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The Graduate School of Public & Development Management and the LINK Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Afreica are proud to inform that applications to join the January 2009 Master of Management in ICT Policy and Regulation degree programme are now open.

Click here for the programme brochure.

Contact Sue-Ellen Donough at the Admissions Office on +27 11 717-3698.

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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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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. A training session on media interaction will also be held for participants. Alongside the conference, tutorial sessions will be held for Young Scholars on the fundamentals of technology, markets, regulation and policy. The conference is designed to accommodate 21 paper presenters over the course of 2.5 days, and the audience will comprise 70-80 scholars involved in the field of ICT policy and regulation, broadly defined, including 30 Young Scholars.

Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2008
Deadline for completed papers: August 31, 2008
Young Scholars applications: May 31, 2008

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LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Forum Pte. Ltd. will host the
12th Executive Course on Telecom Reform: Strategies to achieve connectivity and convergence, 10-14 June 2008, Singapore.

The 12th Telecom Reform Course offered by LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Forum Pte. Ltd. is designed to enhance the strategic thinking of a select group of senior decision makers in the telecom and related sectors in the Asia Pacific and elsewhere. After having been offered in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, the course is now being taught in Singapore.

Click here for more information from the LIRNEasia website.
The deadline for registrations for paid participants is 15 May 2008.
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[10-14 June 2008] LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Forum Pte. Ltd. will host the
12th Executive Course on Telecom Reform: Strategies to achieve connectivity and convergence, in Singapore.

The 12th Telecom Reform Course offered by LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Forum Pte. Ltd.  is designed to enhance the strategic thinking of a select group of senior decision makers in the telecom and related sectors in the Asia Pacific and elsewhere. After having been offered in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, the course is now being taught in Singapore.

Go to the LIRNEasia website for further information.