SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL COLLABORATION ON IT ENABLED SERVICES
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST Washington DC time
08:00 AM - 08:05 AM :- Opening remarks & Introductions
- Chair/Moderator, Mr. Simon Bell, Sector Manager, South Asia Finance & Private Sector Development (SASFP), The World Bank
- Introduction to the South Asia regional cooperation dialogue.
08:05 AM - 08:15 AM :- Keynote
- Keynote Speaker, Mr. Philippe Dongier, Sector Manager, Global ICT, The World Bank
08:15 AM - 08:23 AM :- Introductions
- Country VC Facilitators
- A brief round of introductions of organizations participating from each South Asian country.
08:23 AM - 08:33 AM :- Areas for Regional Collaboration in IT Enabled Services
- Mr. Manju Haththotuwa, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, SASFP, World Bank
08:33 AM - 08:50 AM :- Panel Discussions
- Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Computer Associates, India (~6 min.)
- Comments on the report & its conclusions and actionable ideas for ITES sector development in SAR.
- Mr. Reshan Dewapura, ICT Agency, Sri Lanka (~6 min.)
- Response to proposals and focus discussion on the role of government in facilitating regional cooperation to benefit the ITES companies in SAR.
- Mr. Greg Chen and Mr. Jim Rosenberg, CGAP Advancing Financial Access for the World’s Poor (~6 min.)
08:50 AM - 09:20 AM :- Software Industry Organizations Roundtable Dialogue (~4 min. each)
- Afghanistan:
- Bangladesh: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS)
- Bhutan:
- India: National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)
- Nepal: Computer Association of Nepal and Association of Computer Engineers’ Nepal (ACEN)
- Pakistan: Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES (P@SHA)
- Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM)
9:20 AM - 09:55 AM :- Country Roundtable Dialogue (~4 min. each)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Washington DC
- Mr. Nagy Hanna, Mr. Randeep Sudan, Mr. Satyen Harve
09:55 AM - 10:00 AM :- Closing Remarks
- Mr. Simon Bell and Mr. Philippe Dongier
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM :- Follow-up and Next Steps
- Mr. Manju Haththotuwa and Mr. Anil Srivastava