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[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.

The draft programme for the 3rd Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) has been published online. GK3 will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11-13 December. LIRNE.NET and its members are organising four sessions:

» Teleuse at the Bottom of the Pyramid
» Hello Regulator? Regulatory authorities’ information and communication practices
» Making Communities Disaster Resilient
» Making Community-Driven Networks a Reality

Consult the full programme on the GK3 website.

[11-13 Dec 07] Global Knowledge 3 (GK3) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will bring together over 2,000 visionaries, international leaders, practitioners and policy-makers to engage on the theme of Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies. Many of LIRNE.NET’s researchers will be among them.

LIRNE.NET and its members are organising four sessions:

» Teleuse at the Bottom of the Pyramid
» Hello Regulator? Regulatory authorities’ information and communication practices
» Making Communities Disaster Resilient
» Making Community-Driven Networks a Reality

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Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) launched the 3rd Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) on 5 February 2007 at a reception in Kuala Lumpur. Themed Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies, GK3 is a dynamic focus on the interplay, interface and interweaving of issues related to Knowledge for Development (K4D) and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) within the context of our evolving societies, economies and technologies worldwide.

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