Monday Oct. 1, 2007
"Setting the Stage: Why First Kilometer Challenges?"
Dwight Allen, Eminent Scholar of Educational Reform, Old Dominion University
"Key findings from field visit to India and Sri Lanka"
Karim Maredia, Professor and Program Director, World Technology Access Program (WorldTAP), Michigan State University
"Smallholder Challenges and Opportunities in South Asia"
Vanaja Ramprasad, Director, Green Foundation
"Key findings from field visit to Mali and Zambia"
Gracian Chimwaza, Director, ITOCA (Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa)
"A Smallholder View from West Africa,"
Cephas Ametefe, Ghanaian Smallholder Farmer
"Smallholder Challenges and Opportunities in Southern Africa"
Henry Kalomba, Regional Manager - North,National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi
"Gender-Based Constraints and Opportunities for Agricultural Information"
Jeannette Gurung, WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture & NRM)
"Smallholders' Access to Information: Policy Issues and Promising Initiatives"
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Senior Research Advisor to NEPAD
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007
"Selected International Agriculture ICT Initiatives"
Barbara Hutchinson, Director, Arid Lands Information Center, University of Arizona
"Farmer to Farmer Videos in India"
Rajesh Veeraraghavan, PhD student, Information School, UC Berkeley.
"UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking"
Margaret Ngwira, College Librarian, University of Malawi, and Secretary, UbuntuNet
"Open Curriculum and Textbook Development"
"The Future of Information"
Chris Pal, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
"The Role of the Private Sector in Improving Information for Smallholders"
Ranjit Page, CEO, Cargills (Ceylon) Limited, Sri Lanka