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The International Conference on Innovative ICT, CIO, and Natural Disasters,
The 6th International Academy of CIO (IAC) Annual General Meeting

Manila StatementOctober 7, 2011
The International Academy of CIO (IAC) International Conference on Innovative
ICT, CIO, and Natural Disasters was held in conjunction with the 6th IAC Annual
General Meeting during October 6–7th, 2011, by De La Salle University, Manila,Philippines.
The International Conference on Innovative ICT, CIO, and Natural Disasters
provided an arena for government leaders, academics, private sector executives
and all stakeholders in CIO and ICT development field to share their vision, ideas,experience and lessons learned. In addition, the 6th IAC Annual General Meeting
was held to welcome about 50experts from member countries /economies todiscuss their and other issues of relevance to CIO, ICT and e-Government.
Approximately 120 participants from government CIOs, state-owned enterprises,
academia, NGOs and private-sector industries from 13 countries and economies
as well as 4 International organizations took part in this year, 2011 IAC programsin Manila.
During the conferences and meetings many valuable keynotes were given led byHon. Jejomar C. Binay, Vice President, Republic of the Philippines who gave hishonorable address on ICT Solution for Natural Disaster in the Philippines. Among
session keynotes addressers included Dr. PairashThajchayapong, Chairman ofNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand, Mr. Masaaki

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Hamaba, Corporate Senior Vice-President, Fujitsu Limited, Japan, Atty. Maria
Anthonette V. Allones, Executive Director, Career Executive Service Board,
Philippines, Hon. Graciano P. Yumul, Undersecretary, Philippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, and Mr. Mitchel Chang,Senior Vice-President, Trend Micro.
In his keynote address, the Vice President, Hon. Jejomar C. Binay, conveyed
various substantial points included ICT for disaster reduction/ mitigation, thegovernment policy to foster transparency and accountability through the Open
Government partnership that should include disaster risk reduction.
The conference was organized under the theme “Innovative ICT, CIO, and NaturalDisasters”, in order to emphasize the role of CIOs play in solving the problems
that arise including the devastation brought by the recent earthquakes andtsunamis that have hit many countries around the globe and to highlight the needto prioritize disaster risk reduction in development planning. ICT is a key tool inthese efforts and enhancing institutional capacities, strengthening the resiliency ofcommunities, and protecting vulnerable sectors are among related measures inthese regards.
The conference aimed to promote strategic thinking on the value of ICT leadership,including the role of the CIO, in disaster risk reduction. It also drew attention toCIOs and ICT champions from academia, government, private sector,development agencies, and the international community. The meeting generated
ideas and build collaborative linkages in the areas of research, capacity building,and knowledge management mostly from the high quality presentations given
during the two day conferences included the following issues:
1. Natural Disasters in Aging Societies and Digital Inclusion
2. Lessons from the Japanese Disaster of 2011
3. CIOs, Human Capacity Building and New Technologies

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4. e-Governance and Natural Disasters
5. Building Smarte-Government andDisaster Resilience through ICT
6. CIO University for International Cooperation

Private sector experts who joined in this conference stated that the role and thepower of CIO in the managerial board are continuingly expanding and addressed
willingness in cooperation with government sector in the above mentioned issues
that struck the world communities with a public private partnership (PPP)model.
The two days of productive discussions and ideas exchanged, allow IAC member
chapters and participants to endorse the following agenda and further actionsas
global think tank:
1. Support and improve the existing collaboration among academia,
governments, business sectors, international organizations, and otherrelated parties for the rapid development of e-Government with applications
as a tool to overcome the worldwide natural disaster and environmentalcrises.
2. Strengthen the development and implementation of the CIO model by IAC
and endorsed by APEC around the world by supporting “Global CIO
University Network in the context of International Accreditation Program for
CIO studies” at a graduate level and adapting them to the particularconditions of countries where the programs are implemented.
3. Consolidate

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reduction

development

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inglobal/regional direction utilizing ICT applications such as broadband
mobile communication.
4. Accommodate emerging technologies such as cyber security on mobilecommunication, cloud computing and smart grid.
5. Foster smart digital community in cities and rural areas.

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Considering the benefits of this conference, IAC members and participants who
attended the international conference and meetings would like to propose,conclude their stances and to expose to other related parties as followings:
To include in the training program for CIO the context of ICT for natural
disaster warning, reduction and resilience in regards with planning andembedding in routine operation.
To develop a global CIO university network by promoting CIO
universities/ development programs cooperation through such as
exchange program, accreditation program and R&D projects on which
Thammasat University, Thailand, location of IAC Secretariat, will becoordination center for community of practices in these regards.
To promote organization of international conferences and forums onnatural disaster issues both at a global and regional scales including
APEC and ASEAN CIO Forums.
To endorse the important role in promoting global attention on thecritical policy issues on green ICT, BCP for disaster reduction and cybersecurity.
To support the activities of OECD on ICT applications for ageing society.
To establish and implement joint effort team between IAC and Waseda
University on the prestigious World e-government raking as neutral
monitoring institutional framework and framework for learning andexchanging of best practices.
To strengthen Executive Board of IAC, Prof.FranciscoMagno, Presidentof IAC Philippines has been resolved by the 6th IAC Annual General
Meeting to become Vice President of IAC after Prof.J.P.Auffret (USA)Ms.JantimaSirisaengtaksin (Thailand), Prof.Matthiasfinger (Switzerland)andProf.SuhonoSupangkat (Indonesia) under President, Prof.Toshio
Obi (Japan).

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To create the “IAC Distinguished Leadership Award on CIO & eGovernment Development” and the first awardee has been presented toDr. PairashThajchayapong, Honorary IAC President and Chairman ofNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand.
To cooperate closely with APEC on the project of “ICT Applications for
the People with Special Needs” which include especially the Tokyo
Conference during September 10-12, 2012.
To promote and support continuity of IAC publications under the global
governance context and related topics with IOS Press and to this end
the 4th edition of Global e-Governance Book Series including theproceedings in this conference will be published by IOS Press.
To approve that the 7th Annual General Meeting will be held in Moscow,
Russia in May 17-18, 2012 and the 8th Annual General Meeting will beheld in Beijing, China in 2013.
Finally, the IAC Executive Committee, IAC members and participants extended
their full appreciation to the organizing committee of De La Salle University
chaired by Prof. Francisco Magno and the kind hospitality of Brother Bernard Oca,
Vice Chancellor for La SallianMission and Alumni Relations and BrotherNarcisoErguiza Jr., President of De La Salle University for such successful eventsin Manila, Philippines. Appreciations also go to all IAC members, participants andas well as key sponsoring companies including Fujitsu Ltd., Trend Micro andPLTD which actively joined and made this year all IAC conferences and meetings
fruitful and constructively successful.
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