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[10-12 Dec 07] Vic Hayes, is a LIRNE researcher at the Economics of Infrastructures section at Delft University of Technology, also known as the ‘Father of WiFi’ and the 2007 recepient of the IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award “for outstanding leadership in the development and global acceptance of IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network standards.” He will present a keynote address at the 1st Home Networking Conference 2007, at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Click here for information about registration, commitees and the conference programme (PDF format).

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[13 Dec 07] Vic Hayes, LIRNE researcher at the Economics of Infrastructures (EI) section, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, will make a presentation on open hardware implementation in Nepal during the OpenHardware Meeting (collocated with the IEEE HN1 Conference) in Paris, France. The conference is hosted by the Global Security Network (GSN).

Click here to go to the OpenHardware conference website.

[11 Dec 07] Bruce Girard, executive director of Comunica, will speak on a panel at the World Electronic Media Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The panel will address The Role of ‘Own-Time Media’ / ‘Any-Place Media’ in the service of development.

Panel description: A rapidly growing number of people in the OECD countries listen to radio content of their choice through podcasts on their iPod or other MP3 player. This allows them to have access to high quality content in the area of their specific interest and at a time and place that doesn’t conflict with their work and obligations. What about the developing world? Is there a scope to use MP3 players beyond urban music consumption, particularly to make specific high quality content available to the poor and people in remote areas? What could be the role of public service broadcasters who have a competitive advantage in providing trusted high quality content? The panellists will discuss some encouraging first lessons and trends in a global and local context that is shaped by media convergence.

See Comunica’s Radio 2.0 blog with examples from around the world of how local and community radio stations are using the internet to network, provide better service to their communities, and to enable public participation in radio programming.

What key actions could telecom and ICT regulators undertake to promote access to infrastructure at local, international and regional levels?

This dialogue is being undertaken in preparation for the “Regulatory Frameworks for Improving Access” workshop co-hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNE.NET), and at this year’s Internet Governance Forum. The workshop will explore the key regulatory issues and imperatives in promoting equitable deployment and affordable access to internet (communications) infrastructure at local, national, regional and global levels.

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<dialogue [at] regulateonline.org>.

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[14-15 Nov 2007] Professor Bill Melody will give a keynote address at INEC’s Broadband Cities 2007 conference, to be held on 14 November in Amsterdam and on 15 November in Almere, Netherlands. His presentation is entitled, “Long term investment vs. short term profits: The pro’s and con’s of government or market controlled telecom infrastructure.”

Click here to view Melody’s conference presentation.

Click here to download the Broadband Cities 2007 conference programme.

See event posting for further information, or go to the conference website.