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Marcelo Sant'Iago of Brazil and Alexander Felsenberg of Germany read through their conference materials.
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Elizabeth Quat, the conference organizer and our host, kicks off the first panel of speakers.
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MD "Zaman" Akteruzzaman of Bangladesh presents an overview of his country's national technology policies.
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Bangladesh's technology minister, Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, joins Zaman to take questions.
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Effat El Shooky of Egypt offers comments to Zaman and Minister Khan.
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Susanne Stein explains Canada's various efforts to bridge the digital divide.
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Charles Nduati of Kenya, Andy, EQ and Lawrence Zikusoka settle in for their panel.
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Andy reviews his presentation one last time.
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Is that confidence or the look of fear in my eyes?
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Talking about the US digital divide.
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Osama Manzar, to the far left of the picture, asks Andy a question.
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Andy and Melita Zajc of Slovenian Public Broadcasting talk about the US gender divide and technology education for girls.
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Suzanne Stein listening to Andy's remarks.
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Suzanne's turn to ask Andy a question.
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Charles Nduati of Kenya.
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Lawerence Zikusoka of Uganda.
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Following lunch, members of the alliance gather for a closed-door discussion on collaborative projects.
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Alexander Felsenberg always has something interesting to say in meetings like this.
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Carlos Vera Quintana of Ecuador.
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Effat El Shooky of Egypt's RITSEC offers her suggestions.
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Melita Zajc of Slovenia and Louise van Rooyen of Australia.
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Charles Nduati of Kenya.
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Osama Manzar of India's Digital Empowerment Foundation.
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I swear I did not pose for this picture.
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Waheed Al Balushi of Bahrain.
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Marcelo eyes the camera.
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The meeting presses into the evening hours.
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Melita remains perky despite the length of the meeting.
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EQ leads the discussion.
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Suzanne Stein, undoubtedly thinking of something clever to say.
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Rodrigo Assumpcao of Brazil, who'd just arrived in Hong Kong after an arduous trip halfway around the world.
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