LIRNEasia at ITU Telecom 2008 - New Generation, New Values
| 02/09/2008 11:30 | to | 05/09/2008 13:00 |
ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 - New Generation, New Values is a key networking platform for Asia’s top ICT names to come together and focus on core issues relating to ICT expansion across the region. The event will take place at the IMPACT Challenger Exhibition and Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
Rohan Samarajiva will chair a session on Meeting the Needs of Society, ‘Promoting Manga to the Masses: Universal Access for the 21st Century’.
The sesion will take place on 04 September 2008 from 11:30 - 13:00 in the Jupiter Room 4-5.
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Promoting Manga to the Masses: Universal Access for the 21st Century
Thursday, 04 Sep 2008, 11:30 - 13:00, Jupiter Room 4-5
Asia is a region of stark contrasts: big and small, rich and poor, with online gaming addicts and those who have yet to make their first phone call. Today’s universal service and universal access policies are predicated on network deployment, ensuring fixed lines or mobile services are made widely available. But network access is not enough. Users demand and societies need to promote widespread and affordable use of ICT applications and content. Many wealthy young people already take for granted easy access to online content like Manga, Animé, massively multiplayer online games, social networking sites, and applications like mobile wallets. Their less affluent counterparts may consider themselves lucky to log some time at a cybercafé or to make a call on a Village Phone Lady’s mobile handset, shared with thousands of other users. How can policy makers move beyond the goal of simply providing access to phone lines, while also ensuring that content and applications that promote social and economic development are part and parcel of the universal access framework of the future? If we take Manga as a proxy for online content, is promoting Manga for the masses a realistic goal? Should it be? Are there advantages to end-user sharing beyond promoting universal access, such as fostering micro-entrepreneurs and developing learning software specifically designed to be shared? What are some of the devices that industry is developing to promote end-user sharing and universal access? How do governments ensure their citizens have the necessary skills to partake in the Information Society? How can policy makers address the flip side of universal access, those addicted to unhealthy ICT use?
Chairman
Dr Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka
Panellists
Major-General Manzurul Alam, ndc, psc (retd), Chairman, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Bangladesh
Mr Jorge Sarmiento, Deputy Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Philippines
Mr Abu Saeed Khan, Strategy Analyst, South East Asia, Ericsson Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Mr Luis Jorge Romero Saro, Director of Innovation & Standards, Telefónica S.A., Spain
Mr Anthony S.K. Wong, Former Commissioner, Innovation & Technology, HKSARG, Hong Kong, China
Mr Wonki Min, Director General, Central Radio Management Office, Korea (Rep. of)
Mr Ran Ren, ITU Youth Forum Alumnus and Editor-in-Chief, The Horizon Magazine, United States
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