17.03.10
DIRSI and ACORN-REDECOM (Americas Communication Research Network / Red Americana de Investigación en Información y Comunicación) are pleased to announce the Training Seminar on New Technologies and their Challenges for Telecommunications Regulation in Latin America.
The seminar seeks to provide an overview of key regulatory issues in the ICT industry today, and to help develop the necessary tools to understand the implications of new technologies for spectrum allocation, universal access programs, competition policy and ICT-enabled economic development.
We particularly encourage young scholars and advanced students, mid-level regulatory staff, civil society organizations, specialized journalists, and mid-level managers to apply.
Date: May 13, 2010
Location: Fundação de Empreendimentos Científicos e Tecnológicos (Finatec), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília (UnB) - Via L3 Norte, Ed. Finatec, Asa Norte - Brasília, D.F.
Languages: English/Spanish (simultaneous translations to be provided)
Target Audience: Young scholars and advanced students, mid-level regulatory staff, civil society organizations, specialized journalists, and mid-level managers.
Goal: To provide an overview of key regulatory issues in the ICT industry today, and to develop the necessary tools to understand the implications of new technologies for spectrum allocation, universal access programs, competition policy and ICT-enabled economic development.
Methodology: Small training seminar (limited to 30 participants). Each session will introduce a topic/problem, and provide tools, discuss cases, and allow for ample classroom interaction with senior academics and practitioners.
Cost: Private Sector: USD500, Public Sector: USD250, Academics, Civil Society and Journalists: USD50 (students will have fee waived on case by case basis). Cost includes a folder with background papers and relevant presentations.
Recognition: Certificates will be issued and endorsed by Acorn-Redecom and DIRSI.
Organizers: ACORN-REDECOM and DIRSI.
Program | MAY 13, 2010
9:00-10:00 - Introduction: State of the art in telecom regulation around the world.
Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, Lirneasia
10:00-11:30 - Measuring ICT development and its socio-economic impact, regulatory enablers.
Dr. Raúl Katz, Columbia University
11:30-11:45 - Break
11:45-13:15 - Redefining universal services: New Technologies, opportunities and challenges for access.
Dr. Martha Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University
13:15-15:00 - Lunch
15:00-16:30 - New models for spectrum usage: re-farming, commons and open access.
Mr. Sebastian Cabello, GSM Association
16:30-18:00 - Implications of technological convergence for antitrust policies in ICT.
Dr. André Rossi, Portland State University and Universidade de Brasilia
18:00-18:30 - Concluding Remarks
18:30-19:30 - Reception
Download a brochure about the seminar in English or Portuguese.
