Uzbekistan Information and Communication Week – “InfoCom-2006” will be held during the week of September 25 - 29, 2006 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The National Summit on Information and Communication Technologies – ICT SUMMIT 2006, the opening event of the UzInfoCom week, will be held from September 25-26, 2006 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
        
        The ICT SUMMIT 2006 is called by Coordination Council for development of computerisation and information and communication technologies, The Committee on Press and IT issues of Oliy Majlis Legislative Chamber, the Uzbek Agency for Communication and Information (UzACI), ICT Policy Project of UNDP and Association of IT Companies and Organizations of Uzbekistan.
        
        
        Through its all-embracing program, the ICT SUMMIT 2006 aims to provide an outstanding opportunity for representatives of government, academic and business communities to reflect on achievements and to address new trends and challenges in exploring potential of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) as a catalyst of development in various areas.
        
        
        The ICT SUMMIT 2006 will have plenary sessions and group sections, where plenary session will host policy dialogue and topics relevant to a broad audience and group sections will be a platform for more sector-oriented and specific discussions. General topics include trends and major changes in regulatory policy, progress and challenges in implementation of national programmes on ICT development, issues of infrastructure development and other critical areas.
        
        
        Topics of interest include:
        
        
        · E-governance
        
        
        · E-commerce
        
        · E-education
        
        
        · E-health
        
        · Technoparks
        
        
        · Outsourcing
        
        · Copyright
        
        
        · Free and Open Source Software
        
        · Information Resources
        
        
        · Access to ICT (telecommunication companies, mobile communication, Internet service providers, content providers and etc.)

Posted : 2006-07-11 16:09:00