IIC Telecom and Media Forum Bahrain 2009 Digital Broadband: Market and Policy Implications Slidecasts
.jpg) IIC's mid year TMF was convened in Bahrain to investigate how economic development, broadband infrastructure deployment and communications policy are linked.
 Some slidecasts from the event are available below. For information to receive the full set of 24 presentations, contact enquiries@iicom.org
Communications development in Saudi Arabia
HE Dr Abdulrahman Al-Jafary, Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission in Saudi Arabia reviews the range of challenges and tasks facing the communications regulator
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Impact of the Economic Crisis
Dr Raul Katz of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at the Columbia Business School in the USA discusses the challenges and options open to the telecommunications and media industries in a time of financial crisis
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Singapore's Next Generation Broadband Network
Andrew J Haire, Deputy Director General (Telecoms and Post) of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore discusses the prospect of deploying and regulating a major new communications network inititiative in Singapore
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Broadband opportunities and challenges
Khawla Al Jaber, Broadband Business Advisor at the Zain Group discusses the possibility of service provider competition in the communications sector in Middle East and North Africa
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How to stimulate widespread adoption of broadband
Ramzi Raad, Chairman and CEO at TBWA/RAAD Middle East indicates that the Middle East from small beginnings has become one of the world's fastest growing media markets
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Why content owners and governments need to catch up with the Arab internet audience
 Ahmed Nassef, Vice President of the Maktoob Group discusses perceptions and actuality of the Arab and Middle East media and online audiences
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Broadband deployment: regulation and public policy
Anastacio Ramos, Director International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Verizon in the USA argues that broadband drives economic growth but there are significant policy issues raised by convergence
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Role of regulation and policy in promoting national broadband development
Mahmoud Zaghalil, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Zain in Jordan discusses how governments and policymakers should promote and incentivize broadband development and rollout
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Promotion of broadband: insights from Bahrain
Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Director General at the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Bahrain discusses how the country is liberalizing its communications provision and moving from service based competition to infrastructure based competition
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IIC Telecom and Media Forum Brussels 2009 Slidecasts
 The Enabling Role of ICT to Improve Productivity and Industrial Competitivness. Hassan Alkas of the European Commission discusses conceptual frameworks for analysis and policy development in the financial crisis.
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Data Privacy and Protection in the Digital Age Audiocasts
 Privacy is emerging as the critical concern for all aspects of electronic media. In this groundbreaking meeting, hear 7 specialists discuss regulatory policy, media concerns and industry response. The first two audiocasts are available from the IIC UK Chapter event held in February 2009.
Click here for Rosa Barcelo on emerging ePrivacy initiatives in the European Commission
Click here for David Evans from the UK Information Commissioner's Office on pragmatic policy formulation at national level.
IIC International Media Literacy Forum 2008 Hong Kong SAR China Videocasts
 Media literacy is predicted to be as important in this century as book literacy was in the last. In this major world conference, experts debate the most important developments and strategies that will drive this compelling field forward.
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