HOME   REGISTER   SPEAKERS   AGENDA     About WITFOR IFIP WITFOR is a unique global platform that brings together leading academics, top policymakers, corporate powerhouses and key development practitioners from a variety of fields to share and debate ideas on how advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are changing ordinary lives and powering development. IFIP has been organising WITFOR every second year since 2003 in cooperation with the government of the host country. The inaugural WITFOR was held in Lithuania, in 2003, followed by Botswana (2005), Ethiopia (2007) and Vietnam (2009). As the venue for the 5th IFIP WITFOR, India seeks to add unique value to WITFOR by offering a distinctive combination of enormous developmental challenges and globally-proven ICT capabilities to address them. Some of our speakers Mr. Kapil Sibal - Minister for Communications & Information Technology and Human Resource Development, Government of India Mr. Nandan Nilekani - Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Mr. Arun Maira, Member Planning Commission, Government of India Mr. David Hume, Executive Director, Citizen Engagement, Government of British Columbia, Canada Mr. Janis Karklins, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO Dr. Ivar Tallo, Executive Board Member, e-Governance Academy, Estonia more Why should you attend? An opportunity to network and interact with nearly 1000 officials, leaders, academics and policymakers committed to ICT for sustainable human development An agenda carefully crafted to discuss and debate the real and potential impact of ICT on 'Sustainable Human Development' in four thematic areas: egovernance, ICT for agriculture, ICT for health and ICT for education Opportunity for knowledge sharing and developing actionable ICT solutions for development Internationally renowned speakers from over 30 countries Exhibitions and presentations on best practices from all over the world Industry Partner