ICTD 2015: Public Access ICT: What we know about im...

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Break times for all days are as follows: Tea Break 10:30 am - 11 am | Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Tea Break 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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Public Access ICT: What we know about impact and how to amplify it - Panel / Roundtable

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What is the development role of telecenters, cybercafés, libraries and ICT training centers in a world increasingly inter-connected through mobiles? The discussion will focus on five topics: a review of recent public access impact findings, and a dialogue centered on four critical impact challenges: i. serving rural communities; ii. increasing women’s participation; iii. empowering low-income people; iv. expanding digital literacy.

Moderators

Osama Manzar

founder & director, digital empowerment foundation

Osama Manzar works towards Eradicating Information Poverty in India through Digital Interventions. Enabling people @ the edge of information and empowering unserved communities with access to information using Internet, Broadband and Wireless access through the use of open spectrum. Osama has written several books and writes regularly for Mint at http://livemint.com and sits at various committees at Ministry of Comm & IT and also Ministry of... Read More →

Speakers

Open Session

Open Session Type Panel, Roundtable Discussion
Tags single-session, Telecentres, Libraries, Public Access Computing, Rural, Digital Literacy, Women, Empowerment

ICTD 2015

Osama Manzar

Nor Alias Aziah

Dorothea Kleine

Marhaini Mohd N.

Patricia Peña

Francisco J Proenza

Marion Walton

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