1st Forum for the Information Society

PROGRAMME

9.00 am -10.00 am Greeting of participants

10.00 am – 10.30 am THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN PORTUGAL: STATE OF PLAY AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

National Development and International Comparisons (text in Portuguese): Luis Magalhães (President of UMIC)
Regulation and Competition (text in Portuguese): Pedro Duarte Neves (President of ANACOM)
Ligar (Connect) Portugal: José Mariano Gago (Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education)

10.30 am – 11.00 am Coffee break

11.00 am – 12.30 pm PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE

Room A: Modernising the Public Administration (text in Portuguese)
Moderator:
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (UCMA Coordinator)
 
Room B: Training and Qualifying (text in Portuguese)
Moderator:
António Dias de Figueiredo (CIS, Universidade de Coimbra)

Room C: Promoting eCommerce (text in Portuguese)
Moderator:
José Dias Coelho (APDSI and Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

12.30 pm – 2 pm Lunch

2 pm - 2.15 pm Signature of the agreement between UMIC and Sun Microsystems Portugal

Following brief interventions by the President of UMIC, the President of Sun Microsystems Portugal and the Coordinator of the Technological Plan, Carlos Zorrinho

2.15 pm – 3.15 pm NEW HORIZONS

Guest speakers:
José Manuel Fonseca de Moura (CMU) – Sensor Networks: Distributed Decision and the Role of Connectivity
Paul Johnston (Cisco, Internet Business Solutions Group) – The Next Twenty Years: Demographic Challenges
Pradeep Khosla (Dean of the College of Engineering, CMU) – Cybersecurity: Needs and Challenges in a Mobile Environment

3.15 pm – 4.45 pm PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE

Room A: ICT for Regional Development and Job Creation (text in Portuguese)
Moderators:
Fonseca Ferreira (President of CCDR LVT)
Lusitana Fonseca (Coordinator of Aveiro Digital)

Room B: Information Technologies for Social Inclusion
Moderators:
Rui Marques (text in Portuguese) (High Commissioner for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities) 
Francisco Godinho (text in Portuguese) (CERTIC, Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro)

Room C: New ICT Business Opportunities
Moderators:
António Murta (text in Portuguese) (Enabler)
Gonçalo Quadros (text in Portuguese) (Critical Software)

4.45 pm – 5.15 pm Coffee break

5.15 pm – 6.30 pm PLENARY CLOSING SESSION

Interventions by:
José Mariano Gago (Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education)
Manuel Heitor (Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education)
Mark Kamlet (CMU Provost)

Signature of the Agreement between the Portuguese Government and Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU)

Meeting closed by:
José Sócrates (Prime Minister)