November 5, 2009, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm ET

Can also be viewed live on recorded webcast at: www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live

Description: 

In order to overcome the recent and ongoing financial crisis, the world is struggling to implement appropriate and timely policies. Like New Deal Policies during the Great Depression, diverse "new" New Deals are released around the world for economic growth and job-creation.

What makes the New Deal plan in the 21st century different from the previous one? In this century, we live in an information society. The ICT industry has played a role as an important force driving growth, transforming our socio-economic structure. Its impact is expected to increase in the future with business intelligence and convergence.

The National Information Society Agency (NIA), Rep. of Korea is organizing this forum which will be a good opportunity for dialog between experts of Korea, U.S. and World Bank about national IT enablement, Green IT, Knowledge Infrastructure as well as job creation in the knowledge-based society.

Official Website for 2nd Korea ICT Day.

 Agenda:

Time                   Activity

8:00 - 8:30          Registration

8:30 - 8:45          Moderator:  Jeongwon Yoon, Director of National Information Society Agency
                           Introductory  Remarks:
                           (1)  Duk-soo Han, Ambassador of Korean Embassy in the United States of America
                           (2) Richard Beaird, Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator for International Communications
                           and Information Policy Department of State, USA
                           (3) Mohsen Khalil, Director of Global Information and Communication Technologies
                           Department (GICT), World Bank

Session One
Knowledge-based Infrastructure

8:45 - 10:35       Moderator : Jonathan Aronson, Professor of University of Southern California

                          <Presentation>
                      -  Utilizing Knowledge-based Infrastructure for Economic Growth
                         (Seang-Tae Kim, President of National Information Society Agency)
                      -  US Telecommunication Policy
                          (Jonathan Levy, Deputy Chief Economist of Federal Communications Commission,
                           USA)
                      -  Korea ICT Policy
                         (Jung-Ho Park, Professor of Korea University)

                       <Panelists>
                      -  Paul De Sa, Chief of Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, Federal Communication
                         Commission (FCC)
                      -  Kwang Deok Ko, Deputy Director of Ministry of Public Administrations and Security (MOPAS)
                      -  Jean-Pierre Auffret, Managing Director of the Center for Advanced Technology Strategy
                      -  Yong Woo Chung, President of Dallas Telecommunication Lab., Samsung Electronics
                      -   David Kyungmin Song, President of KT America, Inc.         

10:35 - 10:50  Coffee Break

Session Two
Green IT and Job Creation

10:50 - 12:00    Moderator : Raj Reddy, Professor of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

                        <Panelists>
                      -  Jane Fountain, Professor of University of Massachusetts, Amherst
                      -  Scott A. Bernard, Deputy CIO for Federal Railroad Administration, USA
                      -  Lorie Wigle, Eco-Technology Program Office General Manager of Intel Corp.
                      -  Sharon L. Nunes, Vice President of Big Green Innovation, IBM Corp.
                      -  Youngsoo Kim, President of LG CNS America

                                      

Special Session
Mobile Applications: The Next Wave

  12:00 - 12:45    Moderator : Valerie D’Costa, Program Manager of infoDev, World Bank

                     -  Philippe Dongier, Sector Manager of Global Information and Communication
                        Technologies (GICT), World Bank
                     -  Tomasz Janowski, Professor of UN University
                     -  Jeongwon Yoon, Director of National Information Society Agency

12:45 - 1:00     Wrap-up

13:00 - 14:30   Luncheon