6th SEACOOP Cooperation Forum on “ICT research and ICT for development”

October 25, 2011
Sedona Hotel – Yangon, Myanmar
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• 8:00	Welcome of participants

• 9:00	Opening Session Master of Ceremony : University of Computer Studies, Yangon

• Dr. Ko Ko Oo, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, Myanmar

• Korn Mads, Attaché (Cooperation), Delegation of the European Union to Thailand

• Alexander Lim, Head of Science and Technology division, ASEAN Secretariat

• 9:45	Tea-coffee break

• 10:00

  Session 1: Setting the scene Chaired by Roger Torrenti, CEO Sigma Orionis, SEACOOP Coordinator

• Introductory presentation

• Roger Torrenti, CEO Sigma Orionis, SEACOOP Coordinator Roger-Torrenti0.pdf

• Panel discussion involving Southeast Asian SEACOOP members

• Nilar Thein, Rector, UCSY, Myanmar

• Heng Sokun, Government Official, NiDA, Cambodia

• Valaxay Dalaloy, Director, NAST, Lao PDR

• Tran Ngoc Ca, Director of Secretariat, NCSTP, Vietnam

• 11:30

  Tea-coffee break

• 12:00

  Session 2: European, ASEAN and global mechanisms supporting cooperation in ICT Chaired by Zalina Abdul Halim, Manager, Corporate Office, MDEC, Malaysia

• European Commission DG Infso (FP7 projects, mobility of researchers, work programme)

• Alvis Ancans, Policy Officer, International relations Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Alvis-Ancans0.pdf

• Regional EU-ASEAN Dialogue Instrument (READI) & Development and Cooperation (EuropeAid)

• Korn Mads, Attaché (Cooperation), Delegation of the European Union to Thailand Korn-Mads.pdf

• ICT Asia (or STIC Asie)

• Cecile Faraud, Policy Officer, Embassy of France, Thailand Cecile-Faraud.pdf

• ICT policy aspects & socio-economic research area (ESCAP) & ICT capacity building & training programme in Myanmar (APCICT)

• Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, ICT and Development Section, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations, Thailand Tiziana-Bonapace.pdf

• ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

• Eun-Ju Kim, Regional Director of ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand Eun-Ju-Kim.pdf

• Open discussion with the audience

• 13:30

  Lunch

• 14:30

  Session 3: Good practices, lessons learnt and case studies Chaired by Denis Villorente, Director, ASTI, The Philippines

• The Erasmus Mundus program

• Inge Mangelschots, International Relations Officer, Universiteit of Gent, Belgium Inge-Mangelschots.pdf

• The Trans-Eurasia Information Network - TEIN 3

• Denis Villorente, Director, ASTI, TEIN3 partner, Thailand Denis-Villorente.pdf

• The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF)

• Sylvia Cadena, Project Officer, ISIF Information Society Innovation Fund, Australia Sylvia-Cadena.pdf

• SEACOOP Advisory Committee Members

• Pierre-Yves Danet, Research lab CTO, Orange Labs, France Pierre-Yves-Danet.pdf

• Channa Gunawardena, Director, Business Development, Megaskills Research, United Kingdom Channa-Gunawardena.pdf

• Mervyn Levin, Founding Director, Levering Ltd, United Kingdom Mervyn-Levin.pdf

• Open discussion with the audience

• 16:00

  Tea-coffee break

• 16:30

  Session 4: Examples of advanced ICT developments in Myanmar Chaired by Prof. Dr. Ni Lar Thein, Rector, UCSY, Myanmar

• E-Government Master Plan

• Jong-Sou Park, Visiting Professor, Korean Aerospace University - UCSY, Yangon Jong-Sou-Park.pdf

• Proactive Software Solution

• Thandar Thein, Professor, UCSM, Mandalay Thandar-Thein.pdf

• Open Cloud System

• Thinn Thu Naing, Professor, UCSY, Yangon Thinn-Thu-Naing.pdf

• 17:00

  Closing Session: Wrap-up and Roadmap

• Alvis Ancans, Policy Officer, International relations Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission

• Emir Rio Krishna, Technical Officer of S&T Division, ASEAN Secretariat

• Roger Torrenti, CEO Sigma Orionis, SEACOOP Coordinator

• 17:30

  Networking cocktail