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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; WIDOWS: 2; ORPHANS: 2; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="center"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">ACCESS WORKSHOP #101</font></font></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; WIDOWS: 2; ORPHANS: 2; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="center"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">SEPTEMBER 27, 9:00AM to 10:30AM, WORKSHOP ROOM 4</font></font></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; WIDOWS: 2; ORPHANS: 2; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="center"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">BACKGROUND PAPER</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">“<font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>Are we meeting the challenges of bringing content and access to the world?”</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>Ambassador Philip Verveer will open the workshop</b></font></font></p></li></ul>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>Vladimir Radunovic, DiploFoundation will Moderate the workshop</b></font></font></p></li></ul>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>WE WILL EXPLORE THE DRIVERS OF ACCESS…</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>We will hear from leading “in the field” experts on; Mobile Medicine/Remote Health Care over the internet</b></font></font></p></li></ul>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>We will highlight Education as a key driver of Access and have a Senior global broadband industry official discuss their company’s ongoing commitment to this important Access Driver</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>We will have front line experts, Senior Officials, focusing on: Mobile Banking/Mobile Payments and their importance as drives of Access</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>We will have a Senior Official global infrastructure expert discussing the explosion in demand for broadband </b></font></font></p></li></ul>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>We will have a Senior Official from one of the global leaders in content creation and distribution on hand to discuss how content drives access</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>We will have infrastructure build out experts discussing the real time challenges of building out connectivity in developing countries, in developing adaptive business models, and discussing what barriers their companies have encounter</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>Finally, we will hear success stories from ISPs around the world as they continue to grow and provide valuable services to their communities. </b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2"><b>Panel Participants:</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Pankaj Gupta, Principal Consultant and Global Head of Sales and Delivery, TCS</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Bright Simons, Strategy Consultant, mPedigree, </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Kristin Peterson, Co-Founder and CEO, inveneo </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Virat Bhatia, President, External Affairs South Asia, AT&T (remote participant)</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Robert Pepper, Vice President Global Technology Policy, Cisco </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Snehar Shah, Head Orange Money, Orange Mobile, TelkomKenya </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Betty Mwangi-Thuo, General Manager, Financial Services, Safaricom </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Bevil Wooding, Chief Knowledge Officer of Congress WBN</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Dorothy Attwood, Senior VP Global Public Policy, The Walt Disney Company </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Verizon </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><font face="Arial, serif"><font size="2">Christoph Steck, Director Public Policy, Telefonica </font></font></p>
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<div><br clear="all">Ginger (Virginia) Paque<br></div>
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