ICT for the Next Five Billion People

ICT for the Next Five Billion People

Program
Opening Remarks
Prof. Dr. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München, Munich

ICT for the Poor at Large Scale: Innovative Connections
to Markets and Services
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute,
Washington, DC

People Driven Innovation –
How to create the Demand for ICT Solutions in Underserved Areas
Kazi Islam, Grameen Solutions Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh

APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGING ECONOMIES
Chair: Josef Lorenz, Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich
Transfer of Services to Emerging Markets –
Example: M-PESA Payment Service in Kenya
Dr. Stanley Chia, Vodafone Group R&D, Walnut Creek, CA

Incubating Micro Enterprises in Rural South Africa –
The Use Case of Virtual Buying Cooperatives
Christian Merz, SAP Research, Karlsruhe

"What can we learn from the Developing World?"
Impact of Mobile Applications from developing Markets
on Mature Economies
Prof. Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa

BUSINESS MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Christian Merz, SAP Research, Karlsruhe
Mobile Broadband Community Center
Jean-Marc Cannet, Alcatel-Lucent, Paris

Computing for Socio Economic Development
Dr. Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore, India

AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München, Munich
From Voice to Broadband Data – Affordable Communications in
Emerging Markets
Frank Oehler, Strategy and Business Development, Nokia Siemens
Networks, Espoo, Finland

Leapfrogging ICT with Cloud Computing in Emerging Countries
Dr. Hagen Wenzek, Corporate Strategy, IBM, Armonk, NY

PANEL DISCUSSION
ICT and Economic Development in Underserved Markets –
A Chicken and Egg Problem
Chair: Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Participants:
Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, ATCON, Lagos, Nigeria
Anriette Esterhuyzen, Association for Progressive Communications, Melville, South Africa
Dr. Arnulf Heuermann, Detecon International, Bonn
Samia Melhem, The Worldbank Group, Washington D.C.
Thorsten Scherf, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Bonn