- Innovations: Path finding Rover for Planetary Exploration using Maze Solving Technology. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Ontario Science Museum. 22 June 2016.
- Space Technologies for Climate-Change Monitoring. International Space Development Conference. San Juan. Puerto Rico. 18 – 22 May 2016.
- Launch Pad: Creating Advanced SmallSats (Small Satellites) Scientific Payload for Climate Change Monitoring. International Space Development Conference. San Juan. Puerto Rico. 18 – 22 May 2016.
- Raising New Generation of Creators, Not Consumers. Maker Festival, Toronto, Canada. 1 -2 August 2015.
- Z-bot: Tool for learning about age, temperature, and composition of stars. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. University of Toronto Earth Sciences Centre. Toronto, Canada. 3 June 2015.
- Building together on Space, Science and Technology. 34th Annual International Space Development Conference. Toronto, Canada. 20-24 May 2015.
- Yes You Can! Open Government: Canadian Open Data Experience {CODE} 2015.Government of Canada. Toronto, Canada. 20 – 22 February 2015.
- Arduino and Robotics: Make what you imagine. CoderDojo Toronto, Canada, 22 June 2014.
- Special Address on International Perspectives in E-Governance. E-Governance Forum, Economic Times, Delhi, India. 24 October 2013.
- Looking Beyond Impact: Seeking Transformational Change. Sankalp Forum, Mumbai. 16 – 18 April 2013.
- IT Matters: Managing water resources in a changing world. World Computer Congress. Amsterdam. 24-26 September 2012.
- Finding from the FUNDS 2012 UN Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers. New York. 26 June 2012
- New challenges, new partners, a new UN development system? Wilton Park Conference. UK. 14-16 May 2012.
- Square Roots: e-Trading Platform for Rural Employment, TiE Institute, Toronto, Canada. 2 February 2012.
- Using ICT for Agriculture Development, 5th IFIP World IT Forum (WITFOR) Conference, Delhi. India. 16-18 April 2012.
- Setting up innovative e-gov models with case studies from Philippines, Mongolia and India (presentation 1). Empowerment through e-gov (presentation 2). Africa Information Ethics and e-Government Workshop, UNESCO and the South African Government, Pretoria, South Africa, 23-27 February 2009.
- Panel Moderator on “Wednesday: the movie”, “India Lies in You“. Sri Sri Institute of Management Studies, Goa, India. 21 February 2009.
- “Development Cooperation Agencies or Development Cooperation Networks“, Plenary Address, Second International Meeting on ICT for Development Cooperation 2.0, AECID and Cooperación al Desarrollo Asturias, Gijon, Spain, 10-12 February 2009. (see Digital TV1 TV2 TV3)
- Challenges of Globalisation: Beyond North-South Divide, Transformation Thinkers Workshop, Bertelsmann Stiftung and gtz, Berlin, 22 November 2008.
- Breaking Northern dominance of knowledge and the need for a Southern Intellectual Platform. European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) General Conference 2008. Geneva. 21 July 2008. (see Digital TV)
- International perspective on e-governance. Technology Sabha 2008. Plenary Address via video-link. Government stakeholders of Indias e-Governance revolution. Kovalam, Kerala. 7 June 2008.
- “e-Gov Africa Roadmap 2015“. Keynote Address, Second Annual African E-Gov Forum, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, Kampala, 2-4 March 2008.
- Enabling International Cooperation 2.0: The New Role of ICTs. The First ICT International Meeting for Development Cooperation, Spain, AECID and Cooperación al Desarrollo Asturias, Gijon, Asturias, Spain. 30 -31 January 2008.
- Breaking the Deadlock on Climate Change Related Technology Transfer, UNU-WIDER Conference on Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil and South Africa (CIBS), Helsinki, 7 September 2007. (see Digital TV)
- Forum Chair, Agriculture Commission, World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-24 August 2007. (see Digital TV)
- The role of international organisations in supporting and encouraging E-Gov initiatives: How are international organisations supporting the digitisation of African Governments to promote the realisation of the Millennium Developments Goals? (Read Report) The African E-Gov Forum 2007. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization, Accra, Ghana, 27-29 March 2007. (see Digital TV)
- Ethical Challenges in the Information Age, African Information Ethics Conference. South African Government and International Centre for Information Ethics, Pretoria, South Africa, 5-7 February 2007.
- Role of ICT in achieving the MDGs. National E-Governance Seminar: District Online Smart Transactions. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, GITEX 2007, Hyderabad, India. 11 January 2007.
- Cross-Countries Perspective: Use of ICTs in achieving MDGs. UNDP Bratislava and E-Governance Academy. Tallinn, Estonia, 4-8 December 2006.
- e-Media for Development. World Congress on Communications for Development. FAO / World Bank. Rome. 26 October 2006.
- ICT for Development or Development of ICTs? How can Local-Sightedness Solve this Dilemma? e-governance Executive Masters Programme at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. 13 October 2006.
- Presenter, Evaluation Report of ENRAP II: IFAD Annual performance review workshop of the Asia and the Pacific Division. Bangkok, 19 – 20 June 2006.
- Chairperson, National E-Governance Seminar- “Health Farm IT”, IT&C Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, GITEX 2006, Hyderabad, India. 12 January 2006.
- Comparative E-Governance Models and Applications: Developed vs. Developing Countries. e-governance Executive Masters Programme at EPFL. Lausanne, Switzerland. 9 December 2005.
- Panelist, Building Public-Private Partnerships for Broadband Supported E-Governance Initiatives at the National and Local Level. World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). 18 November 2005. Tunis, Tunisia.
- The Role of New Information Technologies in Development: Becoming an Information Society. Leader, Working group on: E-Governance – building accountable and democratic governance institutions. 17 -20 October 2005. Wilton Park Conference, UK.
- E- Governance Expert (Central Asia), How can Central Asian Countries seize the benefits of Electronic Governance (e-governance)? (in Russian) Central Asian Gateway September 12- October 12, 2005.
- Information Technology and Collaborative Development, Development Gateway Forum 2005, World Bank, 16 -17 September 2005, Beijing, China.
- ICT for Agriculture Development: Overview of Agriculture – IT Models and some International Perspectives. World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2005. Gaborone, Botswana. 31 August – 2 September 2005.
- Evaluation of ICT for Development Models, specifically the Rural Telecentres: International Perspective from Balkans (Kosovo), Middle East (Egypt and Jordan), Central Asia (Mongolia), South Asia (India). International Conference on Rural Internetization. Information Future Public Foundation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 16-17 August 2005.
- Weaving Politically Relevant and Inclusive Networks in developing countries through E-Governance. Keynote Speech. International Centre for Information Ethics Symposium. 4- 6 October 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- E-Government in South East European (SEE) Countries (Albania, BiH, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia & Montenegro): A Reality? UNDP Perspectives, Strategies and Support. 28 -30 September 2004. Budva, Montenegro.
- Public Sector Informatization: Approaches to E-Government. Development Gateway Foundation Korea Training Centre (DGF-KTC). Seoul, South Korea. June 21- July 1, 2004
- International experiences in E-Government and in G2C sphere. International Conference on E-Government. Digital Development Initiative/UNDP. Taskent, Uzbekistan, 27 – 28 May 2004.
- Electronic Procurement (e-procurement) in Developing Countries. World Bank and Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance, New Delhi, India. 3 June 2004.
- Politically relevant networks for Egovernance in the African Context, International Conference on IT and Economic Development, Accra, Ghana. 3 -5 March 2004.
- Weaving politically-relevant, citizen-centred E-governance in developing countries, @ WSIS Initiative, UNDP and the Smithsonian Institute. WSIS, Geneva. 11 December 2003.
- Key Issues in E-Governance: for development and transition, International Forum on National ICT Strategies and E-governance, UN ICT Task Force and UNDP Azerbaijan, Baku, 6-8 November 2003.
- International Perspectives on Achieving E-Government, E-Government for All: Virtual Conference, Benton Foundation, USA, 3-14 November 2003.
- ICT for Inclusive Development, Transforming and sustaining inclusive development communities: an evidence-based approach, International Institute for Communications and Development, The Netherlands, 19 September 2003.
- ICT and Weaving Politically Relevant Networks, International Civil Society Forum / International Conference on New or Restored Democracies, Mongolia, 6-10 September 2003.
- E-Development Course for Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Country Gateways, World Bank. March 2003.
- Comparative Public Administration and Policies: a southern perspective. University of Delaware, USA, December 2001.
- Digital Initiative for Development, International Consultative Workshop, Lebanon Centre for Policy Studies, Beirut, Lebanon, 11-12 September 2001.
- Introducing e-governance models in the South, The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Stockholm, Sweden, 27 -29 June 2001.
- USDA online course on ICT for Developing Countries. June 2001.
- Bridging Research and Policy Workshop, Department for International Development and University of Warwick, Warwick, UK, 15 – 16 July 2001.
- Networking Networks: Virtual ICT-Networks, Global Development Network, World Bank, Tokyo, Japan, December 2000.
- ICT-Networking Models for Empowerment and Governance, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, November 2000.
- Empowerment and Governance through Information and Communication Technologies: women’s perspective, International Conference on Opportunities for Women in ICT era, 23-24 October 2000, UNDP, Malaysia.
- Knowledge Networks on Environment and Development, Global Knowledge Partnership, Malaysia, June 2000.
- Economic Valuation of Environment and Forest Resources And Natural Resources Accounting for Sustainable Development. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India. 31 January – 5 February 2000.
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- Co-Founder, Space Watch
- Inlaks Scholar, London School of Economics, UK
- Chair (Agriculture), World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR)
- International Development, Environment, UN and Global Governance, South-South Cooperation, ICT and e-governanceProfessional Summary
Prior to his role as Associate Director, FUNDS Project (New York / Geneva), Vikas Nath was the Special Advisor to the Executive Director and Head (Media and Communication), South Centre in Geneva, and before that as Policy Analyst with UNDP in New York. He has also worked with Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
Mr. Nath has founded number of global enterprises, networks and forums. He has worked in over 60 countries on agriculture, environment, development, ICT, e-governance and south-south cooperation.
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