Attendees

BANGLADESH
Insoft Systems
Mr M. Shoeb Chowdhury, President & CEO
Ministry for Science and Information
Dr Abdul M Khan, Minister

BARBADOS
Ministry of Commerce and Business Development
Senator Lynette Eastmond, Minister
Mr Cephas Gooding, Permanent Secretary
University of West Indies
Mr Stewart Bishop, Senior Lecturer

BERMUDA ISLANDS
Information Technology Office
Mr David Atwood, Systems Planning Manager
Ministry of Tourism, Telecommunications and E-Commerce
Mr Nigel Hickson, Ministerial Advisor

BOTSWANA
CESPAM
Dr Mogopodi Lekorwe, Director

BRUNEI
Ministry of Communications
Mr Kian Guan Ang

CANADA
Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance
Mr Thomas Riley, Executive Director
Industry Canada
Mr Richard Simpson, Director General (Electronic Commerce Branch)

FRANCE
Mr Douglas Holmes, Author of the book "eGov: e-Business Strategies for Government"

GHANA
Ministry of Communications and Technology
Hon Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister of Communication and Technology
Mr Yahaya Issah

INDIA
Kaveri Communications PVT Ltd
Mr Kanekal N Hari Kumar
The Times of India
Ms Tina Chopra Karkhanis, Pricipal Business Correspondent

IRELAND
Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources
Mr Stephen Nolan, ICT Special Advisor

MALTA
COMNET-IT Foundation
Mr Henry D Alamango, Executive Director
Freelance Management Consultant
Mr Edwin Ebejer, Management Consultant
Malta Communications Authority
Mr Joseph Tabone, CEO/Chairman

MAURITIUS
Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Hon Deelchand Jeeha, Minister
Information & Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA)
Mr Ashok B Radhakissoon, Chairman

MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique Institute Information & Communication Tech.
Eng Venâncio Massingue, Vice Rector (UEM)

SCOTLAND
Scientific Information Support Systems Ltd
Dr Laure Goura, Director

SIERRA LEONE
Ministry of Transport and Communications Sierra Leone
Mr Pascal Egbenda, Deputy Minister

SOUTH AFRICA
Ethekwini Municipality
Dr Michael Sutcliffe, City Manager
NEPAD - e-Africa Commission
Mr Henry Chasia, Executive Deputy Chairperson

SWEDEN
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Astrid Dufborg, Minister

SWITZERLAND
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dr Cosmas L Zavazava, Head of LDCs Department
Migson, Europe
Mr Michael Wilson, Director
UN Conference on Trade & Development
Ms Hannah Davies, Distance Learning Specialist

TANZANIA
Tanzania Broadcasting Commission
Ms Florence Hamisi, Director of Broadcasting Services

UGANDA
Ministry of Works, Housing and Communication
Mr Michael Werikhe Kafabusa, Minister of State
Mr David Turahi, Commissioner for Communications
Uganda Computer Services, Ministry of Finance, Planning
Dr Ham-Mukasa Mulira, Executive Director

UNITED KINGDOM
Accenture, UK
Mr Vernon Ellis, International Chairman
Ace Centre North
Ms Anna Rourke, Manager
Alexander Lovatt Associates Ltd
Mr Alexander Lovatt, Director
Amba Images International
Mr Mohinder Puri
Aristotle Corporation
Mr Barry Shoebridge, South East Director
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Ms Sarah Cripps, Head of Communications
Australian High Commission
Mr Duncan Howitt, Executive Officer
Mr Adam Robertson, First Secretary
Bangladesh High Commission
Md Shahabuddin Patwary, Commercial Counsellor
British Council
Mr Russell Drury, Regional Information Coordinator
BT Global Services
Mr Paul Falkner, Business Management Director
BT Telconsultant
Mr Mark Sheperd, Contract Manager
Cable & Wireless
Mr Roger Mortimer, Group Director, Business Devlopment
Canadian High Commission, UK
Mr Alex McNiven, Counsellor (Economic)
CDC Capital Partners
Mr John Owers, Manager, Telecoms and Converging Technologies
Commonwealth Business Council
Mr Shondeep Banerji, Manger, E-Business
Dr Mohan Kaul, Director General
Mr Shakeel Mughal, Director, Technology Devlopment
Mr Brian Naughton, Business Development Director
Commonwealth Foundation
Ms Katie Tiller, Programme Assistant
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Mr Carl Wright, Director
Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit
Mr Richard Bourne, Head

Commonwealth Secretariat
Dr Ved Goel, Chief Programme Officer
Mr B.J. Ravichandhira Rao, Deputy Director and Secretary
Mr Nirad Tewarie, Communications & Public Affairs Division
Mr Ram Venuprasad, Programme Officer
Mr Rogers W'o Okot Uma, Chief Programme Officer
Confederation of Indian Industry
Mr Mohit Sarobar
Department of Trade & Industry
RT Hon Stephen Timms MP Minister for Energy, e-Commerce and Postal Service
Mr Paul Alexander, Head International Communications
Mr Gary Hunt, Senior Policy Adviser, Intl Communications Policy
Mr Mike Leach, Senior Policy Adviser, Intl Communications Policy
DFID UK
Prof Tim Unwin, Team Leader
Mr David Woolnough, ICT and Knowledge
Digital Links International
Mr David Sogan, Chief Executive
Enablis
Mr Luke Williams, COO
Fiji High Commission, UK
Mr Emitai L Boladuadua, High Commissioner
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Mr Tony Humphries, Deputy Head, Commonwealth Coordination Department
High Commission of India
Mr Manpreet Vohra, Counsellor
House of Commons
Mr Tony Worthington MP
InnovationX
Mr Richard Cross, Director
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Mr Timothy Shaw, Director & Professor
Mr Nelson Takon, Researcher -PHD
Ms Fiona White, PhD Researcher
Institute of development Policy & Management
Ms Savita Bailur, Lecturer
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Mr Randall Spence, Senior Economist
International Institute of Strategic Studies
Prof. Nicholas Maclean, Professor
International Knowledge Networks
Mr Kenneth Awoonor-Renner, Managing Director
International Records Management Trust (IRMT)
Dr Anne Thurston, Director
IPPR
Ms Emily Keaney, Digital Society team Administrator
ITDG
Dr David J Grimshaw, International Team Leader (New Technologies)
ITT
Mr Pol O Morain
Kolam Partnership
Mr Yannick Gaillac
Mr Chris Huchon
London School of Economics
Dr Gordon Gow
Marshal & Mason
Mrs Nina Epelle, E-Commerce/Web Services Consultant
MICROAID
Mr Toby Beresford, Director
Microsoft UK
Mr Mike Chase, EMEA Education Programmes
Mr Andrew Hawkins, EMEA Government Marketing
Namibia High Commission
Mrs Adri Pillay, First Secretary
Ndiyo Project
Professor John Naughton, Director Ndiyo Project
Network Intelligence for Development
Ms Tricia Sibbons, UK Manager
Norton Rose
Mr Mike Rebeiro, Head of Communications, Media & Technology
Notable
Mr Paul Brown, Managing Director
Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
Mr Richard Garrett, Deputy Director
OneWorld International
Mr Peter Armstrong, Director
Polaris Software Lab Ltd
Mr Pawan Kumar Prasad
South African High Commission
Mr Sisa Ncwana
Strathclyde Business School
Professor David Souter, Managing Director

Sumukan
Ms Jan Jananayagam, Director
Sunday Times Enterprise Network
Mr David Sumner - Smith, Programme Editor
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Dr Tim Hubbard, Head, Human Genome Analysis
TWM Group
Mr Larry Domingo, Managing Director
Ubiqus Reporting UK
Mr Daniel Broadhead, Account Manager, Public Sector
Ugga Limited
Mr Surinder Paul, CEO
University of Kent
Mr John Smith, Science & Technology Librarian
World Information Technology Ltd
Mr Dave Hutchinson, Operations Manager
Mr Kenoll Wilson CEO

UNITED STATES
Benton Foundation
Mr Andy Carvin, Senior Associate
Microsoft
Mr Peter Hayes, VP and General Manager for Government Services
Saros International
Mr Ken Wiwa, Managing Director