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The Key Past And Upcoming Events

June 18, 2008
International Telecommunications Union, ICT and Global Warming, Craig Warren Smith presentation, "How IGADD Promotes Sustainable Lifestyles".
London, UK. 

June 12-13, 2008
Paradiso Seminar regarding EU/ASEAN ICT Coooperation, Craig Smith IGADD presentation.
Brussels, Belgium.

June 5, 2008
IGADD Executive Forum, Ritz Carlton Jakarta in partnership with Mastel.

June 4, 2008
Al-Azhar Indonesia University Forum. Presentation on Islamic Computing by Craig Warren Smith.

April 25 , 2008
Rethinking Universal Service Obligation for Indonesia, at The Habibie Center.

April 17, 2008
National ICT Council (Detiknas) IGADD colloquium regarding Broadband Investment Policy for Indonesia, 10 am Department of Communications and Informatics (DepKominfo), Jakarta.

April 1, 2008
IGADD keynotes Broadband Summit of MASTEL and Nokia Siemens Network.

March 18, 2008
Rector Forum introduces IGADD to more than 40 other rectors of Indonesian universities by ITB.

March 5, 2008
Depkominfo/IGADD Joint Press Conference announcing their partnership and explaining upcoming events.

February 14, 2008
Internal Seminar at Depkominfo with IGADD held to clarify the goals for a Broadband Ecosystem in Indonesia. This becomes a framework for IGADD, which hopes to consider how market forces could be shaped to realize Depkominfo’s goals.

February 6, 2008
MOU Signed between Kominfo Minister Prof. Dr. Ir. Muhammad Nuh and IGADD chairman Dr. Ilham Habibie.

January 12, 2008
The Habibie Center’s Institute for the Democratization and Socialization of Technologies is established, serving as secretariat for the IGADD coalition in Indonesia. IGADD becomes the flagship initiative of IDST, chaired by Dr. Ilham A. Habibie.

December 5, 2007
Establishment of “Brain Trust” of prominent Indonesian academics and intellectuals to consider solutions needed for Indonesia to formulate a humanistic framework for technology and to achieve 20% broadband penetration and Democracy 2.0. The Brain Trust was created at The Habibie Center Annual Conference, Grand Melia Hotel, Jakarta.

July 24, 2007
Memorandum of Understanding signed between IGADD partners in Indonesia.

January 14, 2007
Dr. Ilham Habibie accepts invitation extended to become chairman of IGADD.

November 29, 2004
Harvard Club of Indonesia hosts “Financial Solutions to the Digital Divide”, organized by Prof. Craig Warren Smith and sponsored by Intel Corp, creating the foundations for IGADD.

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
An introduction to the situation and issues
FALLACIES
Seven misconceptions about the Digital Divide
TRUTHS
Nine truths about
the Digital Divide
HISTORY
A decade of efforts
to close the Divide
GOVERNMENTS
Why governments alone can't close the Divide
PRIVATE SECTOR
Why corporations and entrepreneurs can't close the Divide

HARVARD/MIT
How these universities generated the ideas behind our model
WIRELESS
Why cellular alliances in Asia are the basis for our model

FUNDING
Where the money for our model will come from

STAKEHOLDERS
How each type of stakeholder can anchor our model

MEANINGFUL BROADBAND
Emerging markets need broadband that fits the context of users

INDONESIA
Can 235 million be meaningfully connected?
EVENTS
Future, current, and past activities
ABOUT IGADD
Brief summary of IGADD
"20 by 12"
Our rallying cry
OUR TEAM
The IGADD secretariat
PARTNERS
Our partner institutions
BRAIN TRUST
The experts who set IGADD's agenda
HISTORY OF IGADD
How DigitalDivide.org's model was born