Call for Speakers: GKP International Forum: "Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development"

Call for Speakers
GKP International Forum on Cross Sector Partnerships
"Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development"

Colombo, Sri Lanka
May 2006

GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK/YOURSELF!

This year's GKP International Forum will engage leaders from business, civil society and government to share experiences and build new partnership-based initiatives that create prosperity through the innovative application of information and communications technology for development.

The Global Knowledge Partnership is seeking proposals for speakers who illustrate innovation in using information and communication technologies for development.

Proposals should be developed according to the guidelines below and sent using the attached 'GKP 2006 Forum Speaker Proposal Form' by the deadline of 24 January 2006 to forumspeakers@gkps.org.my.

Proposal Guidelines:

Proposals should be for an individual speaker, although this person may represent an innovative organization, project or work in a particular region.

Proposals should fit the context of the Forum theme, "Creating Prosperity through Innovation: ICTs at Work in Development".

Proposals should indicate how the speakers, their projects, or organizations demonstrate innovation in applying information and communication technologies for development. Innovation may be demonstrated by the particular technology used, the application of technology, the social context in which it is deployed, the way in which the project is financed, the means of evaluation or measurement, the way(s) in which partners collaborate, and/or other dimensions.

Proposals should include the proposed speakers' name, their contacts information, a biography of not more than 250 words, and a rationale why their contributions fit the theme of innovation. This should not be more than 250 words.

Proposals, using the attached proposal form, must be emailed by 24 January 2006 to forumspeakers@gkps.org.my.