© Infopoverty 2012 10:00 Keynote address Who's driving the digital revolution? Considerations and proposals The Conference will open with a keynote speaker at the highest level that will present the current state of the digital revolution, the driving role of the United Nations system and the possibilities open to development processes in the southern hemisphere, followed by the presentation of the draft global platform for the development of digital services. 10:30 First Plenary Session Fostering strategic innovation for food security Fighting poverty and hunger is the first and foremost among the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals. In recent years innovations have emerged that can bring a crucial contribution in this area, which will be illustrated by the protagonists, including specialized international organizations, universities, research centers, international foundations working in the field of rural development, and taking into account the next EXPO 2015, hosted in Milan and entirely devoted to these issues. It will also address the issue of climate change, which have a devastating effect on crops in large parts of the world, and how new technologies can mitigate and address its causes. 15:00 Second plenary session Promoting health for all through new technologies How to ensure maternal and neonatal health as well as prevention and treatment will be the focus of this session, which provides direct satellite videoconference connection with 3 villages in continents (Africa, Asia and Latin America) to report the most advanced experiments on how ICTs can provide health services for all. 16:30 Third Plenary Session Partnerships and innovative tools for education With increasing availability of online educational content enormous expertise can now be transferred from developed to emerging countries, not only in purely educational terms, but also intended to create jobs and skills. This process is combined with the ongoing as necessary tool to foster an ever greater inclusion of girls in schools.