The Infopoverty World Conference, will take place on April 20-21 2006 in Milan and in parallel sessions connected by videoconference in New York (United Nations), Navajo Nation (United States), Geneva, Lima, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, SiliconValley, Madagascar, Dominican Republic, Brussels.

The Infopoverty World Conference, will take place on April 20-21 2006 in Milan and in parallel sessions connected by videoconference in New York (United Nations), Navajo Nation (United States), Geneva, Lima, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, SiliconValley, Madagascar, Dominican Republic, Brussels. Hector Villanueva www.occam.org

The Infopoverty World Conference, will take place on April 20-21 2006 in Milan and in parallel sessions connected by videoconference in New York (United Nations), Navajo Nation (United States), Geneva, Lima, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, SiliconValley, Madagascar, Dominican Republic, Brussels. Hector Villanueva OCCAM www.occam.org www.infopoverty.net

Infopoverty Seminar @ WSIS 2005 Infopoverty Seminar @ WSIS 2005 November 16th H. 1.00 p.m – Room Bizerte, Kram Centre, Tunis OPENING REMARKS: INFOPOVERTY PROGRAMME FOR THE WSIS 2005 AND ITS FOLLOW-UP Omar Ben Mahmoud, National Solidarity Fund, Tunisia Pierpaolo Saporito, OCCAM ICT VILLAGE MODEL Francesco Iarlori, ICT Specialist Interventions by technical partners PLAN FOR REPLICABILITY Interventions by members of the Advisory Board (ITU, UNESCO, WB, UNDP,ESA, IFRC) NEW INSTITUTIONS: INFOPOVERTY, SAFEWATER, FISH FARMING INSTITUTES John Steffens, University of Oklahoma Art Cole, Department of Education, USA UN PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MADAGASCAR AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Heads of delegation, Madagascar and the Dominican Republic OCCAM-NAVAHO NATION FOR INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT Joe Shirley Jr., President, Navajo Nation Dave Stephens, OnSat Networks VILLEVILLAGE : EUROPEAN LOCAL ENTITIES FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES Mercedes Bresso, President, Regione Piemonte VI INFOPOVERTY WORLD CONFERENCE, PRESENTATION Roberto Rossi, Spokesperson of the Conference SIGNATURE AGREEMENTS WITH: ITU Madagascar Dominican Republic Infopoverty institute Dr. Hector Villanueva self@hectorvillanueva.com

INFOPOVERTY PROGRAM OF THE WORLD SUMMIT OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS) INFOPOVERTY PROGRAM OF THE WORLD SUMMIT OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS) In the ambit of the World Summit of the Information Society OCCAM will present, the 16th November 2005, the actions of the Infopoverty Program for 2006 during the Infopoverty Seminar, that will be concluded by the signature of agreements with Madagascar and Dominican Republic for the realization of digital villages on the model of the one built for the Tunisian Community of Borj Touil, which will be active as a demo during the Summit. In the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society, programmed in Tunis the 16-18th November 2005, OCCAM will organize the Infopoverty Seminar, that will be carried out in Bizerte room in Tunis the 16th November from 1 to 3 am and that will be included in the official list of Summit’s collateral events. The Infopoverty Seminar will be focused on: • ICT village model for the Tunisian Community of Borj Touil, with broadband applications for telemedicine, e-learning and e-governance development. • Replicability of the model for other developing countries in the ambit of UN Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development. • Agreement with Navajo Nation and ITU for the creation of a specific model for the necessities of native communities. • Ville-village initiative, for the creation of digital twinnings between local agencies of rich Countries and developing Countries. The Summit represents an epochal event for the diffusion of new communication technologies all over the world, first encouraging disadvantaged communities development, than allowing, concretely, the opening of new markets for the most innovative companies. (WSIS – www.itu.int/wsis) 2005-10-27 Dr. Hector Villanueva self@hectorvillanueva.com