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Tentative Agenda
November 12
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Reception:
Welcome: Walter Erdelen,
Assistant Director General, Science Sector, UNESCO
Remarks: - Rosalie Zobel,
Director, Information Society Technologies Research Directorate, European
Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Opening of the Meeting:
Claudia Morrell,
Executive Director Center for Women in Information Technology- USA
Sophia Huyer, Executive
Director Women in Global Science and Technology - Canada
Marina Larios, WiTEC –
Association of Women in Science, Technology, and Engineering, UK
November 13
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Keynotes
and Opening Remarks
Introductions: Claudia
Morrell, Executive Director Center for Women in Information Technology- USA
Presenters:
Tony Marjoram, Senior Programme Specialist, Science Sector, UNESCO
Johannes Klumpers, Director, Women and Science Unit, European Commission
Overview of issues and
key themes:
Barbara Waugh, Worldwide Personnel Manager, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto,
USA
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Sectoral
presentations
These presentations, made by recognized leaders in
the field, will set the stage for the workshop by providing a survey of the
state of play of research, policy and programming in the area, and suggest new
areas for forward momentum.
Women in the Information
Society: Developing Gender Indicators
Dr. Nancy Hafkin, Director, Knowledge Working, Boston, USA
Dr. Sophia Huyer,
Executive Director, Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT), Brighton,
Canada
Primary and Secondary
Formal and Nonformal Education
Dr. Shafika
Isaacs, Board Member (ex Executive Director), SchoolNet Africa, Johannesburg,
South Africa
Workforce Development,
Recruitment and Retention
Claudia Morrell,
Executive Director, CWIT
Marina Larios,
WiTEC – Association of Women in Science, Technology, and Engineering, UK
Business leader
(to be confirmed)
Entrepreneurship for
small and medium enterprises
Elizabeth Thabethe, Deputy
Minister of Industry, South Africa (invited)
Business leader
(to be confirmed)
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee
Breakout Sessions
The breakout sessions will build on preview materials
sent to each participant in preparation for these sessions that constitute the
main activity of the workshop, with the intent of:
a) identifying the critical issues to be addressed in
the area;
b) identifying best practices and success models;
c) promoting exchange of information among
participants;
d) making recommendations for action. Participants
commit to contributing to/participating in one of three breakout tracks:
1)
Primary and Secondary
Formal and Nonformal Education
Facilitator:
Ms. Shafika Isaacs, SchoolNet Africa, South Africa
Rapporteurs:
Ms. Ann Holmes,
Ann Holmes and Associates, Canada
Dr. Mavic Buvinic,
International Women's Tribune Center, New York, USA
2)
Workforce Development, Recruitment, and Retention
Facilitator:
Marina Larious, WiTEC – Association of Women in Science, Technology, and Engineering, UK
Rapporteurs:
Dr. Anita Komlodi,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
Dr. Russell Jones, Head,
Capacity Building Committee, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO),
Washington, D.C., USA
3)
Entrepreneurship for Small and Medium Enterprises
Facilitator:
Sophia Huyer,
WIGSAT, Canada
Rapporteurs:
Dr. Nancy Hafkin,
Director, Knowledge Working, USA
Ms. Bria McElroy,
Director, University Relations, CWIT
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Breakout Session
#1: Areas for discussion
Identify and define specific impact
indicators for measuring progress.
Identify and compare evidence-based
best practices and lessons learned to determine what has been successful and
what has not been successful to understand key success and failure factors.
1)
Primary and
Secondary Formal and Nonformal Education
Expert Resource:
Ms. Siobhan Bredin, Project Director, NSF ITEST LRC, Education Development Center, Inc.,
Boston, USA
2)
Workforce
Development, Recruitment, and Retention
Expert Resource:
International
Business Partner – TBD
Dr. Behjat Al
Yousuf, IT Supervisor, Dubai Women's College United Arab Emirates
3)
Entrepreneurship
for Small and Medium Enterprises
Expert Resource:
Ms. Chat Garcia,
Coordinator, WNSP-APC, Philippines
Ms. Amanda Ellis,
Program Manager, Gender Entrepreneurship Markets, International Finance
Corporation (IFC), Washington, D.C., USA (invited)
1:00 p.m. –2:30 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Speaker
Ms. Margot
Wallström, Vice President of the European Union; responsible for Institutional
Relations and Information and Communication Strategy (invited)
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Breakout # 2: Areas for discussion
a)
Identify baseline/critical components that are
required for successful activities in these areas, and develop recommendations,
strategies, and active implementation processes.
b)
Identify a process to work collaboratively to
develop strategies and commensurate programmes to replicate and/or scale up
existing successful projects and pilot activities to benefit women and ICT
efforts, particularly in developing regions of the world.
1)
Primary and
Secondary Formal and Nonformal Education
Expert Resource: Ms. Siobhan Bredin, Project Director, NSF ITEST LRC,
Education Development Center, Inc., Boston, USA
2)
Workforce
Development, Recruitment, and Retention
Expert Resource:
Ms. Tegwin Pulley,
Vice President, Texas Instruments, USA
Dr. Colette
Vesikula, Interim Chairperson, Women in Information Technology,
Suva, Fiji
3)
Entrepreneurship
for Small and Medium Enterprises
Expert Resource:
Dr. Chetan Sharma,
President Datamation Foundation, India
Ms. Rim Belhaj,
Engineer, Head of Industrial and Foreign Section; Institut Supérieur des Etudes
Technologiques en Communications (ISET’Comm) Tunisia
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Coffee
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Plenary / Breakout
Groups Report on discussions and findings.
November 14
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Opening
Session/Power Networking
Facilitator:
Revi Sterling,
Graduate Student Researcher,
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Breakout #3: Areas for discussion
a)
Develop informal multistakeholder networks in
each of the three focus areas for the exchange and broad dissemination of
information, resources, case studies, lessons learned, news and events, etc.
b)
Develop a process for developing
recommendations for policy, research, and programming in each of the focus
areas.
1)
Primary and
Secondary Formal and Nonformal Education
Expert Resource:
Dr. Gloria Bonder,
Coordinator, UNESCO Chair on Women in S&T in Latin America, Argentina
Dr. Anita Komlodi,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
2)
Workforce
Development, Recruitment, and Retention
Expert Resource:
Dr. Gulser Corat,
Head, Gender Unit, UNESCO, France
Dr. Irene Muloni,
Senior Fellow, Gender Advisory Board, UN Commission on Science and Technology
for Development, Kampala, Uganda
3)
Entrepreneurship
for Small and Medium Enterprises
Expert Resource:
Ms. Dorothy Okello,
Director, WOUGNET, Uganda
Ms. Angele
Giuliano, President, Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs, Malta
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Breakout #4 Areas
for discussion
a)
Create agreement on at least three pilot
activities (one in each area) with the following criteria:
i)
Builds on existing national efforts on behalf
of women and/or ICTs
ii)
Links to existing proven best practices
iii)
Includes a process for
identifying the necessary ingredients for long-term sustainability, such as
partnerships, evaluation, quality leadership, clear objectives, and strategies
for funding, marketing, and dissemination of resources to create next phase
activities.
1)
Primary and
Secondary Formal and Nonformal Education
Expert Resource:
Marianne Needham, International Program Manager, Cisco Learning Institute
2)
Workforce
Development, Recruitment, and Retention
Expert Resource:
Dr. Eva Fabry,
Board Member, National Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Farkhonda
Hassan, Secretary General, National Council of Women, Cairo, Egypt
3)
Entrepreneurship
for Small and Medium Enterprises
Expert Resource:
Ms. Marilyn Carr, WIGSAT Board, UK
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
Dr. Genevieve Feraud,
Head, ICT and E-Business Branch, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
Geneva, Switzerland (invited)
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Plenary Group:
Breakout Groups Report and Group Work
1)
Establish an agreement to create a formal
alliance, task force, or coalition to increase global impact, reach, and
effectiveness in achieving shared goals.
2)
Discuss opportunities for collaborative
partnerships, program development and leveraging
3)
Formalize a process and pilot site(s) to
create research-based Centers empowering women and ICT efforts on a national or
state/city level.
Facilitator:
Ms. Ann Holmes, Ann
Holmes and Associates, Canada
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Coffee
4:00 p.m. – 4:40
p.m.
Final Plenary
1)
Identify a host and begin planning the second
international symposium to be held in 2007, which will assess progress and plan
next steps.
Facilitator: Ms. Ann
Holmes, Ann Holmes and Associates, Canada
4:40 p.m. – 5:15
p.m.
Concluding Remarks
Dr. Gloria Bonder, UNESCO
Chair on Women in S&T in Latin America
Dr. Nancy Hafkin,
Knowledge Working
Final Acknowledgements
Dr. Sophia Huyer,
Executive Director, Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT), Brighton,
Canada
November 15
Steering Committee Meeting
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