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Workforce Development for Knowledge Economy Workshop
Agenda

Wednesday, 7 September 2005

8:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Opening Ceremony
Welcome Remarks by Jang-Ho Kim, President, KRIVET
Opening Remarks by Peter McCawley, Dean,ADBI
Election of Officers
Group Photo Session

09:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:40

Introduction to the Workshop and of Participants and Resource Speakers by Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

10:40 - 12:00

Development of National Innovation System to Create a Knowledge Economy by Motoo Kusakabe, Senior Counselor to the President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:45

Educating the Public on Internet Safety Scott A. Warren, Director of Internet Safety Enforcement, Microsoft North Asia Region, Tokyo

  • Presentation: Educating the Public on Internet Safety
13:45 - 14:50

Country Reports of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, India, Fiji, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic (Chairperson)

14:50 - 15:10 Break
15:10 - 16:20

Country Reports of Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Korea, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, and Viet Nam (Vice Chair)

16:20 - 17:20

Group Discussions

18:00 - 20:00

Welcome Dinner hosted by ADBI

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Thursday, 8 September 2005

08:30 - 09:15

Presentation of Group Discussions

09:15 - 10:00

Employment Trends and Workforce Development Policies of the Republic of Korea by Young-Hyun Lee, Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15

Developing ICT Strategy for Economic Growth by Motoo Kusakabe, Senior Counselor to the President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

11:15 - 12:00

Knowledge Worker Development: Technology Neutrality and Growth of IT Industry by Michael R. K. Mudd, Director of Public Policy, CompTIA

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:45

KOICA?s Official Development Assistance and Human Resource Development by Dr. Hyun-sik Chang, Managing Director, KOICA

14:00 - 18:00

Study Tour to the Human Resource Development Services of Korea (HRD Korea)

18:00 - 19:30

Dinner hosted by HRD Korea

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Friday, 9 September 2005

08:30 - 09:15

Policy Implications of Knowledge Economy by Daan Boom, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist, ADB

09:15 - 10:00

Closing the Gap in Education and Training by Utak Chung, Head, Education Team, Korean National Commission for UNESCO

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15

Human Resource Development Policy in Korea Moon Hee Kim, Deputy Director, Policy Supervision Division, Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Korea

11:15 - 12:00

Developing ICT Strategies Using Open Technology by Samuel Lo, Director, Education and Research, Asian Pacific, Sun Microsystems

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:45

Developing Reliable and High Quality Workforce Information Systems by Kyosuke Yoshimura, Learning Solution Executive, Industry Solution, Public Sector, IBM Japan

13:45 - 14:30

Financing Vocational Education and Training by Sung-Joon Paik, Vice President, KRIVET

14:30 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:45

Educational Policy Making in Asia by Philip Kwok-Fai Hui, Founder and President of the Living Knowledge Communities, Hong Kong

15:45 - 17:00

How to Prepare Project Proposals by Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief, ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP

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Saturday, 10 September 2005

09:00 - 09:45

Use of Information and Communications Technology in Technical Education and Vocational Training by Chris Chinien, Director, National Center for Workforce Development, Canada

09:45 - 10:30

Contribution of Technical Education and Vocational Training to Sustainable Development by Hans Kronner, Former Staff of the UNESCO-UNEVOC

10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:45

Creating and Re-engineering Knowledge Workers in Developing Economies by K. Subramanian, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Center, India

11:45 - 12:30

Implications of Ubiquitous computing for Education by Philip Kwok-Fai Hui, Founder and President of the Living Knowledge Communities, Hong Kong

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Sunday, 11 September 2005

Free (Preparation of Project Proposals)

Monday, 12 September 2005

08:30 - 09:15

Open Education System in India by K. Subramanian, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Center, India

09:15 - 10:00

Need Analysis of ICT Workers in Asia and the Pacific by Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief, ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15

Emerging Technical Skills Requirements for 21st Century Knowledge Workers by James LeValley, Education Programs Director, Microsoft

11:15 - 12:00

Core Sustainable Development Competencies for the Workforce by Chris Chinien, Director, National Center for Workforce Development, Canada

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:45

Trends and Developments in Cybercrime in Information Age by Steven Martinez, Deputy Assistant Director of Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA

13:45 - 14:30

International Standards in Technical Education and Vocational Training by Hans Kronner, Former Staff of the UNESCO-UNEVOC

14:30 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:45

Knowledge Worker Development with Computer Supported Cooperative Work Environment by Man-Gon Park, Director-General, Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education

15:45 - 17:30

Preparation of Project Proposals

19:00 - 20:00

Farewell Dinner hosted by KRIVET

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Tuesday, 13 September 2005

08:30 - 10:30

Presentation of Project Proposals (Ja-Kyung Yoo)

10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 13:30

Presentation of Project Proposals (Ja-Kyung Yoo)

13:30 - 13:50

Finalization of the Project Proposals and Workshop Evaluation (Jeoung-Keun Lee)

13:50 - 14:30

Closing Ceremony
Closing Remarks by KRIVET
Closing Remarks by ADBI
Handing Out Certificates
Vote of Thanks by Participants





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