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from 10-Sep-2009 to 11-Sep-2009
Information communication technologies (ICTs) are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels. This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aimed to share best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives laid out by Ministers.
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from 10-Apr-2008 to 11-Apr-2008
The aim of this workshop was to examine fibre investment across the OECD and look for best practices across a range of investment scenarios. Participants' presentations are now available.
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on 31-Jan-2007
The NSF/OECD Workshop brought together economists, policy-makers, social scientists and technologists, to consider a broad range of factors which have relevance for the future of the Internet.
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OECD Foresight Forum on Next Generation Networks
on 03-Oct-2006
The OECD's Information, Computer and Communications Policy Committee (ICCP) held a one-day international Forum on "Next Generation Networks: Evolution and Policy Considerations", which took place on Tuesday, 3 October 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. Forum agenda and presentations are available on this page.
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on 08-Mar-2006
This OECD workshop, to take place in Paris, will bring together policy-makers, leading academics, private sector organisations, and civil society organisations to discuss the trends shaping the future of the Internet, explore the various approaches –technical, regulatory, and economic– that are being taken or can be taken to create new functionality for and increased trust in the Internet, to promote its sustained growth and adoption, and to identify opportunities for increased international cooperation on pressing issues.
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from 02-Feb-2004 to 03-Feb-2004
Hosted by the European Commission, this OECD workshop explored the growing problem of spam, with a focus on the international dimension. Over 260 participants from government, business, civil society and the media met to explore the spam phenomenon on 2-3 February 2004.
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from 04-Jun-2002 to 05-Jun-2002
A second Broadband Workshop was held in Seoul, Korea on 4-5 June 2002, organised by the OECD Working Party on the Information Economy, the OECD Working Party on Telecommunication and Information Services Policy and the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication.
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from 21-Jan-2002 to 23-Jan-2002
Agenda with presentations for the OECD Global Conference on Telecommunications Policy for the Digital Economy to be held in Dubai, 21-23 January 2002.
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on 05-Dec-2001
The Workshop focused on the development of broadband infrastructure with particular emphasis on broadband rollout in different countries and implications for applications and use, including impacts on the digital divide. Presentations are available for downloading by clicking on the speakers' name.
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from 07-Jun-2001 to 08-Jun-2001
The Berlin Workshop focused on Internet traffic exchange and communications development. The aim was to bring together a mix of policy makers, industry and academics to discuss issues in a more informal environment.
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How the Internet is changing the world
Vint Cerf talks about the future of the Internet
Tim Berners-Lee talks about how an open Internet is key to driving innovation
