Telecom for Rural Dev't Conf. proceedings

Don Richardson (mailto:drichard@uoguelph.ca)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:53:23 -0500

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Date:         Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:53:23 -0500
From: Don Richardson <mailto:drichard@uoguelph.ca>
Subject:      Telecom for Rural Dev't Conf. proceedings
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Release of Conference Proceedings - please circulate...

Conference proceedings for the "Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunication for Rural Development" Conference, hosted by the Don Snowden Program for Development Communication at the University of Guelph, Canada on October 26 & 27, 1998 are now on-line (finally!) at: http://www.telecommons.com

Proceedings include conference papers, list of participants, participant recommendations, photographs of the study tour undertaken by a group of international conference participants to sites in rural Ontario, and archives of the on-line "pre-conference" discussion that ran from Oct. 1 to Oct. 21/98.

Papers include:

Iqbal Quadir, Co-founder of Grameen Phone, Bangladesh - Connecting Bangladeshi Villages

Tony Williamson - Don Snowden, Participatory Communication and People-centred Development

Scott McConnell - Connecting with the Unconnected: Measuring the Impact of NGOs Use of the Internet on Unconnected Stakeholder Communities in Uganda

David Barr - The Positive Business Case for Rural Telecommunications

Mark Waldron - Grassroots Participation and Partnerships in Canada’s First National Rural Telecommunication Endeavour: National Farm Radio Forum – 1939-1965

Helen Aitkin - Radio Power: Radio Meets the Internet Around the World

Hugh Maynard - Farm Audio Information Program via the Internet: National Farm Radio Forum Meets the 21st Century

Angelita Martini - Bridging the Gap Between Community Participation and Policy Implementation in Health-related Telecommunications: an Australian Experience

Johan Ernberg - Review of the ITU MCT Pilot Project Programme: Towards a Framework for Impact Evaluation

Frank Tulus - ACACIA: Communities and the Information Society in Africa

Joanne Norris - Harnessing Information Communication Technology for Rural and International Development: International Pilot Project of Entrepreneurship Online

Sam Coghlan & John Moore: County of Oxford Integrated Network (COIN) + Partnerships = Sustainability

June Lennie, Lyn Simpson, Leonie Dawes - Rural Women & Communication Technology in Australia

Walter Gasparini - The Region of Waterloo Rural Community Network

Ann Joselin - Rural Telecon ’98: Report on Grassroots Telecom Initiatives in the USA

Tunde Adegbola - Infocommunes: Blending Modern Information and Communications Technologies with Traditional Practice

Brian Beaton - Connecting Remote First Nations to the Internet

Bruce Lusignan - Rural Telecommunication Projects of Stanford University's Communication Satellite Planning Center

Royal Colle - The Communication Shop: a Model for Private and Public Sector Collaboration and Communication…and Sustainable, Too!

Richard Fuchs - The Mice that Roared: Rural Telematics and Newfoundland’s Entry into the Information Economy

Esme Modisane - Community-based Access to Information and Communication Technologies

Terry Mosey - Staying in the Mainstream

Gerry Kenney - Communicating for Empowerment in Rural Areas

Heather Hudson - Beyond Infrastructure: Lessons for Rural Telecom Planning and Policy

Scott Robinson - Telecentres In Mexico: Learning The Hard Way

John Desmond - Wireless Technology Alternatives for Rural Telephony

Ricardo Ramirez - Measuring Rural Telecom Impact

Fred McGuinness - Community Access Rings the Cash Registers – case histories of how residents of small communities use the Internet

Don Richardson - Rural Telecommunication Services and Stakeholder Participation: Bridging the Gap Between Telecommunication Experts and Communication for Development Practitioners

For further information, contact mailto:info@snowden.org