Contributions at International Conferences 

§   Salma Abbasi led interactive workshops at the Guildhall in Swansea, as part of a nation-wide  initiative to tackle the under-representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) women local councillors that covered 'Key skills needed to become an effective councillor’  Dec 12, 2008

§   ICT 4 All Forum – Tunis+3 conference, Republic of Tunisia focuses on Multi-Sector Partnerships for Sustainability, November, 2008

§  WSIS Action Line Third Facilitation Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland focuses on C5: Building Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs.

§   UNESCO International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks, Doha, Qatar in March 2008, focused on;

§  ICT Creative Industries & Entrepreneurship

§  Digital Knowledge Management

§  Models of ICT Knowledge Parks for Development

§  ITU Regional Workshop On ICT Applications for Rural Communication Development in November, 2007 focused on

§  Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships-Diversity of MCT Models

§  Transformation of Rural Areas Through ICTs - Case Study

§  Promoting Competition & Entrepreneurship development- SME sustainability

§  WSIS Follow Up - ICT4ALL Forum-Tunis+2 Public-Private Partnerships in Information and Communication Technologies, Republic of Tunisia focuses on Rural Transformations – Case Studies, November 2007

§  ITU - Connect Africa Presidential Summit Investing in Africa's Future, Kigali,  Africa focuses on support and encourage young entrepreneurs of Africa, October, 2007

§  The International Youth Forum The Power of Youth for Peace Youth Speak We Listen! Global Citizen in a Connected World, September, 2007

§  The 2nd International Symposium for Postgraduate Students in ICT4D, Sweden focuses on  Role of Telecentres for Gender Empowerment, August, 2007

§  UNCTAD: Building a Knowledge Society for All: the role of Science, Technology & Innovation & the importance of creating Trust to foster Partnerships focuses on Using ICT to build Public Private Partnerships, July, 2007

§  GAID / UNCTAD / OCCAM “Information Society: New Perspectives for Post-WSIS Scenarios” Geneva, Switzerland  focuses on The benefits from Information Society, July, 2007

§  As a participant at ECOSOC – Ministered Review on MDG Reforms, July, 2007

§  CONGO: Civil Society Development Forum 2007, “A platform for Development: Countdown to 2015” ,Geneva, Switzerland  focuses on Gender and ICT, June, 2007

§  As a participant at UNESCO / WSIS, Multi-stakeholder Consultation Meetings Geneva, Switzerland, May, 2007.

§  International Conference ICT 4 Sustainable Development Through Income Generation Pakistan  in March, 2007 focuses on

§  ICT for Entrepreneurship Development

§  ICT for Gender Empowerment

§  As a participant at “Re-Engineering Development: Engendering ICTs” UNSECO, Paris France, November, 2006