TechVenture Africa: US NSF - National Science Board

US NSF - National Science Board - Members: "Mr. Arthur K. Reilly
Engineering
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1968
M.S., Cornell University, 1969"

Reilly has successfully led national, regional, and global efforts to promote open, voluntary, private-sector-led, market-driven standardization and to harmonize standards development. From 1984 to 1996, he held various leadership positions, including Chairman in the ANSI-accredited telecommunications networks standards committee sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). He was an architect of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) process that began in 1990, which annually brings together telecom standards leaders from the North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He currently is preparing for the 2007 GSC as a member of the delegation from ATIS. On behalf of the Information Technology Industry (ITI) Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), Reilly has represented the US IT and telecommunications industry in annual US-China workshops on technology standards.

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett on the U.N. and Silicon Valley

"Silicon Valley IT companies are in the right place at the right time to help the United Nations address the world's health, education, and economic problems. Barrett, who has been appointed the chairman of the U.N.'s Global Alliance for ICT and Development, says, "My job is to make sure that we don't talk a lot, but we do a lot." The Alliance will meet today at the the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to discuss the role of Silicon Valley in the U.N.'s information technology goals.

Intel's chairman at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara. February 28th, 2007 12:01 am

IFC Executive Vice President Lars Thunell

"The investment climate remains a major challenge on Sub- aharan Africa's path to a better future. African businesses currently face one of the world's highest levels of regulatory obstacles to Entrepreneurs. Africa has also been one of the world's slowest regions to reform its investment climate. Private investors need the right environment to operate. Transparent, robust institutions and an efficient and clear business regulatory environment are also needed to establish the conditions necessary for growth."

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