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News & Events
News
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19-Jun-2008
This Policy Guidance on Convergence and Next Generation Networks presents a number of principles which could be used by policy makers to reassess regulations and policies and to ensure existing frameworks do not hamper convergence, investment and choice in the marketplace.
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18-Jun-2008
In his opening remarks at the Seoul Ministerial meeting, Angel Gurría reminded the audience that the Internet has already become a leading engine of economic growth, accounting for some 20% of OECD countries’ GDP. He added, however, that there are a number of “pressure points” and that policy-makers must act now, both to secure the Internet’s future and to help promote convergence, creativity and confidence.
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18-Jun-2008
Stepped up actions to combat online identity theft, strengthen mobile commerce business practices, and promote more transparency and consumer flexibility in communication services were highlighted at a high-level OECD meeting on the future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, Korea on 17-18 June.
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18-Jun-2008
This report examines how risks to the critical information infrastructure are assessed and managed in general terms, the emerging and existing models for public-private information sharing, and the national responses to the growing need for cross-border collaboration. It includes a comparative analysis of the development of policies for the protection of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII) in Australia, Canada, Korea, Japan, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Events
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on 05-May-2008
The OECD Washington Center regularly holds OECD Breakfast Series events to promote OECD work, and to give the Washington audience a chance to interact with OECD officials. The presentation will provide information on developments and trends, focusing in particular on the growing use of the Internet to conduct ID crime. Efforts to combat the theft will be described, as will policy guidance that was recently approved by the OECD's Committee on Consumer Policy. The discussants will provide further insights on how issues are affecting consumers in Canada and the United States.
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from 29-Nov-2007 to 30-Nov-2007
This conference will consider innovation in the software sector from an economic perspective, taking into account the factors that drive innovation, including key framework conditions.
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on 03-Oct-2007
Experts and thinkers from leading companies, research institutes, citizen groups and the public sector set out their vision of the next-generation Internet, its enhanced interactivity, and how users, business, scientists, citizen groups and governments will exploit its new possibilities. This event also featured a live conference blog, webcast and other remote participation tools.
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on 22-May-2007
The workshop reviewed studies of the impacts of broadband roll-out and use: a) on economic performance at aggregate level and in the business sector, and b) on the geographical distribution of economic activity and employment, on content producers and users, and on households. It covered recent and ongoing analysis for as a wide range of OECD countries.
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from 22-Apr-2007 to 23-Apr-2007
This workshop, held in Manila, Philippines, was the first part of joint work on the subject of malware being undertaken by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Telecommunications and Information Working Group (TEL) and the OECD. Proceedings are available.
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