e-GovWolrd 2006 - South Asia e-Government Summit

e-GovWolrd 2006- South Asia e-Government Summit

October 26-28,2006

The Grand, New Delhi, India

Governments across the South Asian region are in the process of charting out comprehensive e-Government strategies as per their national priorities. However, e-Government is a resource intensive activity and governments, particularly in developing and underdeveloped world, having limited resources need to share their knowledge and experiences to enhance the possibility of success of e-Government projects.

Countries under SAARC initiative comprises of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Srilanka. e-GovWorld 2006 (South Asia) and e-SAARC awards for innovation in Public Sector is an initiative to promote the cooperation among the South Asian countries and create awareness about successful projects in South Asian region besides providing recognition to the innovative e-government projects . The conference program is aimed at building a strong communication among the community of e-Government practitioners, government officers , researchers and academia for sharing of learning practices on the international level.

e-SAARC awards for innovation in Public Sector will help the practitioners in South Asian region know about each others’ projects, build up a strong knowledge repository of the initiatives in the region and enhance the opportunities of replication of good practices. The SAARC region comprises a mix of developing and underdeveloped countries. The experiences of the developing countries (some of whom are leading IT hubs for the world) will help underdeveloped countries effectively plan their strategies and e-Government action plans.

Profile of Participants

The audience profile of this event includes: Country heads on e-Government, Secretary’s to various central and state government agencies, CIO’s, e-Envoys, Heads of Strategic e-Business Development, IT&IS Directors, e-Service Directors and leading e-Gov solution providers.

Program Advisory Board

Chair: R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Department of information Technology

Convenor: Vikas Kanungo, Chairman and Secretary General, The Society for promotion of e-Governance, New Delhi, India

• Anwar Shah -Lead Economist and Program Leader, Public Sector Governance, World Bank Institute, Washington DC , USA
  Shahid Akhtar- Chief technical advisor and program coordinator, UNDP-APDIP
  Atma Ram Ghimire - Member Secretary - High Level Commission for Information Technology, Government of Nepal, Nepal
  Kezang, Head Policy and planning, Ministry of IT, Government of Bhutan
  Alok Bhargava - ED IL&FS Education Technologies Limited, India
  Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala - IIT Madras, Chenai, India
  Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach - IDRC India
  Dr. Christine Leitner - European Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands
  Dominic Scot - Principal Consultant Public Sector, CISCO, Hong Kong
  Jeremy Millard - Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
  Krishna Giri - Partner, Public Sector Leader, ASEAN/South AsiaIBM Global Business Services
  Prof. M.P.Gupta - Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
  Prof. Michael Blakemore - University of Durham, UK
  Neel Ratan - Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, India
  Prakash Kumar - Joint Secretary, Government of India
  Dr. Paul Schapper - Consultant, Asia Development Bank
  Prof. Richards Heeks - IDPM, University of Manchester
  Shashank Ojha - The World Bank , India
  Vijay Kumar - Commissioner Income Tax, Government of India
  Wajahat Habibullah - Chief Information Commissioner, Government of India

For any Information regarding the conference, please contact:

Vikas Kanungo

Convenor, e-GovWolrd 2006

vikaskanungo@egovworld.org