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EVENT 2002 - Ask Questions from a world renowned panel
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A very distinguished group of experts from various disciplines of 
Sustainable Development will be answering your questions, as part of 
the Mandate the Future's EVENT 2002!

You have to send in your questions before the 31st of May 2002. So 
get to it now!

To ask a question go to:
http://www.ctrlaltesc.org/index.pl?section=event2002

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The EVENT 2002 Guest Panellists line up includes:

Dr. ISMAIL SERAGELDIN

Dr. Serageldin is Director-General of The Library of Alexandria, 
Egypt. He is also the co-chair of the Youth Employment Summit 2002, 
Special Advisor to The World Bank; Distinguished Visiting Professor, 
American University in Cairo (AUC); and Distinguished University Pro-
fessor, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.

Dr. PHILIP EMEAGWALI

Last year, Dr. Emeagwali was called "A Father of the Internet" by 
CNN, voted "Africa's best scientist" by a Pan-African broadcast or-
ganization, and cited as one of the most important people of 20th 
century America.


JODY WILLIAMS

Jody Williams, Ambassador, International Campaign to Ban Landmines 
(ICBL) From 1991 to 1997, also served as Coordinator of the ICBL. In 
December 1997, the ICBL and Williams were awarded the Nobel Peace 
Prize.


Dr. SUGATA MITRA

Dr. Sugata Mitra, head of the Centre for Research in Cognitive Sys-
tems (CRCS), NIIT, is the brain behind the world famous, experiments 
also known as the "Hole-In-The-Wall" experiments.


JAMES MOODY

Mr. Moody is co-chair and Australian representative of the 40 strong 
youth advisory council to the UN Environment Program (UNEP). He is 
also a member of the Science and Technology delegation to the UN 
World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg later this 
year. James Moody has a great deal of experience in ICT for develop-
ment, ranging from his international work to grass roots experience 
in researching the use of the Internet in schools in Vietnam.


PATTRICE LE-MUIRE JONES

Pattrice Le-Muire Jones coordinates the Global Hunger Alliance, which 
is an international coalition of environmental, social justice, agri-
culture reform, and animal liberation organizations dedicated to ef-
fective, equitable, ethical, and environmentally sustainable solu-
tions to hunger and malnutrition.


Dr. (Ms) USA DUONGSAA

Dr. Duongsaa is co-coordinator of the AIDS Education Programme at the 
Faculty of Education, Chiangmai University, and currently is facili-
tating the Project for Participatory Learning from Local Responses to 
HIV/AIDS in Thailand, which is being implemented in the north and 
northeast of Thailand.


LINDA WOLF

 Linda is the co-founder and director of the Daughters Sisters Pro-
ject (http://www.daughters-sisters.org) Linda Wolf makes little dis-
tinction between her life as a mother, activist, feminist, photogra-
pher, social historian, humanitarian, author or businesswoman. What 
unites these various parts is a commitment through her work and per-
sonal life to advancing human understanding, compassion, equality, 
and reverence for life.


SERISH SHABAN

Sehrish Shaban is an 18-year-old Pakistani youth landmine activist. 
She is the special youth representative for the Pakistani Campaign to 
Ban Landmines in the Sindh Region.


Dr. (Ms) FAUSTINA PEREIRA

 Dr. Pereira is a Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, spe-
cialising in the field of Human Rights, constitutional and family 
law, with a particular focus on gender issues.


JACKIE HANSEN

Jackie Hansen is the Programme Assistant, International Campaign to 
Ban Landmines. She campaigned on human rights and environmental is-
sues withgroups such as Amnesty International before focusing on 
landmines.


ANNE PHLIPOTT

Ms Philpott is an experienced health and social welfare professional 
with wide knowledge of working as a health and development practitio-
ner, management of multi-country programmes and as a technical advi-
sor. She has developed and managed HIV/AIDS programmes in Africa and 
Asia.

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