NLIS 3
September 26, 2001
(Industry, Trade and Rural Development)

 

NOTE TO EDITORS: Wireless Vision Congress

Please note the following events will be taking place Thursday, September 27, as part of the Wireless Vision Congress:

8:30a.m.  Keynote Address: Peter Harder Delta Hotel, Salon A
The Digital Divide
9:30a.m.    Concurrent Dialogue Sessions:
Defeating Distance in the Urban Environment  Delta Hotel, Salon B
Peter Barnes                Laurent Marchand
Mark Lloyd                   William Cornish
Laurier (Larry) J. Boisvert (moderator)
Defeating Distance in Rural and Remote Areas Delta Hotel, Salons C&D
Donald Browne-Marke    Sheila Downer
Carl Robbins Patrick      Carey (moderator)
11:00a.m. Concurrent Dialogue Sessions: Leap-frogging the 
Digital Divide
The Service Challenge for Service Providers   Delta Hotel, Salon B
Nadir Mohamed             Brian O'Shaughnessy                    
Robert C. Simmonds      Frank Fagan
Garry Fitzgerald (moderator)
Wireless Communications in Developing Countries   Delta Hotel, Salons C&D
Francis F. Tusubira       Americo Francisco Muchanga
Richard Fuchs              Maureen O�Neil (moderator)
12:15p.m. British Luncheon & Keynote Address: St. John�s Convention 
Peter MacKinnon Centre, Main Hall
Sir Andrew Burns (greetings)
Minister Beaton Tulk     Minister Walter Noel
2:15p.m. First Canadian Classroom Presentation from the St. John�s Convention
International Space Station Centre,Main Hall
Frank Cuthbertson        Lindsay Evans
Marilyn Steinberg
Includes the participation of: Prime Minister Jean Chr�tien,
Premier Roger Grimes,  Minister Brian Tobin, Mac Evans.
3:30p.m. Plenary Session: Global Broadband Strategies  Delta Hotel, Salon A
Kathleen Abernathy      Clovis Baptista
Peter Barnes                Mike Goddard
Michael Binder (moderator)
4:30p.m. Concurrent Dialogue Session: From Sea to Sky
Satellite Communications Delta Hotel, Salon B
Lucio Bianco                 Paul Bush
Takashi Eishima            Mac Evans                
Ken Pulfer                     Mike Goddard (moderator)
4:30p.m. Marine Communications Delta Hotel, Salons C&D
 Roy G. Lee                  Holger Ericsson                
Michael Rambaut (moderator)
7:30p.m. Irish Night Banquet & Keynote Address St. John�s Convention 
by Larry Woods Centre,Main Hall
Minister Beaton Tulk      Minister Kevin Aylward

Media contact: Mary MacNab, Communications, Special Celebrations Corporation, (709) 685-8102 or (709) 729-2000.

2001 09 26                                     12:05 p.m.


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