[Reader-list] Call for Speakers: GKP International Forum: "Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development" - Extended Deadline 30 January 2006

[Geert Lovink]

> From: gkps at gkps.org.my
> Date: 25 January 2006 10:31:18 AM
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> Subject: [GKP_List1] Call for Speakers: GKP International Forum: 
> "Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development" 
> - Extended Deadline 30 January 2006
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>  From: gkps at gkps.org.my
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>  Subject: Call for Speakers: GKP International Forum: "Creating 
> Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development" - Extended 
> Deadline 30 January 2006
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> Call for Speakers – Deadline Extended to 30 January 2006
>
> GKP International Forum on Cross Sector Partnerships
> "Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development"
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> Colombo, Sri Lanka - May 2006
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> This year's GKP International Forum will engage leaders from business, 
> civil society and government to share experiences and build new 
> partnership-based initiatives that create prosperity through the 
> innovative application of information and communications technology 
> for development.
>
> The Global Knowledge Partnership is seeking proposals for speakers who 
> illustrate innovation in using information and communication 
> technologies for development.
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> Proposals should be developed according to the guidelines below and 
> sent using the attached 'GKP 2006 Forum Speaker Proposal Form' by the 
> deadline of 30 January 2006 to forumspeakers at gkps.org.my.
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> Proposal Guidelines:
> 	1 	Proposals should be for an individual speaker, although this 
> person may represent an innovative organization, project or work in a 
> particular region.
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> 	2 	Proposals should fit the context of the Forum theme, "Creating 
> Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development".
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> 	3 	Proposals should indicate how the speakers, their projects, or 
> organizations demonstrate innovation in applying information and 
> communication technologies for development. Innovation may be 
> demonstrated by the particular technology used, the application of 
> technology, the social context in which it is deployed, the way in 
> which the project is financed, the means of evaluation or measurement, 
> the way(s) in which partners collaborate, and/or other dimensions.
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> 	4 	Proposals should include the proposed speakers' name, their 
> contacts information, a biography of not more than 250 words, and a 
> rationale why their contributions fit the theme of innovation. This 
> should not be more than 250 words.
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> 	5 	Proposals, using the attached proposal form, must be emailed by 30 
> January 2006 to forumspeakers at gkps.org.my.
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