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GLOBAL CONVERGENCE 2.0

INTEGRATION & INNOVATION

Monday, November 5th, 2007 Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Fondazione Giorgio CiniVenice, Italy

Participants

2007Shaping the FutureFORUM

Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana

Haut Patronage du Président de la République Française

Patrocinio del Ministro per le Riforme e le Innovazioni nella Pubblica Amministrazione

Patrocinio della Regione del Veneto

NAME POSITION & ORGANISATION COUNTRY

Pezard Alice Cour de Cassation France Picilli Irene Head of Consip Corporate Identity, Consip S.p.A. Italy Pileri Stefano Managing Director Telecom Italia Wireline Italy Plecko Vladimir Member of the Management Board Koncar Electrical Industries inc. Croatia Po’ Mario Administrative Director Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo Italy Prasad Raj Kumar CEO Institute for Electronic Governance & Development Centre for e-Governance India Presutti Giancarlo Government Industry Leader, Public Sector IBM Italia ItalyPrister Giorgio Senior Strategy Consultant Items International Italy Proudfoot Mel Senior Director EMEA Public Sector Oracle Corporation United KingdomQasem Hani Department Manager Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Kuwait Qi Xu Jun Deputy Director of Institute of Communication Policy & Management Research, China Academy of Telecommunication Research China Radic Andrea Alcatel-Lucent Italy Ragones Udi Producer Inkod Hypera Ltd. Israel Rambaldi Giacomo Senior Programme Coordinator ICT Innovation Team, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Netherlands Ramsey Todd General Manager Global Government and Education Industries, IBM USA Rannou Hervé President Items International France Ransom Joann Deputy Head of Libraries and Kete Manager, Horowhenua Library Trust New Zealand Rashwan Mohsen Abdel Manager Director The Engineering Company for the Development of Digital Systems Egypt Rasmussen Poul Erik Moelgaard Managing Executive Consulting IBM Denmark Ravid Avishag CopyWriter Inkod Hypera Ltd. IsraelRedigolo Gino General Manager Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo Italy Renza Guelfi Maria Computer Scientist at the Presidence of the University of Medecine and Surgery, Florence Italy Reschreiter August Federal Minister for Woman, Media and Civil Service AustriaRidolfi Giovanni RAI Italy Robinson Andrew R4eGov Project United KingdomRohnke Christian Partner White & Case LLP Germany Ronchi Alfredo Secretary of EC Medici Framework, Politecnico di Milano Italy Rosch Thomas Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) USA Ruff Jacquelynn Vice President International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Verizon USA Russo Angela Marketing Unit Innovation & Development Division Consip S.p.A Italy Salah Darwish Amal Senior Phonotics, Ministry of Health / Physical Medicine Hospital Kuwait Salgues Bruno Professor of Marketing, Design & Strategy, National Institute of Telecommunications France Salmelin Bror Adviser to the Director ICT Addressing Societal Challenges, DG Information Society & Media European CommissionSantucci Gérald Head of Unit D4 - Networked Enterprise & Radio Frequency Identification, DG Information Society & Media European CommissionSapiro Miriam President Summit Strategies International USA Sartori Carlo Augusto Director O.U. of General Surgery and Director Department of General Surgery in the O.E of Castelfranco Veneto ItalySchernbeck Thomas Hessischer Rundfunk Germany Sciolari Alessandro Scientific Director Assoknowledge Confindustria S.i.t. ItalySerra Francesco Engineer Noemalife SpA Italy Shark Alan Executive Director Public Technology Institute USA Sharon Dubi Action Script & Motion Designer Inkod Hypera Ltd Israel Sheng Li Senior Official of Department of Industry and Commerce, Legislative Affairs Office, State Council (SC-LAO) ChinaSiebald Susanne Independant Communication Consultant France Silver Aviva Head of Unit A2 - Programme & Media Literacy, DG Information Society & Media European CommissionSingh Kang Kanwaljeet Director, Designmate India Pvt. Ltd India Siösteen Thiel Madeleine Senior Programme Manager, Services & IT Implementation Departement Vinnova Sweden Slavinski Antoni Dimitrov Department of Telecommunications New Bulgarian University Bulgaria Smith Andy Senior Director for Public Services in EMEA Oracle Corporation United KingdomSobh Ibrahim Mohamed Research and Development Manager The Engineering Company for the Development of Digital Systems Egypt Soldano Elio ICT Manager Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo Italy Somodi Zoltan State Secretary, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Romania Soupizet Jean-Francois Head of Unit International Relations, DG Information Society & Media European CommissionSpeck Christina Office of International Affairs, US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunication and Information Administration USA Stan Virgil Project Coordinator - The European Economic and Travel Promotion Portal Romania Standeford Dugie Journalist, European Correspondent Warren Communications News United KingdomStefanello Eric Vice President Corporate Business Development EADS France Suchier Jean-Marc VP, Director European Programs Sagem Security, Safran Group France Sudharshan Reddy Gantla Senior Consultant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd Bahrain Sumida Hiroki Director of the Europe Representative Office, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology FranceSwinehart Theresa Vice President Global and Strategic Partnerships ICANN USA Talcove Haywood Vice President Public Sector Juniper Networks USATarraran Simone Gpi SpA Italy Tasso Simone Hospital Medical Director & Head of Ambulatory Services, Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo Italy Taylor Tate Deborah Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) USA Tempra Marco Solution Developer Banca Popolare di Sondrio Italy Thonnet Michèle eHealth Department, Ministry of Health France Togsverd Eva Partner Confederation of Danish Industries (ITEK) Denmark

Togsverd Tom Director Confederation of Danish Industries (ITEK) Denmark Tolentino Giuliano SWG SRL Italy Tolotti Vittoria Member of Confindustria Italy Toner Candace CEO Biomatters New Zealand Toporkoff Michel Attorney at Law France Toporkoff Sylviane President Global Forum Items International France Torelli Enrico Responsabile U.I. Tecnologie, Comune di Bologna ItalyTosenovsky Evzen President of the Moravian-Silesian Region Czech RepublicTraimer Matthias Federal Chancellery Austria Tripi Alberto President of Confindustria Italy Trofimov Valeri Vladimirovich Chief of Informatics Department, St Petersburg State University of Economics & Finance Russia Trofimova Liudmila Professor St Petersburg State University of Economics & Finance Russia Väärtnõu Olivier Adviser in the Strategy Office, State Chancellery of the Republic of Estonia Estonia Valboni Andrea National Technology Officer Microsoft Italy Valentini Marco External Relations Manager ANUIT Italy Valentini Miriam Director Comune di Roma Italy Van Lerberghe Daniel President & Executive Director Politech Institute Belgium Vein Chris Executive Director of the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services -Senior Technology Advisor, City & County of San Francisco USAVillasante Jesus Head of Unit D3 - Software Technologies & Distributed Systems, DG Information Society & Media European CommissionViola Roberto Secretary General of AGCOM (Italian Communication Authority) and Chairman of ERG (European Regulatory Group) ItalyWakuya Satoshi Secretary, Executive Researcher Foundation for MultiMedia Communications Japan Ward Ray Head of City Services, Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council United KingdomWaumans Herman Director Public Sector Oracle EMEA Netherlands Welti Paul Program Manager Sagem Security, Safran Group France Wilton Robin Corporate Architect, Federated Identity, Sun Microsystems United KingdomWood David Councillor, Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council United KingdomWood Margaret Councillor, Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council United KingdomYa Qiong He Senior Official of Department of Policy & Regulation, Ministry of Information Industry China Yan Rong Kang Researcher Institute of Communication Policy& Management Research, China Academy of Telecommunication Research ChinaYoussef Yasser Fayez The Engineering Company for the Development of Digital Systems Egypt Yu Gan President Nuchannel Shengshi Science & Technology Co. Ltd China Zocchi Paolo Senior Advisor of the Minister of Regions and Local Authorities ItalyZuo Jun Liu Division Director, Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress China

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Abrand Helene Consultant Helene Abrand Consulting France Adler Steven Program Director, IBM Data Governance Solutions USA Agati Mario Vice President Multimedia & Marketing, Ericsson Telecomunicazioni SPA Italy Aghion Daniel Executive Director and Co-Founder, Wireless Internet Institute USA Ai Dong Li Division Director of State Council Informatization Office China Aim Karel Member of the Council for Sciences of the Academy of Science Czech RepublicAjjoul Larbi Former Secretary of State, Posts, Telecommunications & IT, Former Congressman Morocco Al Adusi Saeed Abdula Director General of Higher Education Admission, Ministry of Higher Education Oman Al Barrak Saad Hamad CEO Zain Group Kuwait Al Zadajli Khalid Dawood Deputy Director General of the Higher Education Admission, Ministry of Higher Education Oman Alameh Issam Wafic IT Manager Qatar Sports Investments QatarAlessandrini Adriano Mayor Comune di Segrate Italy Al-Ghurair Noura J. Assistant Research Scientist Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Kuwait Al-Hajri Fahad Salman CEO Islamweb.net Qatar Al-Kuwari Yousuf A.R. Chairman Islamweb.net Qatar Allegri Marcello Business Development Manager Europe New Zealand Consulate General Italy Allen Porter Pliny Managing Partner MaceCorp Limited United KingdomAlomani Hanadi Beta Users Sakhr Software Company Kuwait Alomani Manal Beta Users Sakhr Software Company Kuwait AlSarmi Abdula Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Higher Education OmanAlsharekh Fahad Mohamed CEO Islamweb.net Kuwait Ambrogetti Andrea Mediaset Italy Ammundsen Brett Chief Operating Officer Biomatters New Zealand Anand Pras Creative Director Social Computer Mag Belgium Andersson Ingrid Sweden Andersson Thomas President Jönköping University Sweden Antocicco Sergio Chairman INTUG & President ANUIT Italy Archmann Sylvia Seconded National Expert European Institute of Public Administration Austria Aritomi Kanichiro Former Vice Minister of Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; President Foundation for MultiMedia Communications Japan Arpin Didier Director Sagem Security, Safran Group France Arramy Sylvain Business Development Items International France Asimakopoulos Vasilios Special Secretary of Digital Planning, Ministry of Economy and Finance Greece Aspalter Rosa MD, Kilo Coach Austria Attias Raphael Director Innovation & Development ORT France Attwood Dorothy Senior Vice President - Regulatory Planning and Policy & Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T USA Auffray Danièle Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of New Technologies and Research, Paris City Hall France Baldelli Paolo President Postelink Italy Bandelli Lorenzo IT Director Comune di Trieste Italy Barbarito Fulvio Vice Director General Lombardia Informatica Italy Barichello Paolo Engineer Azienda ULSS Asolo Italy Baross Csongor Manager Public Sector Competence Center, EE&CIS Region, Oracle Hungary Battisti Daniela Senior Programme Manager Public Agency for Economic Development-Innovation Division Italy Bell Robert Executive Director, Intelligent Community Forum USA Belorgey François Rapporteur Général du Conseil Stratégique des Technologies de l’Information, French Prime Minister’s Office FranceBenammar Jean Marc Chairman Grand Large Export France Benhamou Bernard Program Manager Items International France Berbash Youssef ICT Researcher Ottawa Global Marketing, Ottawa Centre for Research & Innovation Canada Berntzen Lasse Associate Professor Vestfold University College Norway Bianco Anna President Eldy Onlus Italy Boari Maurelio Professor University of Bologna Italy Brar Rogini Director Designmate India Pvt. Ltd India Brege Staffan Professor of Market Strategy EKI Sweden Broggi Danilo Oreste CEO Consip S.p.A. Italy Brown Kathryn Senior Vice-President Public Policy Development & International Government Relations, Verizon USA Bruck Peter General Manager Austrian Research Centers GmbH Austria Brueggeman Jeff Vice President Regulatory Planning and Policy, AT&T USA Brugi Miranda Consultant University of Padova Italy Bruno Alessandro Antonio Administrative Assistant Azienda ULSS 9 Italy Buccoliero Luca Professor Bocconi University Milano Italy Bures Doris Federal Minister for Woman, Media and Civil Service, Federal Chancellary of Austria Austria Bus Jacques Head of Security Unit, ICT Programme, DG Information Society and Media European CommissionCacciari Massimo Mayor City of Venice Italy Calderari di Palazzolo Paolo KPMG Advisory SpA Italy Camisa Gianni CEO AlmavivA Italia SpA Italy Camorali Giovanna Client Unit Executive Public Sector, IBM Italia Italy Camplan Armelle Advisor ENSA France Campos-Bell Sarah Director Public Sector Marketing Oracle EMEA SpainCarron Bruno Head of Erudine Centre of Competences Defence & Security, EADS France Caruso Armando Administrative Director Ausl 7 Italy Casagrande Greg Chairman of the Board Biomatters New Zealand

Jorgensen Michaela Smed Jorgensen Attorneys at Law Czech RepublicJunqi Xu Deputy Director Institute of Communication Policy and Management, China Academy of Telecommunication Research China Karagos Stefanos Adv. Editor PC Magazine, Attica Publications S.A Greece Karmakar Nitya Professor College of Law and Business, University of Western Sydney Australia Kato Yuichi President Docomo Europe France Keck Edward Vice President and Lead Security Strategist, Key Bank USAKerkeslager Ellwood CEO Information Futures L.L.C. & Mayor of Madison USA Kerschot Hugo Managing Partner Indigov Belgium Kirchhofe Tobias BlueMars Gesellscharft Fur Digitale Kommunikation mbH Germany Knudsen Trond Programme Co-ordinator Division for Innovation, The Research Council of Norway Norway Korakas Christoforos Scientific Director Access2Democracy Greece Koulolias Vasilis President GOV2U Greece Kubota Yoshio Advisor U.S.E. Co. ltd. Japan Laffitte Pierre Senator & President, Sophia Antipolis Foundation France Lagarde Jean-Christophe Vice-President of the French Congress, Mayor of Drancy France Larios Yannis Advisor to the Special Secretary for Digital Planning, Ministry of Economy and Finance Greece Larsen Clifford Professor Bucerius Law School Germany Lefever Katrien Legal Researcher Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, K.U.Leuven - ICRI Belgium Legale Eric Managing Director Issy Media France Lévy Eliane SL Conseil France Lévy Sébastien Vice President of the Global Forum Items International France Li Su Project Coordinator EU-China Information Society Project China Licata Patrizia Journalist RCS Editori Italy Lienard Guillaume Marketing Assistant Items International France Lindskog Helena CEO HelDag AB Sweden Lipman Andrew Partner and Head of Telecom Group Bingham McCutchen USA Lotti Alberto Alcatel-Lucent Italy Lower Anita Councillor Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council United KingdomLozano Chona Luz Stella Managing Director of Credit Division Nacional Financiera SNC Mexico Lytz Peter Senior Security Manager Teliasonera Finland Madero Cecilio Director DG Competition, Directorate D Services European CommissionMagdalena Maria BlueMars Gesellscharft Fur Digitale Kommunikation mbH Germany Maggiore Matteo Head of EU and International Policy BBC Belgium Mago Jane Senior Vice President and General Counsel Legal & Regulatory Affairs, NAB USA Malphrus Stephen Staff Director for Management, Board of Governors Federal Reserve System USA Manno Fulvio General Director Ausl 7 Italy Manzar Osama Director Digital Empowerment Foundation India Marklund Goran Head of Division, Strategy Development Division Vinnova Sweden Martinez Schjetnan Jose Gerente de Mercadotecnia e Internet Nacional Financiera SNC Mexico Marty Fabrice Program Manager Air Systems Division Thales France Masoni Marco Researcher University of Medecine and Surgery Florence Italy Meikar Silver Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Estonia Estonia Micheli Piero Director Recreational, Cultural and Civic Department, Comune di Segrate Italy Mochi Carlo CEO Forum PA Italy Morin Robert General Secretary Corporative Affairs and Operations, CRTC Canada Moriondo Roberto ICT Region Director Regione Piemonte Italy Moroni Andrea Project Manager International Cooperation Comune di Segrate Italy Murri Claudio Vice President Public Policy Europe Time Warner Europe Belgium Nakahata Hiroaki Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University Japan Nanni Giampiero Director of Marketing, WW Public Sector Government Solutions Group Microsoft EMEA United KingdomNaoe Shigehiko Professor Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University Japan Navasardyan Hamlet Head of Armenian Branch of International Science and Technological Centre Armenia Niwano Eikazu Senior Research Engineer Service Integration Laboratories, NTT Corporation Japan Nizri Roni CEO & Partner Inkod Hypera Ltd. Israel Noble Phil Journalist, Founder PoliticsOnline.com USA Nozawa Hirofumi Manager U.S.E. Co. Ltd. Japan Opran Marius Eugen Former Secretary of State for e-Administration, Ministry of Administration and Interior; Member of Economic and Social European Committee Romania Ostergaard Soren Duus Senior eGovernment Advisor Business Development Manager IBM Denmark Owen Kerkeslager Ruth President Information Futures, L.L.C. USA Ozurkiewicz Marcin IT Advisor of Information Society Team, City of Lodz Poland Paidi Sai Sandeep National Institute for Smart Government India Pailler Mathieu Operational Marketing Manager Sagem Security, Safran Group France Palenzuela Corcho Betina Director of Web Services Citmatel Cuba Papandreou Andreas President Access2Democracy Greece Parsley Atkins Kristin Senior Manager Government Affairs, Qualcomm USA Paruolo Giuseppe Deputy Mayor for Health and Communication, City of Bologna Italy Pelgrin William Director and Chief Cyber Security Officer, NYS Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination USAPerossini Fabio Managing Director Kpeople Ltd. United KingdomPerrone Paola Local Government - Sales Coordinator North Italy, IBM Italy

Caulier Sophy Journalist France Chamoux Jean - Pierre Professor University Paris V René Descartes FranceChang Chia-Sheng Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology Planning Division, Taipei City Government TaiwanChang Xi Li Division Director Department of Policy & Regulation, Ministry of Information Industry ChinaChevallier Michel Deputy Secretary, State Chancellery, State of Geneva SwitzerlandChirca Florentina Marketing Assistant Items International FranceChmilewsky Lionel Senior Vice President Proxim Wireless FranceCirillo Carolina Comune di Roma ItalyCoard Pippa Content Manager Kete Horowhenua Library Trust New Zealand Coats William Sloan Partner White & Case LLP USAColonna Michael FBI USACortesi Agostino Vice-Rector, Head of Computer Science Dept., University Ca’ Foscari Venezia Italy Cortiana Fiorello Senator, Consultive Committee on Electronic Governance Ministry of Innovation ItalyCosh Tom Managing Director Expertbiz.co.uk United KingdomCresson Edith Former Prime Minister, President of the Foundation “Ecole de la Deuxième Chance” FranceCristiani Giuseppe Responsabile Tecnico Area Triveneto Intema SRL ItalyCristofini Patrice Director Partnership and Strategic Alliance France Telecom, Orange Healthcare FranceDavin Jean-Paul Vice President Public Affairs Alcatel-Lucent France De Brüine Frans Director ICT Addressing Society Challenges, DG Information Society & Media European CommissionDe Marchi Luca E-learning Project manager Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo Italy Delafontaine Mathilde Production Director Original Dub Master FranceDor Margot Director Business Development & Communications ETSI FranceEl Kadi Hatem Ministry of State for Administrative Development EgyptEl Safty Ashraf Managing Director The Engineering Company for the Development of Digital Systems EgyptEnk Susanna Federal Minister for Woman, Media and Civil Service AustriaEttighoffer Denis President Eurotechnopolis Institut FranceFagan Luca Engineer Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo ItalyFagiolo Massimo CIO Postelink ItalyFareed El Naggar Nehal Ministry of State for Administrative Development EgyptFawzy Ashraf Ministry of State for Administrative Development EgyptFei Qin Mao Researcher Institute of Communication Policy & Management Research, China Academy of Telecommunication Research China Felesenberg Alexander President Felsenberg Consulting Groupe GermanyFerrarin Fabrizio Musicbus.it ItalyFestraets Eric Alcatel-Lucent Belgium Field Alexandra Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs Terrestar Networks Inc. USA Flaim Robert Supervisory Special Agent, Special Technologies Section, FBI USA Formica Piero Dean of the International Entrepreneurship Academy, Professor of Economics at Jönköping University Sweden Foulquier Jean-Marie Managing Director Sagem Defense Security South Africa, Safran Group France Gad Elkarim Osman Ahmed Ministry of State for Administrative Development Egypt Gadd Bruce Consul General & Trade Commissioner, New Zealand Consulate General Italy Ganea Christina President Felsenberg Consulting Groupe Germany Gardin Denis Vice President Technology Strategy, Ventures, Partnerships, EADS France Garlasu Dan Oracle RomaniaGauthey Gabrielle Member of Board ARCEP France Genna Innocenzo Chairman ECTA Italy Ghaly Ibrahim Mikhail Emile Manager Speech Department Sakhr Software Egypt Gherghina Alexandru Chief of Staff to the State Secretary, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Romania Gillette Jay Edwin Director Human Factors Institute, Professor Center for Information and Communication Sciences Ball State University USA Götzl Ingrid Head of Office of the Executive City Councillor for Urban Development, Traffic and Transport, City Hall of Vienna AustriaGregoric’ Elisabetta Head of the Public Administration Department Executive Education MIB School of Management Italy Gross Stephan Hessischer Rundfunk Germany Guastella Salvatore Direttore Formazione Ausl 7 Italy Gusenbauer Alfred Austrian Chancellor, Presidial Office of the Austrian Government Austria Gusmeroli Milo Banca Popolare Di Sondrio Italy Hajji Nasr Former Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications & Information Technologies, National Institute of Post & Telecom MoroccoHaselmayer Sascha Director & Co-Founder Interlaceinvent Spain Hay Anthony Lumen Digital Studio New Zealand Hayashi Seiji Executive Vice President U.S.E. Co. Ltd. Japan Hensler Robert State Chancellery State of Geneva Switzerland Hirsch Bjoern Global Public Sector Marketing Executive, Global Acquisition IBM FranceIaione Fabio Country Manager Italy Qualcomm ItalyIlan Dray Founder & Creative Director Inkod Hypera Ltd Israel Inman Tom Vice President Marketing, Information Management IBM Software Group USA Italiano Margherita CSI Piemonte Italy Jochler Thomas Kurier Online-Medien GmbH Austria Johari Rahmad Muhammad Kapasitor Malaysia Jones Alan CEO Somerset City Council United Kingdom