Friday 5 December  2008

Telecom Operator Strategies

• Strategy for Telecom Operators to get maximum benefit from fiber deployment and NGNs – Kashif Azim Janjua (Pakistan) - PresentationPolicy Brief
• Procurement Management Optimization based on Life-cycle-cost Analysis for Telecom Companies – Xiaoli Zhu (China) & Xiuqing Huang (China) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Brazil Telecom -  The briefing of a case on telecom regulation in emerging markets – Jose Rogerio Vargens (Brazil) - Presentation Policy Brief

ICT for Inclusion

• Mobile Telephony Access & Usage in Africa – Christoph Stork (South Africa/Germany), Augustin Chabossou (Benin), Matthias Stork (Germany) & Pam Zahonogo (Burkina Faso)- Presentation Policy Brief
• Hit me with a missed call: The use of missed calls at the bottom of the pyramid – Nirmali Sivapragasam (Sri Lanka), Ayesha Zainudeen (Sri Lanka) & Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara (Sri Lanka) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Locating ICTs in Asia’s low-income communities: Private sector initiatives to address the digital divide – Grace Roldan (Philippines) &  Beathe Due (Norway) - Presentation Policy Brief

E government and efficiency of telecom operators

• Comparing the Operational Efficiency among Mobile Operators of Brazil, Russia, India and China – Chun-Hsiung Liao (Taiwan), Diana Beatriz González Jiménez (Taiwan/Paraguay) - Presentation Policy Brief
• A Comparative Study on the Operation Efficiency of Wireless Carriers in the U.S., China, Japan and South Korea – Jing Zhang (China) & Yong Ding (USA/China) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Promoting e-Government in the Context of New Public Management: The Case of the Local Government of Cebu, Philippines – Mary Grace P. Mirandilla (Philippines) - Presentation Policy Brief

Content and Convergence

• Portents and Prospects for Mobile Telephone Service: A 3G Philippine Experience – Luis C Buenaventura (Philippines) & Villy A. Buenaventura (Philippines) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Human flesh search engine- Is it a next Generation search engine – Dongxiao Liu (USA/China) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Philippine NGO Websites, Usage Patterns, and Implications to State-Civil Society Relations – Cheryll R. Ruth Soriano (Singapore/Philippines) - Presentation Policy Brief

Conference Dinner
Policy research in the public interest, Prof William H. Melody, Former Director of LIRNE.NET and World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies

Saturday 6 December  2008

Senior Scholars’ Panel:  Envisioning the future and understanding the present

• Milagros Rivera (Singapore) - Intelligent Nation 2015: Understanding Singapore’s master plan for the next decade of ICTs.
• Myeong Cheol Park (South Korea) - Broadband Internet in Korea: Current Status and Success Attributes

Bringing evidence to the policy process:  A conversation

• Jonathan Aronson (USA)
• Grace Mirandilla (Philippines)

Innovations for rural ICT use

• Survival in Rural Franchise: A Study of Information Kiosks in India – Sangamitra Ramachander (UK/India) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Transaction Costs in Agriculture: From Planting Decision to Selling at the Wholesale Market – Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara     (Sri Lanka), Harsha de Silva (Sri Lanka) & Shamistra Soysa (Sri Lanka) - Presentation Policy Brief

EuroCPR, TPRC and CPRsouth dialogue

• Prabir Neogi – TPRC (Canada)
• Jean Paul Simon – ECPR (France)
• Rohan Samarajiva – CPRsouth (Sri Lanka)

Media Training session

• Effective Communication – Susan Kline (USA) Presentation
  

Sunday 7 December  2008
Regulation and Competition

• “Regulatory Reforms in China’s Telecommunication Sector: A Case of Policy Transfer Failure or of Policy Divergence? – Marc Laperrouza (Switzerland) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Banded Forbearance:  A New Approach to Price Regulation – Tahani Iqbal (Singapore/Sri Lanka) & Rohan Samarajiva (Sri Lanka) -Presentation Policy Brief
• Broadband Diffusion and Public Policy: A Panel Data Analysis – Yuji Akematsu (Japan) – Presentation Policy Brief

Data and methods for research

• Stakeholder Analysis of Communication Policy Reform in Thailand – Monwipa Wongrujira (Thailand) - Presentation Policy Brief
• Critical Success Factors for Accelerating the Diffusion of 3G Video Calls in Korea – Min-Kyoung Kim (South Korea) &  Myeong Cheol Park (South Korea) – Presentation Policy Brief