© Infopoverty 2012 E-services: the new paradigm for development and the achievement of the MDGs March 24-25, 2011 New York, UN Headquarters Milan, European Parliament Office Paris (UNESCO), Lesotho (ICT Village), Peru (ICT Village) Infopoverty World Conference 2011 The recent summit at the UN General Assembly made clear that it is impossible to reach the MDGs through traditional practices. Only the massive and widespread use of the new technologies can eradicate poverty affecting large segments of the world's population and give general welfare. For eleven years the Infopoverty World Conference has outlined the evolution of the digital revolution and its deep influences on our lives and have made traditional aid practices obsolete. It has pointed out the most effective solutions and best practicesthat have been implemented within the homonymous Infopoverty Program with a commitment to partnership focused on the most disadvantaged communities. The Conference works in this direction with the European Parliament, the UN agencies, the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (Gaid), Government bodies of different Countries, South – South News, social networks, the academic networks of the Infopoverty Institute, the most advanced industrial companies, the NGOs. This edition of the Infopoverty World Conference focused on e-services, whose extraordinary benefit can be seen in the health, educational, economic and social system: entire populations already connected can have access to successful low cost solutions that enable them to bridge the gap that has historically excluded them. It is now possible to transfer not only knowledge but also expertise that could be immediately used to solve dramatic health and food security problems: hospitals,research centers, universities can be virtually relocated and directly assist populations with their doctors, technicians, teachers and experts. Those and other topics will be the main focus of the Conference. Session 1 Nations building prosperity Session 4 Operative convergences in new development policies Session 2 ICT and new strategic alliances to achieve the MDGs Italian Session Session 3 How civil society can implement its actions Partners and sponsors