Day 1 9:00 - 10:30
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Welcome	Master of Ceremonies	Mr Hadi (MoC)	2
Opening Ceremony	Reading from the Holy Quran		5
	Welcome the President or VP and Introduce Goals of Conference	H.E. Sangin	5
	Openining Speech by H.E. First Vice Presedent	H.E. Atmar	10
	The enabling force of ICT behind ANDS	Dr. Naderi (ANDS)	10
	ICT and Education
	Welcome Message & Intro of Agenda	Aimal Marjan (MoC)	5
GoA and Donors	ICT as Cross Cutting Tool in Support of ANDS, High Level Status on ICT Progress, Regulation, Constraints and Coordination of ICT Activities in Afghanistan (Council creation and TOR), Acknowledge Donors	H.E.Sangin	20
	Presentation by USAID on their involvement in the ICT development of Afghanistan (GeoBase)	Thomos Jhonson (USAID)	10
	Presentation by UNDP on ICT Project and Policy Agreement with GoA	Marcia De Castro (UNDP)	10
		Total Time: 87

Day 1 10:30 - 11:00
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Exhibition Tour	V V P guests to tour the Exhibition Space	By Invitation	30
Tea Break	Break for General Conference Attendees		30
		Total Time: 60

Day 1 11:00 - 12:30 - Panel Discussion
Event Segment	Agenda	Panel Members	Duration
ICT & ANDS	National ICT Strategy and Alignment to ANDS and MDGs	Aimal Marjan	15
Strategic Progress	Infrastructure Development (DCN, GCN, Fiber)	Noorzaiee (Afghan Telecom)	15
	Regulatory Framework & Licensing (CDMA, GSM, and More)	F. Khoram	15
	Capacity Development - Users and Consumers	Prof. Baha	10
	AFGNIC	Aslam Popal	10
Q&A	Q&A - ICT and ANDS Segment	Aimal Marjan	25
		Total Time: 90

Day 1 12:30 - 13:30
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Lunch	By Inviitation Only		45
Prayers	Break for General Conference Attendees	All	15
		Total Time: 60

Day 1 13:30 - 14:00
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
	ICT Investment Opportunities in Afghanistan	Dr. Omar Zakhailwal	10
.AF Launch	Official Announcement Launching .AF	MoC/UNDP	20
		Total Time: 30

Day 1 14:00 - 16:00 - Panel Discussion
Event Segment	Agenda	Panel Members	Duration
ICT Growth & Constraints	Capacity Development - Computer Science Faculty	Tariq Meeran	15
	Overview of Private Training Institutes	Neal Bratshun	10
	Civil Service ICT Readiness Programmes	Wali Hamidzadeh	10
	Power Issues and Power Alternatives	Jim Craft	10
	Power Development Plans	Ministry of Water and Power	10
	Security (Cyber, Commercial Networks, Pirated S/W, Lack of Awareness, etc)	Aslam Popal	15
	Harnessing Public and Private Partnerships	Schahan Sediqi	15
Q&A	Q&A - ICT Growth and Constraints Segment	Aslam Popal	45
		Total Time: 130

 

END OF DAY 1 - 16:00 Looking Forward to Day 2

 

Day 2 09 :00 - 09:15
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Opening Ceremony	Open Conference and Highlights from Day 1	Aimal Marjan	15
		Total Time: 15

Day 1 09:15 - 10:45 - Panel Discussion
Event Segment	Agenda	Panel Members	Duration
The New Look of Government
	eGovernment - Role of ICT in Fostering Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and Access to Government	Tamim Samee	15
Current GoA Projects	MoF (projects) + plus Bank	Mirwais Sahebzada	15
	MoFA - Passport	Fawad Muslim	15
	MRRD Projects	Zabiullah	15
	MoI - Electronic Payroll	Shafiq Kohistani	15
	Trade - Asycuda (Customs Application)	Malayar Jabarkhail	15
		Total Time: 90

Day 1 10:45 - 11:15
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Break	Tea Break (Invitations Only)and Exhibition Visits	All	30
		Total Time: 30

Day 1 11:15 - 12:00
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Q&A	Open Forum Discussion and Q&A on eGov	Tamim Samee	45
		Total Time: 45

Day 1 12:00 - 13:30
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Lunch	Invited Guests Only	All	60
Prayers	Break for General Conference Attendees	All	30
		Total Time: 90

Day 1 13:30 - 15:30 - Panel Discussion
Event Segment	Agenda	Panel Members	Duration
Private Sector Progress	Presence of Technology in Afghanistan - An Assessment	Tony Loda	15
	GSM Update	Samir Satchu (Roshan)	15
Current GoA Projects	IT Penetration in Afghanistan and Citizen Capacity	Somenath Gangopadhyay (Areeba)	15
	ISP and Internet Penetration	Farhad Ghafoor (NISPA)	15
	Importance of Strong Associations	Jamal Nasser Noorzaie (Afghan Telecom)	15
Q&A	Q&A - Private Sector Segment	Tony Loda (Moc)	45
		Total Time: 120

Day 1 15:30 - 16:30
Event Segment	Agenda	Speaker	Duration
Closing	Closing Ceremonies	H.E. Sangin	30
	Drawing + Announcements for Gifts	Jamal Nasser Noorzaie (Afghan Telecom)	30
		Total Time: 60

 

END OF DAY 2 - 16:30 Looking Forward to the 2nd ICT Conference in Afghanistan

 

Special Meetings
Date	Topic	Participants	Duration
Day 1	ICT Council 16:00 to 17:00	By Invitation only	60

Working Groups and Side Conferences
Date	Topic	Time	Duration
Day 1	ICT and Education - Value of Capacity Building at all levels (Meeting Room 1) Leader: Professor Baha	14:00 - 16:00	120
Day 2	ICT and Civil Society (Meeting Room 1) Leader: Jawid Hamdard	10:00 - 12:00	120
Day 2	ICT and Power Challenges and Alternatives (Meeting Room 2) Leader: Jim Craft	10:00 - 12:00	120
Day 2	Gender and ICT - Closing the gaps (Meeting Room 1) Leader: Mariam Rasheed	14:00 - 16:00	120
Day 2	Role of ICT in Livelihood sustainability and Poverty reduction (Meeting Room 2) Leader: abdul Bari	14:00 - 16:00	120