Forthcoming events in Mauritius July 2004 and September 2004

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Please note on your agenda, the following conferences in Mauritius:

The first conference is the ICT Stakeholders Forum from the 7th to 9th July 2004 to be held at Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius. This conference is organised by the Commonwealth Business Council, hosted by the government of Mauritius with the full support of the e-African Commission, the ITU and the Commonwealth Secretariat. The ICT Stakeholder Forum is aimed at bringing stakeholders together to examine concrete projects, proposals and models that will help integrate least developed countries into the global economy through the effective deployment of information communication technologies (ICTs). The Forum will bring together decision makers from stakeholder organisations and engage them in fruitful discussions that will hopefully lead to commitments that can be implemented on the ground.

Hon. Paul Raymond Bérenger GCSK, Prime Minister of Mauritius will deliver the keynote address. Hon. Deelchand Jeeha, Mauritian Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications will open the conference.

The Forum will include a mixture of plenary and multi-stakeholder roundtables. On the first day there will be a "ministerial" session drawing on the experiences and challenges facing LDCs; launch of a publication on market opportunities in least developed countries' ICT sector; a scene setting session; a private sector roundtable. The second day will focus primarily on discussing ICT projects and on donor perspectives. Please goto http://www.cbcglobelink.org/cbcglobe...CT04/index.htm for further details.


The second conference is on the sixth annual African Computing & Telecommunications Summit (ACT 2004) and will be held at the Ebene Cybercity in Mauritius over 7-9 September 2004 – providing the African ICT community with a unique opportunity to participate in this Africa's leading computing and telecommunications event. The theme of the Summit is "Building partnerships to mainstream Africa's ICT sector" The combined conference and exhibition is being organised by AITEC under the auspices of the Act ICT Industry Alliance of Mauritius. Other key supporting organizations include:

Ø Intelsat, which is sponsoring the gala dinner for the event.
Ø The Global VSAT Forum which is hosting the Telecom Operators Forum
Ø The UK Government's Catalysing Internet Access for Africa (CATIA)programme.
Ø The Canadian government's Connectivity Africa programme, which is hosting a Forum on GSM Applications for Development
Ø The UN Economic Commission for Africa, which is hosting the African eGovernment Forum at the Summit.

Go on AITEC web site at http://www.aitecafrica.com/act2004/index.htm for full details.