WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?

Matthew Parry (mailto:mparry@NTCA.ORG)
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 17:11:16 -0400 

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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1998 17:11:16 -0400
From: Matthew Parry <mailto:mparry@NTCA.ORG>
Subject:      WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU


COME AND SHARE...WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, AND WE ALL
HAVE SOMETHING TO LEARN


WHAT: NTCA-World Bank First International Conference on Rural
Telecommunications: There Are No Boundaries


WHY: To share and learn from case studies and real-life experiences
finding creative methods to provide telecommunications service in rural
areas


WHO: Policy makers, regulators, telecommunications company
employees, NGOs, community development groups, bilateral and
multilateral donors, and others


WHEN: November 30 - December 2, 1998


WHERE: Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA


JUST 58 DAYS UNTIL THE CONFERENCE BEGINS. DON'T DELAY
REGISTERING!   SPACES ARE FILLING UP. THE SPECIAL HOTEL PRICE
EXPIRES NOVEMBER 7.  (Make sure you mention the conference when
registering to get the special rate).


PRESENTATIONS AND SESSIONS INCLUDE...


Universal Service versus Universal Access...Using Wireless Internet
Technology to Serve Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo Villages...Overcoming Social,
Economic and Cultural Challenges in Launching Telemedicine Centers in
Rural South Africa... The Impact of Privatization and Exclusivity on Rural
IT Development...Serving Difficult Terrain in the Andes Mountains, the
Jungles of New Guinea, the Desert of Egypt, and the Arctic


and


Telecenter Organization and Development...Case Study of a New
Satellite Access Network in Turkey... Creative Ways to Provide Internet
to Rural Areas...Serving a Native American Reservation...Electronic
Conferencing for Russian Farmers...The Link Between Gender Issues
and Telecommunications...Internet Telephony


and


Universal Access and Competition in the Philippines...Telecommunications
for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development -- Applications, Tools
and Content...Rebuilding Rural Telephony in Guatemala After the Civil
War...Transnational and Domestic Telemedicine Applications in Russia,
Finland and South Africa... The Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation's
Internet Program for Remote Areas...The Grameen Bank's Village
Telephone Program and Village Internet Program...The Bottom-Up
Approach --Community-Owned Telecommunications Systems...VSAT
and
Satellite Deployment and Rural Service


AND A GREAT, GREAT DEAL MORE


For more conference information and to download a registration form,
please visit us at:   www.ntca.org/intl/conf/index.html