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LIRNE.NET researchers from around the world will be participating in the the International Telecommunications Society 17th Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada (24-27 June). If you are planning to attend ITS, we invite you to come to meet researchers from LIRNEasia, Research ICT Africa (RIA!), the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI), from the European LIRNE centres, LIRNE.NET and Comunica. See next page for ITS sessions.

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The Communication Policy Research South (CPRsouth) conference on “Transformation Strategies for Telecom Operators”, will take place from December 5-7, 2008 in Beijing, China. CPRsouth3 will offer researchers an opportunity to discuss their research on ICT regulation and policy in the South with a policy-oriented, international audience and obtain useful feedback. Fifteen Young Scholars from the Asia-Pacific region and 15 from China will be selected to participate in the tutorials scheduled to be held after CPRsouth3 (December 8 and 9, 2008).

Young Scholars applications: May 31, 2008

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An Expert Forum on ICT Sector Indicators and Benchmark Regulation for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Regulatory Authorities is being organized by LIRNEasia, CONNECTasia FORUM and the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC), 14-15 June 2008, Changi Village Hotel, Singapore. The focus of the Expert Forum is on using specific indicators to benchmark performance of the sector as well as the regulatory authority, and using indicator data to improve the performance of both. The latest results from LIRNEasia’s Asian Regulatory Web-site Survey, the Mobile and Broadband Price Benchmarks research and the Broadband Quality of Service Measurement research will be presented at the forum, and will set the background for broader discussion on benchmark regulation. The Asian ICT Indicators Database, developed by LIRNEasia funded by IDRC, will be introduced and hands-on training on using the database will be provided.

For further information, contact: asia[at]lirne.net

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Research ICT Africa! (RIA!) will host a roundtable discussion with African policy makers and regulators on the results of a series of research projects known as Towards an African e-Index. This project seeks to provide the data and analysis necessary to move the continent towards evidence based policy formulation in this sector.

For more information, contact RIA! Network Coordinator,
Beki Nkala: Beki.Nkala [at] wits.ac.za

Click here to go to the RIA! website.

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The Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI) is hosting its yearly Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies Ph.D. Summer School, in Skagen Denmark. The course includes lectures by researchers from Aalbourg University and the other universities in the NordICT network and by invited lecturers from other research institutions. The topic of this year’s course is: Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies. The summer school will take place from Sunday 24 August to Friday 29 August 2008.

Deadline for registration: 1 June 2008.
Click here to go to the CMI Skagen summer school webpage.

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