on the updates and detailed agenda, please log on to http://www.egovworld.org

eLearning Africa 2007, the second International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, will take place from May 28 to 30, 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya under the Patronage of the Kenyan Minister for Education, Science and Technology, the Hon. Dr. Noah Wekesa, MP. The title of the conference is Building Infrastructures and Capacities to Reach out to the Whole of Africa, reflecting the significant efforts of African countries to set up their national and regional ICT infrastructures to create access to education, training and services for all. At the same time, they are working to provide the capacities for all stakeholders to efficiently exploit the huge potentials advanced telecommunications technologies offer for the benefit of Africa. The conference will bring together high-level policy makers, industry leaders, as well as R&D experts and practitioners with their counterparts from Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Together they will take account of the challenges, achievements, and the strategies forward in discussing inter-African and international cooperation schemes for the Continent. An African Technical and Vocational Education and Training Summit will highlight the great relevance of this educational sector for mass education in developing countries. Consistent with the 2007 theme, Building Infrastructures and Capacities to Reach out to the Whole of Africa the event itself will reach out beyond the conference centre and will feature large-scale lectures in Kenyan universities, addressing both fundamentals as well as R&D topics in technology-enhanced education and training. In addition there will be two break-out workshops addressing the needs in rural areas and regional institutions: one in Mombassa on the Indian Ocean and one in Kisumu on Lake Victoria.