Government of Catalonia

9.15 am Introduction to the Workshop
RAMON GARCÍA-BRAGADO Secretary General of Presidency, Government of Catalonia.
MARTA CONTINENTE Secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society, Government of Catalonia
MANUEL CASTELLS Research Professor, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

9.45 am Recent trends in research on e-Governance
WILLIAM DUTTON Director of Oxford Internet Institute

10.45 am Mobile communication and the city: from theory to design
WILLIAM MITCHELL Director of DESIGN LAB, M.I.T.

11.45 am Coffee break

12.00 pm Innovation as a service to the citizens
MARTA CONTINENTE Secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society, Government of Catalonia

12.30 pm Where does the Internet go to?
The Google vision: DAVID CHALMERS Partner Programme Manager VP, Google
Emerging networks for new form of citizenship: FEDERICO CASALEGNO Social researcher and MIT scientist.

1.15 pm General Discussion with the audience

Afternoon Session

4.00 pm Internet: a new relationship between citizens, enterprises and the State, new governance model?
MONTSERRAT BALLARÍN Vice President of Localret and town councillor
JOAN JOSEP BERBEL Secretary for Industry and director of the CIDEM

4.45 pm Keynote Address: Internet and the public interest services
MANUEL CASTELLS Research Professor, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

5.30 pm General Discussion with the audience

6.45 pm Closing Speech
JORDI VALLS Minister of Employment and Industry