Dear Friends, There are 2 conferences in Delhi, India of interest of some members during 17-19 October, 2005. 1. ICT and Education: Challenge and Practice (Digital Learning 2005) A two day conference on Digital Learning on the theme 'ICT and Education: Challenges and Practices'. The objective of the conference will be to create a platform for interchange of views among experts, professionals, researchers and academicians regarding theoretical and practical aspects of ICT implementation in education. Special focus will be made on open source applications and related policy issues. This two-day conference will be of interest to policy imple-menters, persons associated with advocacy, decision makers, managers, administrators, e-Learning content developers, ICT experts and the learning community. Keynote address: Learning ICT and Learning through ICT: Prospects and Challenges Session I: Tools for Learning through ICT: Availability and Scope Session II: e-Learning: Best Practices and Challenges Session III: Technology in Education Session IV: Policy and Advocacy: Critical Issues Session V: Government initiatives in ICT and Education Session VI: Civil Society and NGO initiatives in ICT and Education Session VII: Private Sector initiatives in ICT and Education Conference dates: 18-19 October 2005 Conference Venue: The Grand New Delhi Last date for receipt of abstracts: 30 September,2005 Last date for paper submission (for Full & Brief Papers): 10 October, 2005. Last date for submission of presentation: 15 October 2005 For more details, see http://www.dl.csdms.in/index.asp 2. Conflux 2005 Conflux 2005 is a three day conference and exhibition being organized by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) in collaboration with Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. The objective of the event is to showcase e-Government developments in India and the Asia Pacific and learn from the succesful practices in the region. The conference program will serve as a platform to bring experts from the various countries, key government representatives, industry and academia together to discuss the issues and priorities on the subject. The particpants will be able to demonstrate their initiatives, take feedback from the communinty and learn about the processes, technologies and solutions which can address their concerns. The three key stakeholders in e-Government program implementation-the government, private and the NGO sector will be sharing their successes, failures and opportuninties during the conference. Conflux 2005 is designed to help attendees address these challenges and provides practical, actionable knowledge through sharing of better learning practices, presentation on e-Government case studies from various Indian states and also from other Asian countries. Conference dates: 17-19 October 2005 For more details, see http://conflux.csdms.in/index.asp Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 212 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/