Main issues: Discussions would  include issues such as application to specific sectors of regional interest (for instance agricultural exports) and also to present examples of successful policies and practical initiatives.

Moderator: Mr. Tadao Takahashi, United
      Nations ICT Task Force
Speakers:
1. Mr. Pablo Stampalia, CERA, Argentina
2. Mr. Armando Cavanha, PETROBRAS,
      Brazil
3. Mr. Paulo Roberto Menicucci,
      CORREIOS, Brazil
4. Mrs. Elizabeth Marco, National Office
      of Information and E-commerce, Peru
5. Discussion and contributions from
      Delegations

Main issues: Presentations by international experts and regional port specialists will be made on (1) Applying common standards to link to global carrier and shipper networks, (2)  ICT for small ports (3) would conduct a case study from Latin America and the Caribbean. To be competitive within global networks, port-, railway- and vessel operators need to be able to manage and share information with shippers and logistics providers in a secure and efficient manner. Global standards are just as important as are local applications of new technologies and transport community portals.

Moderator: Mr. Gary Crook, UNCTAD
Speakers:
1. Mr. Santiago García-Milà, Puerto de
      Barcelona, Trade Facilitation
      Committee International Association of
      Ports and Harbours – IAPH 
2. Mr. Gonzalo Davagnino, Empresa
      Portuaria de Valparaíso – EPV
3. Mr. Eduardo Bustamante, Sociedad
      Portuaria Regional Cartagena – SPRC
4. Mr. Sergio Romao, Advance Cargo
      Information System – ACIS
5. Discussion and contributions from
       Delegations

Main issues: Speakers from open source users (public/private sector), policy-makers involved in open source issues and businesses built around open source software (producing/servicing) will discuss how Free and Open source software is quickly becoming a serious competitor to proprietary software in a number of markets. The focus of this session will be to examine how Governments can use open source software as an instrument in their ICT-for-development strategies. It will also examine what are the implications of the growing importance of open source for the development of Latin American ICT-based businesses.

Moderator: Mr. Rishab Ghosh, Maastrich
      University
Speakers:
1. Mr. Sergio Amadeu, Government of
      Brazil
2. Mr. Marcelo Braunstein, IBM
3. Mr. Fuad Gattaz Sobrinho, PUC, Brazil
4. Mr. Rodrigo Campos, IT Chamber,
      Paraguay
5. Discussion and contributions from
       Delegations

Main issues: Presentations by international security experts and affected services providers will consider (1) Recent requirements in the United States, (2) International Ship and Port Security and (3) Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean The detection and prevention of security risks as well as information exchanges about them require investment in new ICT solutions. These new requirements are leading to changes in transport and transhipment patterns whose implications for Latin America and the Caribbean are difficult to foresee.

Moderator: Mr. Francisco Ourique,
      UNCTAD
Speakers:
1. Mr. Mauro Cesar Rodrigues Pereira, Ex-Ministro de Estado da Marinha 
2. Mr. Julio Velez, US Customs Attache
3. Mr. Frederico Bussinger, Instituto de
      Desenvolvimento, Logística,
      Transporte e Meio Ambiente – IDELT 
4. Mr. José Ribamar Miranda Dias,
      Asociación Nacional de Usuarios del
      Transporte – ANUT
5. Discussion and contributions from
       Delegations

Main issues: The focus of this session will be to present and analyse policies and actions that have succeeded in generating finance and building skills for the development of ICT capacities. Human and financial capital building should be fundamental elements of the strategies of the public and private sectors in the development of e-business. Training and education policies, together with adequate financing are also important for e-business to play its full role in the process of regional economic integration.

Moderator: Mr. Cid Torquato,
      Camara-e.net, Brazil
Speakers:
1. Mr. Gillian Marcelle, South Africa
2. Mr. Luiz Protasio Gomes, CACB
3. Banco do Brasil
4. FINEP
5. Discussion and contributions from
       Delegations

Main issues: Presentations by experts from international projects and local authorities will discuss (1) Advance Cargo Information Systems, (2) Automated System for Customs Data and (3) a successful case of selected targeting of inspections. Lack of trade facilitation can be a far more important obstacle to a country’s competitiveness than the level of import duties in export markets. Practical examples to overcome such obstacles include ICT applications in transport information systems, customs, and cargo inspections.

Moderator: Mr. David Lorimer, Datamar
Speakers:
1. Mr. John Edwin Mein, Consentes
      Institutional Building
2. Mr. Yannick Goujon, Automated
      System for Customs Data – ASYCUDA
3. Mr. Silveira Galban, Cámara de
      Exportadores de la República Argentina
      – CERA 
4. Mr. Paulo Ferracioli, Instituto Nacional
      de Metrologia, Normalização e
      Qualidade Industrial – INMETRO
5. Discussion and contributions from
       Delegations