Thursday, October 05, 2006 Global ICT congress to be held in Cebu
CEBU will host the two-day International Congress on ICT (information and communications technology), which will kick off on Nov. 16 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
The event, which will be participated in by delegates from 40 countries across the globe, is organized by the Commission on Higher Education 7, Department of Education 7 and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority 7.
The congress will take up issues on the global challenges in education.
Sustainable
Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), an international multi-stakeholder network committed to harnessing the potential of ICT for sustainable and equitable development, will take part in the event.
Some of the topics to be discussed are “Achieving Universality in Education through ICT,” which will be tackled by Walter Fust, GKP chairman.
The other congress topics are Vision for IT Education, Emerging Resources and Tools for Education and Distance Education: Making IT Work for Us. (JBN)
