ICT and Urban Development Date:

May 15, 2010 - May 18, 2010

Venue:

Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo & Shanghai Expo Park

Organizers:

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC Executive Committee of Expo 2010 Shanghai China International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Ningbo Municipal Government

Participants:

600

Brief Introduction: The rapid development of information and communication technologies has greatly accelerated economic globalization. The 21st century is a century of global urbanization and cities will play an increasingly important role in a country or region. The ongoing ICT evolution reshapes and regroups traditional cities and transforms their social and economic bases enormously. Just like industrial development completely changed the spatial structure of cities in the agricultural society, the progress of information and communication technologies is the key element of the transformation of modern cities. Information and telecommunication technology, as the choice of a future city, holds out the promises of a better life. Through Expo Online, Shanghai 2010 will create a full virtual counterpart of the physical Expo. This is a major innovation in World Expos where ICT is no longer limited to provide platforms and services, but provides an enhancement in the modes of exhibition and brings the Expo to an even bigger global public. This is the spirit which this forum will approach the topic of ICT. The forum includes a plenary session, a Dialogue of Information Innovation and Urban Development and three sub-main forums and four in-depth sessions on key subjects: • ICT and Urban Management - ICT and Industries - ICT and Logistics • ICT and Urban Life - ICT and Education • Towards the Elimination of the Digital Divide: Global Cooperation - Eliminating Digital Divide by Driving Local Growth through ICT Innovation The forum explores the cities’ future through the development of information and communication technologies, focusing on issues of urban management, urban life and urban integration in the global economic framework. 1

Forum Agenda May 15, 2010 09:00 - 09:30

Opening Ceremony Content：Opening Ceremony

09:30 - 10:30

Plenary Session：ICT and Urban Development Keynote speech Topic direction: ICT and Future Life

10:30 - 12:00

Information Innovation and Urban Development Dialogue Panel Topic direction: 1) How to integrate ICT into urban life and thus lead the trend? What changes will take place during the integration? 2) The synergistic effect between ICT and urban economy and society in the course of global urbanization. How can enterprises play a central role in a city’s informatization development? How to integrate information and communication technologies into a city’s overall development? 3) A model of future ICT-based cities (movie, internet, etc.).

12:00 - 14:00

Luncheon

14:00 - 17:00

ICT and Urban Management

The rise of information society ushered the economy of city into a new era. Cities are the heart of societies and economies. It is in cities where the world’s economic activities are congregated, manifested, pooled and exchanged; and it is also from here that they are transferred and radiated. Cities, especially those major metropolitan areas, are playing an increasingly important role in making ICT a significant part of their services and operations. Panel Topic direction: 1) ICT leads the development of urban planning 2) ICT as an engine for urban development 3) Information revolution and virtual economy of the city 4) ICT and smart community construction

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5) The wireless city management and Internet of Things 6) Information Highway leads the urban future

14:00 - 17:00

ICT and Urban Life

Information revolution transforms not only industries, but also lifestyle which is increasingly tied to information, digital and internet technologies. While people look into a bright future made possible by the ever-growing ICT, they must also bear in mind that technology is essentially created to serve human being. Both public and private sectors shall work together to make a better city life with information and communication technology. Panel Topic direction: 1) Digital library and urban development 2) Smart construction and future life 3) Cyber-urban building and convenient life 4)

Cyber life leads the future of network society

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The integration of telecommunication network, Internet network and cable television network and building the new urban life

6) Social Psychology of ICT Use

14:00 - 17:00

Towards the Elimination of the Digital Divide: Global Cooperation

It has been nearly a decade since the adoption of United Nations Millennium Declaration, but the digital divide between developed and developing countries continue to grow. The computer and the Internet have become an integral part of our work, study and daily life. The Internet plays an essential role on the acquisition and exchange of information, thus allowing for equal access to knowledge. This equality relies not only on the technical possibilities but also on culture. Topics for discussion include: how to make information accessible to the general public; how to entitle the disadvantaged group to the convenience of science; how to make use of science and technology to promote economic development in undeveloped areas; how to reduce the common information gap; and how to share the benefits of new technology with people from other regions, countries and cities. Panel Topic direction: 1) Connecting the unconnected world

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2) The concept of “digital divide” and the information revolution 3) Chinese experience in global cooperation and digital divide elimination 4) ICT regional cooperation and development

14:00 - 17:00

ICT and Logistics

The ICT development has enabled logistics to evolve from a management task inside an enterprise, into an industry in its own right. ICT development in modern logistic companies is crucial to their survival and growth. As a result, competition in this sector is driven by information management and technological advances, rather than by expanding on the physical facilities. Therefore, in its effort to build an international shipping center, the cities of Shanghai and Ningbo, for example, need to fully understand the strategic importance of information technology. Panel Topic direction: 1) ICT-based logistics development 2) ICT and regional integration 3) ICT development for a world-class shipping center

18:30 - 20:00

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ICT innovation in logistics industry

5)

ICT development and logistics platform building

Dinner May 16, 2010

09:00 - 11:00

ICT and Industries

While the ICT industry has become itself an important engine that drives the world’s economy, it also supports the growth and competitiveness of other industries. Today ICT support all business functions, but delivers the greatest value in the management and access to information for making decisions and predictions. This section will focus on data-intensive industries, such as the finance, automobile for instance, and will address a variety of topics including: how to maximize the advantages of e-financial services; how to make full use of ICT in the automobile industry; how to strike a balance between industrial innovation and regulations based on ICT, etc. Panel Topic direction:

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1) ICT and automobile industry 2) The outlook for ICT and finance innovation 3) Technology innovation leading global finance 4) Supporting a global IT strategy 5) Software outsourcing amid continuous improvement and open innovation 6) Internet of Things and urban development

09:00 - 11:00

ICT and Education

The development of modern telecommunications has changed the world, and brought fundamental transformation in the content, the format, the methods and the organization of education. Modern society requires everyone to be able to work and study by using multi-media equipment and the Internet to acquire, store and process information. Long-distance learning has also overcome the obstacles of time and space and made life-long learning possible. While advancing the information access techniques, the challenge of ICT is how to promote a more value-centered and humanistic approach to education. Panel Topic direction: 1)

Life-long learning in the information society

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The ubiquity of ICT: A double-edged sword in modern society

3)

Towards of more human-centered ICT-based education

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Towards a sustainable ICT education

5)

ICT and education industry development

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Sustainable model of information-based education

Eliminating Digital Divide by Driving Local Growth through ICT Innovation Alongside the high level governmental cooperation programs, locally-based initiatives also hold the key to success in reducing the digital divide. ICT enables the exchange of information and the transfer of activities from cities to rural areas. These take many forms such as small businesses, outsourced activities, education programs, health-related solutions, etc. ICT can therefore contribute to correct the imbalances that currently separate the urban and poor rural areas by connecting people, and delivering new possibilities to enjoy a sustainable, healthy and innovative lifestyle. 09:00 - 11:00

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Panel Topic direction:

11:00 - 12:00

1)

Information cooperation of the international society and the successful practice

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Smart Card, Smart City, Smart Life

3)

Experience in outsourcing ICT services

4)

Overcome the global digital divide

Closing Plenary Summary: Chief Officials, Expo Theme Forum Organizers Conclusion: Leader, World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee

May 16, 2010 12:00 - 13:00

Luncheon

13:30 - 16:30

Thematic Tour Content: Visiting Ningbo's cultural and historical sites or ecological and industrial cases.

May 17, 2010 AM

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)

PM

Expo Park Visit May 18, 2010

All Day

Expo Park Visit/Departure

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