7/11/2005
GCG@Commonwealth Summit Today in LondonThe 2005 Commonwealth Technology Forum commenced today at the Royal Garden Hotel in London. Leading a 5-member GCG Europe Team, Lucy Adwoa Amponsah Quist, delivered a presentation on the Ghana Technology Park at the panel session on IS AFRICA THE NEW INDIA?
GCG Europe @ Commonwealth Summit
Lucy Quist, MBA, Inst of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, London
Nana Yaw Kwakye, GCG United Kingdom, London, England
Yaa Boadi-Aboagye, Columbia University Sch of Engineering, New York
Kenneth Koranteng, United Kingdon VOA, London, England
Maame Gyasi-Appiah, CS Engineering & Physics, Loughborough University, London
The two-day conference (registration: £581.62) will examine the creation of innovative knowledge economies in Europe and Africa and the development of international trade in services for both the private and public sector. The 2005 summit will focus on use of ICT and the IT-enabled services (or BPO) sectors, in making business competitive in developed regions and providing development opportunities in emerging markets (eg Ghana). The development of knowledge process outsourcing and the creation of developed knowledge economies are key themes for analysis and debate.
Key Speakers
Alistair Baker, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft UK
John Woodget, Chief Executive Officer, Intel Europe
Dr. Michael Lynch, Chief Executive Officer, Autonomy
Myles Wickstead, Secretariat Chair, Commission for Africa
Darryl Salmons, Information Systems Director of the FSA
Stuart Cohen, CEO of Open Source Development Labs
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael MP, DTI Minister for eCommerce
Dan Simmonds, Producer 'Click Online', BBC World
Det. Supt Mick Deats, National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, UK
Peter Dodd, Economic Research Director of the DTI
Dr Richard Sykes, Outsourcing Chair of Intellect
Professor Leslie Willcocks, Warwick Business School
Panel Sessions
UK and EU plans for a knowledge economy in Europe and Africa
How European companies can work with international technology partners
The globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights and data protection
Is Africa the new India?
Clash of the Titans - the India and China offshoring debate
Public and Private Sector Partnerships for technology
Cyber Terrorism and hi-tech crime
Media Partners
British Broadcasting Corporation
Global Outsourcing
eCode
Silicon.Com
Contact Center World
BPOIndia.Org
Ghana moved up from 74th to 65th place in the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Networked Readiness Index. The index measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by ICT. According to the WEF's Global Information Technology Report, the index is based on three pillars.
Wall Street Journal recently cited the Ghana as one of the five 'silicon nations' to watch in terms of connectivity, information security, human capital, business climate and the attention government gives to technology.
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