Agenda : eGov Asia 2008

eGov Asia 2008 Conference Agenda

DAY I 29 July 2008

8.00 am- 9.30 am

Delegates Registration and Welcome Tea/Coffee

9.30 am- 9.35 am

eINDIA2008 Inauguration of Conference

· Welcome Address by Dr MP Narayanan, President, CSDMS

9.35 am- 9.40 am

Introductory Remarks

· R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, IT, Department of Information
    Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,
    Government of India Chair: Programme Advisory Board, eINDIA2008

9.40 am- 10.30 am

Plenary Address

· Subash Pani, Secretary, Planning Commission, Government of India

· Jainder Singh, Secretary, IT, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of
    Communications and Information Technology, Government of India

· Michael Rawding, Vice President, Unlimited Potential Group, Microsoft
    Corporation

· Praveen Vishakantaiah, President, Intel India

10.30 am- 10.35 am

Guest Address

· Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Former Minister of Environment and Power, Member
    of Lok Sabha

10.35 am- 10.55 am

Inaugural Address

· D Purandeswari, Minister of State for Higher Education, Ministry of Human
    Resource Development, Government of India

10.55 am- 11.00 am

Vote of Thanks

· Dr Ravi Gupta, Executive Director, CSDMS

11.00 am- 11.15 pm

Inauguration of eINDIA2008 Exhibition

1.00 pm-2.00pm

Networking Lunch

2.00 pm-3.30 pm

Session 1: Key Note I

The Future of e-Governance in India: Government 2.0 and Beyond

Discussion Points:

· Government transformation in
    the 21st century: From citizen-
    centric to citizen-driven
    governance (from eGov to
    weGov)? What is a true   meaning of citizen centricity?

· Joined-up, seamless
    government: is it feasible?

· Emerging trends and
    technologies for public sector
    transformation (enterprise
    architecture, ERP, SOA,
    mashups, PPPs, open source,
    Web 2.0 etc)

· How Web 2.0 technologies can
    help transform government and
    facilitate integration,
    communication and collaboration
    within public sector
    organisations, with the private
    sector and with the citizens

Chairperson: J Satyanarayana, CEO, National Institute of Smart Government

Speakers

· Oleg Petrov, Coordinator,
    e-Development Thematic Group,
    Global ICT Department, World Bank

·    Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Manager,
    Sun Microsystems Ltd.

· Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, Senior
    Programme Officer, Telecentre.org,
    International Development Research
    Centre

· Niraj Prakash, General Manager, SAP
    India

3.30 pm- 4 .00 pm

Tea & Coffee Break

4.00 pm- 5.30 pm

Session 2: Key Note II

Citizen-centric e-Governance in India: How Close/Far are we from the Goal?

Discussion Points:

· Current scenario of
    e-Governance implementation
    in India

· How close we are from the goal-
    Factors for success

· How far we are from the goal-
    reasons for slow progress

· What more needs to be done by
    government and private sector

Chairperson: R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of IT (DIT), Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India (GoI)

Speakers

· Partha Bhattacharya, Chairman, Coal
   India Limited

· M Raman, Director General,
   Directorate General for Supplies&
    Disposals (DGS&D), Ministry
    of Commerce

· Sudhir Krishna, Additional Secretary,
   Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GoI

· Pramod Saxena, Chairman and
   Managing Director,

6.00 pm-9.00 pm

Venue: World Bank Office, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Session 3: Global Dialogue on the Future of e-Government

Government 2.0 and Beyond: Next Generation of Government Transformation

Discussion Points:

· What is the future of
  government? Is technology
facilitating a movement towards
minimalist government?

· What is likely to be the next
frontier in moving from e-
Government to i-government to
u-government?

· How will government services be
delivered in the future? What
technologies are likely to be most
relevant?

· What should governments do to
leverage existing and emerging
technologies to achieve
transformation?

· What are the major challenges in
moving towards Government 2.0
and beyond?

Schedule:

6.00 pm-6.15 pm
Welcome & Introductions

6.15 pm-6.25 pm
Opening Remarks by
Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary,                               Department of IT

6.25 pm- 7.50 pm
Presentations by
Randeep Sudan
AnthonyWilliams                         Andrea DiMaio

7.50 pm-8.40 pm
Country Perspectives

8.40 pm-9.00 pm
Closing Remarks

Keynote Address and Chair: R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, DIT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

Moderators

· Oleg Petrov, Coordinator, e-Development
Thematic Group, Global ICT Department, World Bank

· Ravi Gupta, Convener, eIndia2008 and
Executive Director, CSDMS

Speakers

· Randeep Sudan, e-Government Practice Leader, the Global ICT Department (GICT), World Bank

· Andrea Di Maio, Vice President, Gartner Research

· Anthony Williams, Vice President, Government 2.0, nGenera Insight

Country Perspectives

India: Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Manager, Sun Microsystems Ltd.

Ghana: Jonas Amoapim, Director, Ghana Information & Communications Technology Directorate (GICTeD)

Rwanda: Wilson Muyenzi, Project Manager, eRWANDA Project, Rwanda Information Technology Authority

Tanzania: David Sawe, Advisor, President's Office

DAY II 30 July 2008

8 am – 9.00 am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

09.30 am -11.00 am

Session 4: Web Quality – A Pre-requisite for Successful

e-Governance

Discussion Points:

· Website quality assessment by
    STQC

· Website quality and
    international scenario by GTZ

· Need for standardisation

· Technology offering solutions
    for embedded website quality
    by industry

· Content Standardisation

· Addressing citizens perspective

· Legal issues

Chairperson: Dr. S.L. Sarnot, Director General, Standardisation, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC), DIT, Ministry of Communications & IT, GoI

Speakers

· Neeta Verma,
  Senior.Technical. Director,
  National Informatics
Centre, GoI

· U.K.Nandwani, Director, STQC
  IT Services, STQC, DIT,
Ministry of Communications &
IT, GoI

· Dr Ricarda Wildemann,
Technical Advisor, Economic
Development through
e-Government, GTZ

· Vakul Sharma, Advocate

· Ashish Mehta, Senior
  Consultant, Oracle

11.00 am - 11.30 am

Tea & Coffee Break

11.30 am-1.00 pm

Session 5:  Government Data Centres: The Storehouse for Information

Discussion Points:

· Progress of SDCs
    operationalistion after its
    approval by Government

· Operational and management
    issues

· Challenges being faced by
    states in implementation –
    power, cooling, storage,
    hosting, migration, security
    issues, etc.

· Private Sector in SDCs: Role
    and opportunities

Chairperson: Patrick Kishore, Chief Information Security Officer, State Bank of India

Speakers

· Magdy El Hanawy, Project manager E- Government Programme, Ministry of State for Administrative Development, Government of Egypt

· Prashant Pereira, Manager Products Hosting Services Enterprise Solutions, Sify
Technologies Limited

· Rajendra Dhavale, Director, -
Technical Sales, CA India &
SAARC

· Mr. Srikant Chakrapani -
Director, Enterprise Solutions,
Hitachi Data Solutions India
  Pvt. Ltd.

· Krishnan B. Nair, Manager - Business Development, Kerala State IT Mission

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Networking Lunch

2.00 pm- 3.30 pm

Session 6: Panel Discussion: State Wide Area Network: Core Infrastructure for Government Services

Discussion Points:

· Network performance and
   service level monitoring issues
   – the role of third party
   agencies

· Seamless integration of
    SWAN with other e-Gov
    infrastructure SDC, CSC & last
    mile connectivity infrastructure.

· Readiness / application
    content issues related to SWAN

· Bandwidth related issues

· Private sector players,
    technology stake holders of
    the SWAN: Implementation
    and operation

· Success stories and pitfalls

· Managing large country wide
    e-Governance infrastructure
    programmes like SWAN,
    SDC,  e-District and issues
    related to Knowledge transfer
    and implementation of best
    practices

Moderator: Ashish Sanyal, Senior Director, DIT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

Panelists

· Y. S. Mallik, Commissioner &
   Secretary IT, Government of
   Haryana

· Alok Chaturvedi, Secretary,
   IT, Government of Bihar

· Lt. Col. H. S. Bedi, CMD,
   Tulip Telecom Ltd.

· Tanmoy Chakrabarty, VP and
    Head, Global Government
    Industry Group of Tata
    Consultancy Services

· Madhav Reddy, Senior
   Technical Director, NIC, GoI

· S. K. Seth, Deputy Director
   General (Commercial), BSNL

3.30 pm- 4 .00 pm

Tea & Coffee Break

4.00 pm- 5.30 pm

Session 7: Capacity Building: Change Management

Discussion Points:

· Managing the Environment and
   Managing the Human
   Resources

· Current initiatives for capacity
    building in e-Governance for
    government functionaries

· Change management issues &
    kind of people required

· Role of knowledge sharing
    networks and centers of
    excellence

· Role of private sector

Chairperson: S. R. Das, Senior Director, DIT, Ministry of Communications & IT, GoI

Speakers

· R. S. Sharma, Principal
   Secretary, IT Government of
   Jharkhand

· N. S. Kalsi, Joint Secretary
   (Centr-States), Ministry of
   Home Affairs, GoI

· Oleg Petrov,
    Coordinator,
    e-Development Thematic
    Group, Global ICT
    Department, World Bank

· Pranav Roach, President,
   Hughes Networks Systems
   India Ltd

· Dr. Ahmed Samir, Assistant to
   Minister for Country Resource
   Planning, Government of Egypt

· Tan Sian Lip, Vice President,
    Solutions and Technology,
    CrimsonLogic Pvt. Ltd.

5.30 pm-7.00 pm

Panel Discussion

· eINDIA e-Leaders' Forum

· Defining Initiatives taken

· Major Drivers for e-Governance

· How to create the mechanism
   for disseminating information
   about status of the projects at
   the states

· Streamlining information flow

· How to ensure regular update
   of information

· Challenges

· Future trajectory

Chairperson: R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, DIT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

Co-Chair: Subhas C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI

Panelists

· Prakash Kumar, Joint
    Secretary, Ministry of Earth
    Sciences, GoI

· R. S. Sharma, Principal
   Secretary, IT, Government of
   Jharkhand

· Michel Van der Bel, Vice
   President Public Sector,
   Microsoft International

· Alok Chaturvedi, Secretary,
    IT Government of Bihar

· Shantanu Prakash, Chief
   Executive Officer, Educomp

7.00 pm onwards

Gala Dinner

DAY III 31 July 2008

8 am – 9.00 am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

9.30 am-11.00 am

Session 8: e-Procurement in Government

Discussion Points:

· How to gain maximum benefit
    from e-Procurement tools
    and techniques

· Need for reforms in
   procurement system

· Capacity building and
    process re-engineering issues

· Supplier engagement

· Best Practices

· Challenges in Implementation

Chairperson:S.N.Srivastava,Director,
Directorate General for Supplies
& Disposal (DGS&D), Ministry of
Commerce, GoI

Speakers

· William Lock, Chairman, Elcom
   Inc., Scotland

· S Sanjeev K Itagi,
   Sr. Consultant, (Procurement &
   Transformation), Capgemini
   Consulting India

· Amit Kumar Jain, Deputy Chief
   Operating Manager/ Planning,
   Northern Railway, Indian
   Railways Traffic Services

·    V. Rajaraman, Vice- President,  NIIT   Technologies

·   Sumeet Bhatt, Director, NexTenders

11.00 am -11.30 am

Tea & Coffee break

11.30 am-1.00 pm

Session 9: IT Innovations in Municipalities

Discussion Points:

· IT implementation strategy
   for Municipality mission mode
   project

· Major projects launched

· GIS use for Spatial planning
   in municipalities

· Issues and challenges in
    implementation of IT in
    municipalities

· Recommendations

Chairperson: Vivek Bharadwaj, Special Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of West Bengal

Speakers

· Sanjay Jaju, Vice Chairman and
   Managing Director,
    Infrastructure Corporation of
    Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

· Chetan Vaidya, Director,
    National Institute of Urban
    Affairs, New Delhi

· Joe Dignan, Business
   Development Manager,
   Microsoft, Research India

· Srikant Nadhamuni, Managing
   Trustee, e-Governance
   Foundation, Bangalore

1.00 pm-2.00 pm

Networking Lunch

2.00 pm-3.30 pm

Session 10: e-Governance Good Practices

Discussion Points:

· Factors that facilitated the success of the projects

· Change management and other challenges

· How challenges have been overcome

· Benefits accrued for G2C and G2G transactions

· Lessons Learned

Chairperson: Prakash Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI

Speakers

· Dr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary, IT, Kerala

· Sanjay Aggarwal, General Manager (Operations), Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), GoI

· Barun Kumar Sahu, Director (Personnel), Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI

· Lekha Kumar, Director,                 (e-Governance), Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and pensions,
GoI

· Ankit Mittal, Consultant, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, GoI

· Ajay Ahuja, IT Architect, Sun Microsystems Ltd.

3.30 pm-4.00 pm

Tea & Coffee break

4.00 pm- 6.00 pm

Valedictory and eINDIA2008 Awards

·     Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister for Panchayati Raj & DONER, Government of India

·    Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament

· R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of IT,
    Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

· Subhas C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource
    Development, GoI

The Schedule is subject to change without notice at last minute