Communication Policy Research : South

January 19, 2007

Session 2: Indicators for research and governance

• Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) Assessment: A six-country comparison – Rohan Samarajiva (Sri Lanka) PRESENTATION

• A Study of Comprehensive Evaluation Model for Measuring Market Performance of China Telecommunications Industry – Fei Li (China) PRESENTATION

• Regulatory Reforms and Improved Sector Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Indonesia and India – Divakar Goswami (India/Sri Lanka) PRESENTATION

Session 3: Asia-Pacific knowledge networks

• A knowledge network for communication policy research in the Asia-Pacific? – Sujata Gamage (Sri Lanka) PRESENTATION

Session 4: ICT markets: How effective is competition?

• Empowering Local Resources for Increasing ICT Market Growth in Developing Countries – Asmiyati Rasyid (France/Indonesia) PRESENTATION

• An Analysis of Municipal Wireless Broadband Coverage Models – Kaili Kan (China) PRESENTATION

• Superiority: China Mobile in the Competition – Fu Sibao (China) PRESENTATION

Session 5: Participation in ICTs: Beyond universal access

• Teleuse on a Shoestring: Beyond Universal Access – Ayesha Zainudeen (Sri Lanka) PRESENTATION

• The Information-Poverty Dilemma with Digital Convergence and Income Divergence – Ranjit Goswami (India) PRESENTATION

• The need for realistic policies in participatory rural information networks: Five Asian countries, five cases– Alexander Flor (Philippines) PRESENTATION

January 20, 2007

Session 7: Convergence is here, but of what?

• Policy Impediments to Media Convergence: An Exploration of case-studies from South Africa and India – Siddhartha Menon (USA/India) PRESENTATION

• Convergence of Communications – Sri Lanka’s Regulatory Approach – Sumathi Dharmawardena (Sri Lanka) PRESENTATION

Session 8: Regulating in an imperfect world

• Liberalisation of Telecommunications Markets in Developing Countries under the Framework of the General Agreement on Trade in Services: Status Quo and Possible Future Trends – Tomas Lamanauskas (Bahrain/Lithuania) PRESENTATION

• An Empirical Research on the Driving Forces of Telecommunication Reform in China – Chunhui Yuan (China) PRESENTATION

• Regulation is Compromised by the Multiplicity of Institutions – Asoka Balasooriya (Australia/Sri Lanka)PRESENTATION

Session 9: Governance of ICT and ICT for governance

• Making E-Government Projects in Developing Countries More Successful and Sustainable: Some Case Studies from India – Rajendra Kumar (India/USA) PRESENTATION

• E-Governance is Good Governance – Hina Sarfaraz (Pakistan) PRESENTATION

• The Government Information Center (GIC) – Helani Galpaya PRESENTATION

Session 10: What goes through the tubes

• Blogging in Malaysia: Hope for a New Democratic Technology? – Sandra C Smeltzer (Canada)PRESENTATION

• Creative Content Korea: South Korea’s Copyright Policies and Enforcement Methods in the Age of Convergence – Joan P Serrano (Philippines) PRESENTATION

• Negative Online Discourse and their Political Effects towards Political Satisfaction – James Chen (Singapore) PRESENTATION

January 21, 2007

Session 13: Example of policy relevant research: Comparative research in six Asian countries

• A Brief Synthesis of the Six-Country Case Studies – Harsha de Silva
• India case study – Payal Malik
• Indonesia case study – Divakar Goswami
• Pakistan case study – Joseph Wilson
• Sri Lanka case study – Malathy Knight John
• Thailand case study – Saowalak Cheevasittiyanond