ITU Asia-acific Regional Development Forum.doc

‏ ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Development Forum
“ICT for Sustainable and Inclusive Development”
16-18 May 2012
United Nations Conference Centre (), Bangkok, Thailand
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BACKGROUND PAPER
Session 4: Smart Society
Session objective: To discuss the role of ICT technologies, policies and regulations in building the Smart prising of elements such as Intelligent City (including transportation), Smart Grid, Intelligent Car, Intelligent Home and Workplace amongst others and identify the key enablers required to drive building up of such future society.
Overview
Information munications Technology (ICT) now serves as a key infrastructure for building the global information society, a role where it is perceived essential for development.
“1. Broad access to munications/ICTs is essential for the world's collective economic, social and cultural development, and the building of a global information society. This access brings new opportunities for interaction amongst people, for sharing of the world's knowledge resources and expertise, for transforming people's lives and for contributing to the global development agenda.
2. Such opportunities should be fully exploited, with the aim of fostering sustainable development, poverty alleviation, job creation and reducing vulnerability, especially for poor and marginalized populations, including women, children, indigenou