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Rohan Samarajiva,Executive Director of LIRNEasia, is an invited session speaker at the International Institute of Communications Annual Conference 2008: “Trends in Global Communications: Capturing the High Ground in an Uncertain World.” His presentation is entitled, ‘“Small Screen, Big Scream: How much has the mobile really delivered, how much more to come?”

The event is co-hosted by the Broadcasting Authority and the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong, 3-4 November.

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During the ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 (Bangkok, Thailand, 2-5 September), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched the new Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report - “Broadband in Asia-Pacific: Too much, too little?” The Report focuses on broadband connectivity as a vehicle for content to drive development and build a knowledge-based information society.

• Click here for the Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report press release
• Download the flyer (pdf format)
• Presentation at ITU Telecom Asia 2008

The ITU has also released its first statistical report on the Use of Information and Communication Technology by the World’s Children and Youth, which the ITU expects to update every four years.

Click here to download [free] report on Use of ICT by the World’s Children and Youth.

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LIRNEasia seeks self-motivated and quality-conscious individuals to fill the following two vacancies: Researcher / Project Manager and a Junior Researcher.

Click here for more information about the two open positions.

Deadline for applications: 5 October 2008.

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LIRNEasia’s Executive Director, Rohan Samarajiva, will speak at the Telecoms World South Asia 2008, being held from 7-9 October 2008 at the Radisson Water Garden, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

On the first day of the conference, Professor Samarajiva as an invited session speaker will present “Introducing broadband: investment conditions, regulatory challenges and addressing QoS.” He will also make a presentation on “Leveraging on next generation technologies to extend the service offering” as a panelist speaker in the afternoon session.

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Chanuka Wattegama, Organizational Development Director of LIRNEasia, will participate in the following two sessions at a World Bank workshop on “Enabling Disaster Risk Management in the Information Age”, 8-9 October, Washington DC.

8 October, 9:30 - 11:10, Session 1: Wattegama will give a presentation for the panel: “Overview of the Role of ICT in Disaster Risk Management: Global Trends and Role of the World Bank“.
9 October, 10:30 - 12:15, Session 4: Wattegama will present in the panel: “The Role of NGO Community in Using ICT for Disaster Risk Management“.

This event is organized by the World Bank e-Development Thematic Group, a global forum and community of professionals interested in the role of ICT in development, which is open for participation by both World Bank staff and external clients and partners.