Track II : Mobile-Government - delivery of Public Services to enable access for all

Introduction and Objectives

It has been increasingly recognized by both government agencies and practitioners that Mobile Government is the next inevitable paradigm for the e-government practices. Spread and success of mobile/wireless applications and services all around the world provides an opportunity for governments to exploit these new developments and enhance e-government implementations by moving to the m-government dimension.

With Asia fast becoming the fastest growing mobile subscribers market in the world, this provides an unprecedented opportunity to the telecom players and government agencies to gain the leading position globally as well as regionally in mobile government initiatives. While this will establish Asia as a leader in the region, it will provide a tremendous opportunity to the service providers to create applications and service models that can be replicated commercially in various parts of the globe.

The parallel track during e-GovWorld 2007 is an initiative to discuss the role mobile government services (m-Government), can play in enhancing the reach of the public services and  learning about the global trends in the domain. The global experts invited for the conference will provide an outline of the wide range of mobile public services being developed and deployed around the world and also in parts of India.

Key Sessions

• Presentation and discussion on the white paper on “ Maximizing the opportunities to deliver Public Services to citizens by  the use of mobile and wireless technologies”
• Round table on  conductive policy planning by Government for inclusion of mobile government while conceptualizing e-Government policies and projects
• Enhancing the reach and subscriber base of Common Service centers by value added services on mobile devices
• Challenges and risks in implementing mobile government
• Reaching the un reached  for enhancing social inclusion in delivery of public services
• Learning about various case examples and global trends in mobile government
• PPP models and service delivery mechanisms for making the mobile government possible 

Special Sessions 

 Global Video Conference seminar organized by the e-development thematic Group of The World Bank . The key speakers for the Video Conference seminar are::

 The Video Conference session will be webcast live on internet and will be open to all the internet users for participation by registering in advance. Key speakers from India , USA , Singapore and Dubai will be connected live throgh videoconference facility to deliver their presentations

• Samia Melhem , The World Bank
•  Randeep Sudan  -The World Bank
•  R. Chandrashekhar  - Additional Secretary e-Governance, Government of India
• Vikas Kanungo - The Society for Promotion of e-Governance
• Oleg Petrov - The World Bank
• Case Study Presentation - Government of Dubai
• Case Study Presentation - Government of Singapore
• Industry Representative - Telecom Service Provider
• Industry Representative - Application Development