The initial program of an International Conference Special economic zones: new directions of durable development in Azerbaijan under the BakuTel 2006 Exhibition has been publicized. Iteca Caspian, an organizer of the event, informed Trend that the conference to begin on 4 October 2006 will be comprised of 4 plenary sessions.
The Plenary Session on the role of Technoparks in the Development of SME Innovations will be chaired by Mr. Luis Sanz (General-Director of IASP, Spain). The speakers on (CISCO System, U.S.A.) are Representatives of Ernst and Young and JAFZA companies, as well as representatives from Turkey and India
The Plenary Session on The Creation of Regional Market on Export and Production of Electronic Equipment and Software is to be chaired by Mr. Gross, the Special and Plenipotentiary representative of the President of U.S.A. speaking on science and education issues,. The speakers to the session are Intel, HP, Alcatel, Huawei, BT and Kur.
The Plenary Session on Converting the Country into Favorable Information Transit Area (Data Center) will be chaired by Prof. Peter Bruck, WSA, Austria. The speakers to the session are Congressman Kurt Waldon, USA (to be confirmed), USACC, Diane Landau, Rasim Aliquliyev, Q-Tel, Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner, FCC, Jerome Clayton Glenn, Executive Director of the American Council/United Nations University and Director of the Millennium Project, U.S.A.
The last plenary session on Preparation and Development of Human Resources for Forming Information Society (IT Universities) will be chaired by Prof. Lotvi Zadeh, CA, U.S.A. The speakers are Prof. Phillip Brener, Chalmers University of Technology (to be confirmed), the Kingdom of Sweden, President of Asian Technological University in Thailand, Mr. Said Irandust, Thailand, Rector of Odessa National Academy of Communications, Prof. Dr. Vorobiyenko P. Pyotr, Ukraine, Prof. De Bakey, George Mason University, U.S.A. and Prof. Havar Mamadov, Azerbaijan Technical University.