The Digital World Forum is facilitating a workshop on applying low cost information access devices in fostering social and economic development by bridging the digital divide with such devices. The workshop scheduled for one day on Tuesday 30 June 2009 from 9am to 5pm, in Brussels, Belgium.The workshop will gather a cross-section of stakeholders, among them representatives from European Technology Platforms (ETPs) whose strategic research agendas are or may be closely linked to future developments in the domain of low cost information access devices (LCIADs) and related domains on which the use of LCIADs may depend. Other stakeholders will include researchers, manufacturers, suppliers, consumers, special interest groups with an interest in LCIADs. The DigitalWorld Forum (DWF) is analysing the current State-of-the-Art of LCIADs. Participants to the workshop will add value to the analysis by drilling down to specific possible interventions, based on their experience, expertise, research focus or strategic objectives. The focus of the workshop will, therefore, be to share knowledge of the participating stakeholders that needs to be taken into account in developing a possible roadmap for LCIADs. The workshop will take the form of: