"...to achieve our main objective - transfer our black gold - oil resources into the human gold - real welfare of every citizen of our country."    H.E. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Baku Declaration 04 on Digital Divide and Knowledge Economy-Baku (2004) Baku: 07:30 Moscow: 06:30 London: 03:30 New York: 22:30 Tokyo: 12:30 Presentations 26-27 November - Global ICT Conference, Baku Bangladesh ICT Policy Framework Geared to Economic Growth and Fulfilling the MDG by H.E. Abdul Moyeen Khan, Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology Bangladesh Global Broadband Satellite Infrastructure (GBSI) Initiative by Mr. Ahmed Toumi Director General and CEO Presentation of H.E. Binali YILDIRIM, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Turkey Liberalization Process in Turkey: Developments and Expectations by Dr. Faruk COMERT, Vice Chairman, Member of the Board Telecommunications Authority of Turkey e-Government: An Information Society For All - Alcatel Experience In CIS by Mr. Johan VANDERPLAETSE, Vice-President SSU CIS Particularities of bridging of Digital Divide in Kyrgyzstan by Mr. Nurbek Turdukulov Ñòðàíû ÑÍÃ íà ïóòè ïîñòðîåíèÿ èíôîðìàöèîííîãî îáùåñòâà - Ã-í Í.Í. ÌÓÕÈÒÄÈÍÎÂ Global network of innovation, SIEMENS National ICT Strategy I - Expirience and Achievements by Ms. Maleyka Abbaszadeh, Chairwoman of State Students Admission Commission Role of the National ICT Production in the way of Sustainable Development of Transition Economy by Mr. Tahir Mirkishili, General director ULTRA company Going for an all communicating world by Mr. Veysel Aral, Vice President Market Unit Eastern Europe & Central Asia Global Web Care in Action: Bridging the Digital Divide through Public - Private Partnership by Dr. Elizabeth Quat, Board Member, World Summit Award "Fostering Multimedia and Interactive Digital Content through Small and Medium size Enterprises- SME's" by Andre G. Cote Director general e-Government Role in Transtion to Information Society by Ali Ihsan Danshsman Connecting Our World: GIS Web Services by Dr. Winnie Tang, CEO, ESRI China The Internet Society (ISOC) - A Strong Promoter of ICT4D by Christine Maxwell, Trustee Emeritus, ISOC National Research Educational Networks Role in ICT Development: Caucasus and Middle Asia Experience by Dr. Elchin Aliyev, Vice-President AzRena Enabling Future – The 3rd Era Of Computing Opportunities Through Convergence by Klaus Wehler, Channel Marketing and Emerging Market Expansion Manager EMEA Digital Divide in EBRD's Region by Izzet Guney Head - Telecoms, Informatics and Media The Role of National System of Health Monitoring for efficient allocation of e-Government resources by Bureau for Health Information and statistics Ministry of Health of the Azerbaijan Republic Brain Drain to NET Gain BPO in INDIA by Osama Manzar Digital Empowerment Foundation, India Knowledge Economy and Intellectual Property Rights: Azerbaijan Case Study by Dr. Kamran Imanov, Chairman of the State Copyright Agency of the Azerbaijan Republic Transformation to the Information Society: Problems and Solutions by Dr. T. Ayhan BEYDOGAN, Member of the Board Telecommunications Authority of Turkey Postal System Role in The Information Society. Wincor-Nixdorf & Colvir Solutions for Postal Applications by Dr. E.Vaigauskas & A.Bogdanov Lessons of PPP in the Austrian ICT and e-goverment sector: PPP as alternative model for privatisation, outsourcing and EU-funding? Balancing Information Security and ICT for Development: Issues, Trends and Dilemmas by Mr. Rafal Rohozinski, Director Advanced Network Research Group Azerbaijan Competitiveness in the ICT Sector by Mr.Ilyas Naibov-Aylisl KAREL and AZTELECOM Experts at Work: “Intelligent Solutions” for Bridging the Analog and Digital Platforms in Rural Telephony by Mr. Metin Cebeci, Director KAREL Electronics (Turkey) Origin of Information Society by Mr. Kresimir Lugaric, President Internet Institute (Croatia) Modernization, Privatization and Reforms in IT Sector by Mr. Thomas Sadowski, Economic Officer Embassy of USA in the Republic of Azerbaijan (USA) ICT in Education Systems of Caucasus and Central Asia by Prof. Dr. Hanno Schaumburg, Technical University of Hamburg – Harburg, (Germany) Development of Telecommunication in the World by Mr. Wang Kexiang, Vice President Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., (China)    Organizers:                                           Key Partner:              Platinum Sponsor: Secretariat of the Conference Organizing Committee Contact Person: Mr. Ayaz A. BAYRAMOV P.O. AZ1000 Address: 33, Azerbaijan Ave., Baku - AZERBAIJAN Telephone: +(994-12) 499-9977 Fax: +(994-12) 499-9988 Direct Telephone: +(994-12) 499-0999 Mobile: +(994-50) 200-6333 Email: global-ict@mincom.gov.az