17. November 2005

Please join us for the launch of ICT4Peace groundbreaking paper: “Information and Communications Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict“. The launch will be followed by a panel discussion.

Location: Saint Augustin room in Palexpo Kram, Tunis
Date and Time: Thurs. November 17 2005, 13:00-15:00

Panelists:

  • Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland
  • José Antonio Ocampo, UN Under-Secretary-General
  • Raymond Johansen, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Norway
  • Linton Wells, US Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • Dag Nielsen, Director – Ericsson Response
  • Chamindra de Silva, Director – Lanka Software Foundation

Moderator: Hilary Bowker, former CNN anchor
Chair: Ambassador Daniel Stauffacher
Presentation of report: William Drake and Paul Currion

Topics: Early warning – Conflict prevention – Conflict resolution – Humanitarian action – Protection of civilians – Peacekeeping missions – Post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction

Organised by the ICT4Peace Project, www.ict4peace.org

Questions: julia.steinberger@seco.admin.ch