e-Development Thematic Group/GICT and
PREM Gender & Development Group

Presented a Seminar on

Monday, Feb 25, 2008; 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
Room I 8-300 & Live Webcast

Speakers

• Lauren Rawlings, Program Manger, IFC Village Phone Program
• Homira Nassery, Public Health and Gender Specialist/HNP Focal Point for Fragile States, World Bank
• Maria del Carmen Vucetich, Manager, Tortas Peru
• Barbara Waugh, Director, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)
• Mavis Ampah, Regional Coordinator for Africa, CITPO (Opportunities for women in ITES industry: Case of Ghana. Presented for other gender related activity)

Chair & Opening Remarks

• Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer and Chair, e-Development TG (GICT)

Discussion Leader

• Ann Holmes, Ann Holmes & Associates.

Event Coordinators

• Samia Melhem (GICT) & Kayoko Shibata (PRMGE)

During the lunch hour, 12:00-1:00p.m., two films on Busy Internet's Business Incubator (Ghana) and Tianjin Women Business Incubator (China),  both infoDev projects, were shown, presented and discussed by Seth Ayers (infoDev) (www.infodev.org).

e-Development Thematic Group is a global forum and community of professionals interested in the role of ICT in development,  open for participation by both World Bank staff and external clients and partners. The e-TG is hosted by Global ICT Dept in collaboration with ISG, WBI, PREM, and other partners. Visit us at http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopmentto download materials for this and all previous e-development seminars (over 120 since 2000).