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Connected development: volunteers contribute time and skills online .155
United Nations Volunteers
ICT and bridging the digital divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Dr Thomas Ganswindt, Member of the Corporate Executive Committee for
Siemens AG and President and CEO of Siemens Communications
The end of poverty – the ITU and the Navajo nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
David Stephens, Chief Executive Officer, OnSat
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The NEPAD e-Schools initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development
Towards an Algerian Information Society: operation OUSRATIC . . . . .168
Operation OUSRATIC: One PC per household
How Belgium is computerizing state and society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Peter Vanvelthoven, Minister of Employment for e-Government
Laying foundations for digital inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Telecommunication Company of Iran
A global operator serving the development of ICT
and economic and social growth in Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Maroc Telecom
The role of the private sector in mainstreaming ICT4D . . . . . . . . . . . .176
Romeo Bertolini, BMZ and Geraldine de Bastion, GTZ
Extending hope to the endless future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Internet Society of China
Net Dialogue perspectives on international Internet governance . . . . .183
Lawrence Lessig, John Palfrey and Mary Rundle, Net Dialogue
The Regional Internet Registries: managing
Internet addresses for 12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
The Number Resource Organization (NRO)
The role of Internet governance in the use of
information and communication technology for development . . . . . . .188
Peng Hwa Ang and Shahiraa Sahul Hameed,
The Singapore Internet Research Centre
CAS e-Science and Virtual Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Baoping Yan, Kai Nan, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Virtual Science Museums of China:
a success in Internet-based science popularization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Yun Xiao, Jianhui Li, Wen Li, Yu Chen, Baoping Yan
Artificial intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Faryal Mouria Beji, Chief Executive, INBMI; Professor Researcher-ENSI,
Tunis University; Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Member of the
Working Group on Internet Governance
Using ICT to fight corruption and save costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Jermyn Brooks, Member of the Board, Transparency International
Written in collaboration with Fabio Annovazzi
Advancing open standards for the Information Society . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Patrick J. Gannon, President & CEO, Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards
Bringing value added services to new markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Sara Holding
Notes & References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206