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LIRNE researchers at ITS Montreal 2008

[25-27 June] LIRNEasia Executive Director, Rohan Samarajiva, is organising two panels at the 2008 International Telecommunications Society (ITS) 17th Biennial Conference, to be held at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, Canada. The two-part panel is entitled, “New regulatory approaches in the face of rapidly changing demand: Research from four continents presented by LIRNE.NET.”

Confirmed participants include: Hernan Galperin, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina, and member of DIRSI; Anders Henten, Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI) at Aalborg University, Alison Gillwald, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and Director of Research ICT Africa (RIA!); Randy Spence, Economic and Social Development Affiliates (ESDA), Canada; and Helani Galpaya and Payal Malik of LIRNEasia.

This double session will take place in the Hampstead Room on Thursday, June 26th, 2008.
Session 5.5 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Session 6.6 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Click here to download the session description.

For the Universal Access: Definitions, Delivery and Alternatives 2 session, LIRNEasia researchers will present a paper entitled, ‘Re-examining Universal Service Policies in Telecommunications: Lessons from three South Asian countries‘, co-authored by Payal Malik and Rohan Samarajiva.
Session 8.1 - LaSalle room
Friday, June 27th, 2008, 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Professor W.H. Melody will present recent research and analysis during the panel on private equity and telecommunications.
Session 2.7 - St. Pierre room
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008, 2:00 - 3:30pm

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