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July 18th, 2003 Wolfson College Oxford University |
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Agenda
Friday,
July 18, Wolfson
College, Linton Road, Oxford
Time & Event
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Details
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8:30am Breakfast |
Meet At
Haldane Room, Wolfson College for a light breakfast (Directions). |
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9:00am Session 1 Case Studies |
Facilitator: Muhsin on “The e-Development Challenge.” Guest
Presenters: Kolko on “A Case Study of Uzebekistan”; Pergola
on building “A Computer Lab in the ‘Bush’”; Tacchi and
Slater on how to “Evaluate Community-Based Media Initiatives”;
Badshah on “Utilizing the Knowledge-Based Economy to Empower the
Poor.” Questions: What are the main challenges of specific
IT4D projects? What were
relationships with local IT, development and regulatory agencies like? Is the Internet an instrument of elite
NGOs and/or the authorities? Are new
media development tools just another form of globalization and development from
'outside'? What are the advantages and disadvantages of technical assistance
and the use of Internet in different stages of a project? Are successes sector-specific, limited to
problems of access to the legal system, to health care, education, participation
in decision-making of the population? Goal: To draw lessons from specific development projects in
which new media and Internet communication tools have played a key role. |
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10:30am Coffee Break |
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11:00am Session 2 Social Contexts
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Facilitator: Yeomans on the difference between “Development Goals and Technology Outcomes.” Guest
Presenters: Nafus on how “Information and Society Do Not Necessarily Make an
Information Society; Rao and Beardon on “Content Creation and Strategy” in an
ActionAid development project in India; Wheeler on “Internet Connectivity in the Arab World.” Questions:
What are some of the institutional barriers and policy challenges for
infrastructure, regulation and access?
Does the scale of problems faced by developing countries trivialize
the potential of costly information technologies? Do low rates of Internet
penetration in the developing world prevent the use of the Internet in
outreach to mobilize the population at large? Goal: To critically assess the role of new media in local,
state, national and multi-national development work. |
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12:30am Lunch |
Private
Dining Rooms |
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1:30pm Session 3 Scenarios |
Facilitator: Sandvig Goal: To workshop ideas on manageable IT4D
projects. |
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3:00pm Coffee Break |
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3:30pm Session 4 Transportability & Benchmarks |
Facilitator: Tambini Guests: Tambo on “Major Lessons from the OECD Global Forums”;
Yamanaka
on TO COME; Scott on “ICTs, Livelihoods, and Small-Scale Producers”; Laing on the
“Attachment to Links Project”. Questions: Which Internet-related development
strategies have been successful, if any? Is the Internet in fact
revolutionizing the workings of development policy? Since access to Internet
is limited to elite groups, can the Internet realistically improve the
quality of life for people in developing countries? Goal: To generalize from lessons from specific development
projects and strategize about how these lessons can be transported to other
parts of the world |
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5:00pm Reception |
This will be held at the new Said
Business School and transportation is provided. Thanks to the Oxford Internet Institute, the international
research team of the World Internet Project will join us. |