• Achieving economic integration through a common market: the case of Europe, H.E. Ms. Paula Lehtomaki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

• Regional Information Society Policy Frameworks: the case of Africa, H.E. Mamdou Diop, Minister for Information and Pan-African Cooperation on ICTs, Senegal.

• Intra-regional trade: how can IS strategies be deployed? Mr. John Burley, Director, Services Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency, UNCTAD.

• Language in support of integration and regional Information Strategies – the role of Telecommunication, H.E. Eng. Jean Louis Cardahi, Minister of Telecommunication, Lebanon.

• Regional and Sub-regional Strategies for the Information Society, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Jamaica

WSIS 2003