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UNITED NATIONS

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Distr. GENERAL TD/B/COM.3/EM.25/INF.1 16 December 2005 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Expert Meeting on ICT and Tourism for Development Geneva, 30 November - 2 December 2005

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.

TD/B/COM.3/EM.25/INF.1 Page 2 MEMBERS BELARUS Mr. Dmitri FOMCHENKO, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva BENIN M. Naïm AKIBOU, Premier conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Mr. Izudin Abas PG HAJI ISMAIL, Tourism Officer, Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, Bandar Seri Begawan CHINE Ms. LIN Xuan, Officer, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Beijing Mr. WU Dezhong, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva EGYPTE Mr. Amr ALJOWAILY, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva ESPAGNE Sr. Pere MARZABAL, Consejero Comercial, Misión Permanente, Ginebra ETATS UNIS Ms. Melissa KEHOE, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Noah ELKIN, Director of Industry Relations, New York GHANA Mr. Kwadwo ANYENE-YEBOAH, Deputy Director, Information and Communication Technology Directorate, Ministry of Communications, Accra GUINEE M. Ibrahima DIALLO, Directeur général, Office national du tourisme, Conakry HONDURAS S.E. Sr. Benjamin ZAPATA, Embajador, Representante Permanente, Ginebra Sr. Javier MEJIA GUEVARA, Primer Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra

TD/B/COM.3/EM.25/INF.1 Page 3 INDONESIE Ms. Dinar SINURAT, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva IRAN (REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D') Mr. Mohammad Ali ZARIE ZARE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva ITALIE M. Luciano BARILLARO, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève Mme Azzurra CHIARINI, Stagiaire, Mission permanente, Genève JORDANIE Mr. Hussam AL HUSSEINI, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva KENYA Mr. Abner Manyoni ABAGA, ICT Officer and Head of ICT, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife of Kenya, Nairobi Mr. Damian COOK, Web Consultant, Kenya Tourist Board, Nairobi Mr. Rabson K. WANJALA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva MALAISIE Mr. Victor WEE ENG LYE, Secretary General, Ministry of Tourism, Kuala Lumpur Mr. Johar ADNAN, Deputy Director, Information Technology Division Tourism, Kuala Lumpur MAURICE Mr. Umesh Kumar SOOKMANEE, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva PHILIPPINES Mr. Jesus Enrique G. GARCIA, Third secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Ma. Victoria L. BARNES, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva POLOGNE Mr. Ryszard JACOBY, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva SAINT SIEGE S.E. M. Silvano M. TOMASI, Nonce apostolique, Genève M. Jean TARDIEU, Expert, Mission permanente, Genève SLOVENIE Mrs. Tinkara PAVLOVCIC KAPITANOVIC, Director of R.D.E-Business, Ljubljana

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THAILANDE Mr. Manoo ORDEEDOLCHEST, President Software Industry Promotion Agency, Bangkok Mr. Gerhard GRETZ, Country Manager, Tourism Authority, Bern Ms. Supavadee CHOTIKAJAN, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva TOGO M. Koussanta GANDA, Attaché d'administration, Direction du commerce extérieur, Ministère du commerce, industrie et artisanat, Lomé TRINITE-ET-TOBAGO Mrs. Sharifa ALI ABDULLAH, Manager, Research and Planning, Tourism Development Company Limited, Barataria TUNISIE M. Elyes LAKHAL, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève UKRAINE Mr. Andrii HRYSHKO, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva YEMEN Mr. Mohamed AL-FOQUMI, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva ZIMBABWE Mr. Job GANDAWA, IT Manager, Tourism Authority, Harare Mr. Richard CHIBUWE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST Mr. Osei Tutu AGYEMAN-DUAH, Principal Programme Officer, Technical Assistance of Training, Abuja, Nigeria Mr. Barage LIMANE, Principal Programme Officer, Abuja, Nigeria

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE Mr. Emmanuel BARRETO, Senior Adviser, Trade in Services, Geneva, Switzerland

TD/B/COM.3/EM.25/INF.1 Page 5 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS General Category ASSOCIATION MONDIALE DES PETITES ET MOYENNES ENTREPRISES Mr. Raul URANGA, Permanent Representative, Geneva CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES SYNDICATS LIBRES Ms. Esther BUSSER, Assistant, Geneva

PANELISTS

The role of ICTs in developing tourism Mr. Roger CARTER, World Tourism Organisation, Madrid M. Mimoun HILLALI, Professeur, Institut supérieur international du tourisme, Tanger, Maroc Innovation process in the tourism industry Mr. Allan KARAKI, Chameleon International, South Africa Mr. Julien CORMIER, Head, Web Promotions Service, Ministry of Tourism of Quebec, Canada Mrs. Leena NANDAN, Director, Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi Managing and promoting destinations online Mr. Roger CARTER, Managing Director, Tourism Enterprise and Management (TEAM), London, United Kingdom M. André ABITBOL, Conseiller technique,Conseil national du tourisme, Paris, France Mr. Aley SOBERS, Director of Research & Information Management, Caribbean Tourism Organisation Mr. Uvil Padilla BARAHONA, Promotion and Events Officer, Secretariat of Tourism, Honduras Mr. Haga Tsialonina RASOLOFONIAINA, Director Information Systems, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Madagascar Mr. Tuan ANH LE, Director of Tourism Information Technology Center, National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam Mr. Koffi Gautier AMOUSSOU, National Coordinator, Ecotourism Concern, Benin E-business challenges Mr. Claudio PETTI, Researcher Fellow, E-Business Management School, Lecce, Italy Mr. Allan KARAKI, CEO, Chameleon International, South Africa