The Key Past And Upcoming Events

August 27, 2008
Meaningful Broadband Round Table Discussion
Jakarta, Indonesia.

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.