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Technology: a platform for development?

Keynote Speakers

President José María Figueres Olsen
CEO
Concordia 21 and former President of Costa Rica




Confirmed Speakers

estelle akofio-sowahEstelle Akofio-Sowah
Managing Director
BusyInternet



Ken Banks
Founder
Kiwanja.net



David Birch
Director
Consult Hyperion



Stéphane Boyera
Co-Chair, Mobile Web for Development
W3C



Gib Bulloch
Director
Accenture Development Partnerships



greg butlerGreg Butler
Industry Director
Microsoft Education Solutions Group



Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology Correspondent
BBC



Diane Coyle
Enlightenment Economics and
Associate Fellow, Chatham House



Joaquim Croca
Head of Corporate Responsibility Performance & Reporting
Vodafone Group Services Limited



valerie d'costaValerie D'Costa
Program Manager
Information for Development, The World Bank



Dr Adesina Iluyemi
Secretary General, United Kingdom, Country Lead
NEPAD Council



Lamin Jabbi
Adviser to the Director General
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency



Professor Ibrahim Kushchu
Director
Mobile Government Consortium



Alastair Lukies
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Monitise



david p mellorProfessor David P Mellor OBE
Chairman
United Kingdom Telecoms Academy



alum michaelRt Hon Alun Michael MP





Chinyelu Onwurah
Head of Telecoms Technology
Ofcom and Member of the Open University Business School's International Advisory Board



Sam Paltridge
Directorate of Science Technology and Industry
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development



Dr Hema Prem
Client Partner Innovation
Infosys EMEA



Mike Short
Vice President - Research and Development
Telefonica O2 Europe



richard simpsonRichard Simpson
Director General, e-commerce
Industry Canada



tim unwinProfessor Tim Unwin
Professor of Geography and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D
Royal Holloway, University of London



* Agreed in principle