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Written by Amy Mahan   
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
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Agenda for Wednesday, 7 March

Opening and Welcome – Ben Petrazzini (IDRC, Uruguay)
Introduction to LIRNE.NET and the World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies (WDR) –
                    Amy Mahan (LIRNE.NET, Uruguay), Bruce Girard (Comunica, Uruguay),

Keynote address: Edwin San Roman (SIDEC), former President of OSIPTEL;
                          with introduction by Le๓n Lev (President, URSEC)

Getting a clearer picture: Demand-side ICT data collection, Chair George Sciadas (IDRC, Canada)

DIRSI – Digital Poverty and Mobile Opportunities – Judith Mariscal (CIDE, Mexico)

LIRNEasia – Telecom Use on a Shoestring – Harsha de Silva (LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka)

Research ICT Africa! – African e-Index – Household and individual user survey – Alison Gillwald (LINK Centre)

Research ICT Africa! – African e-Index – SME Use – Godfred Frempong (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – CSIR, Ghana)

London School of Economics – Affordability issues – Claire Milne (Antelope Consulting)

Reflections on research and regulatory processes – Ceferino Namuncurแ (President, Regulatel)

Perspectives on telecom sector performance – Chair Amy Mahan (LIRNE.NET)

LIRNEasia – Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) Methodology  – Harsha de Silva

LINK Centre – Telecom Sector Performance Review – Steve Esselaar

DIRSI –  Accessibility of Mobile Telephony Services in Latin America  – Roxana Barrantes (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos), Hernan Galperin


Wireless opportunities for development and for the future – Chair Hernan Galperin (Universidad de San Andr้s, Argentina)

Propoor wireless solutions – Victor Hayes (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands)

Mobile telephony and transportation - Sebastian Ureta (Universidad Cat๓lica de Chile)

Technology and community owned networks – Sean O Siochru (UNDP / Nexus Research)

European wireless developments – Anders Henten (Technical University of Denmark)

Wireless cities: Tip of the policy iceberg or just a wireless solution? Marcio Wohlers (ECLAC / CEPAL)

Closing

Cocktail event