Third Annual Workshop on ICT and Global Development, St Louis, US
12 December 2010 - 12 December 2010
United States
The Third Annual Workshop on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Global Development will take place on 12 December 2010 in St Louis, US.
While much of the world's population is challenged by poverty, information and communications technologies can play an important role in alleviating this situation. New wireless technologies, for example, do not require massive investments in infrastructure and can enable communications, e-government, and telemedicine to be brought to even the most distant and impoverished populations.
Following earlier events, this edition will again provide a forum for discussion of practical experience and research related to the diffusion and use and of ICT in developing regions of the world. Session topics are set to include:
- social, political and legal frameworks for fostering ICT diffusion in developing regions,
- curricula in global development,
- methods for measuring the benefits and costs of projects involving the adoption of ICT,
- the role of human and social capital in effective access and use of ICT,
- critical and theoretical perspectives on the digital divide and social inclusion,
- scalable and economic ICT infrastructures
- educational systems,
- content provision and delivery,
- policies related to intellectual capital, such as open access and the
intellectual commons, - ICT to support Small and Medium Enterprise (SME),
- technological entrepreneurship as a path to prosperity.For further information, please visit: http://www.globdev.org/?q=node/85(opens in new window)
While much of the world's population is challenged by poverty, information and communications technologies can play an important role in alleviating this situation. New wireless technologies, for example, do not require massive investments in infrastructure and can enable communications, e-government, and telemedicine to be brought to even the most distant and impoverished populations.
Following earlier events, this edition will again provide a forum for discussion of practical experience and research related to the diffusion and use and of ICT in developing regions of the world. Session topics are set to include:
- social, political and legal frameworks for fostering ICT diffusion in developing regions,
- curricula in global development,
- methods for measuring the benefits and costs of projects involving the adoption of ICT,
- the role of human and social capital in effective access and use of ICT,
- critical and theoretical perspectives on the digital divide and social inclusion,
- scalable and economic ICT infrastructures
- educational systems,
- content provision and delivery,
- policies related to intellectual capital, such as open access and the
intellectual commons, - ICT to support Small and Medium Enterprise (SME),
- technological entrepreneurship as a path to prosperity.For further information, please visit: http://www.globdev.org/?q=node/85(opens in new window)