Talofa, Bula, Aloha, ... Please read the call for speakers to the Pacific Islands Telecommunication Ministers meeting and the Regional workshop on sector governance and regulation. The Telecommunication Ministers meeting event is of high importance for the development of Internet in the Pacific Region and we are looking for speakers.
Please submit a short summary of your proposed presentation to Robert Guild ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as well as a short biography. There are no registration fees to both meetings, but speakers must organise travel and accomodation. In the Pacific Island ICT meeting in August 2001 in Noumea, we invited Tony Hill from ISOC-AU (www.isoc.org) to present Internet and policy development to the representatives of more than 20 Pacific Island countries. The presentation was a real success (cf press release on ISOC web site). Please forward this call for speakers to interested parties. Franck Martin Network and Database Development Officer SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission Fiji E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: http://www.sopac.org/ <http://www.sopac.org/> Support FMaps: http://fmaps.sourceforge.net/ <http://fmaps.sourceforge.net/> This e-mail is intended for its addresses only. Do not forward this e-mail without approval. The views expressed in this e-mail may not be necessarily the views of SOPAC. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Guild [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2001 11:43 To: IT-PACNET (E-mail); Shiu Raj; Alex Nicolson Subject: [IT-PACNET] speaker for ICT events I am looking for a couple of keynote speakers for events early next year in Fiji: 1) Regional workshop on sector governance and regulation - someone who can speak from a business and investment perspective about the need for, and impacts of, better communications 2) Regional workshop on sector governance and regulation - someone who can deliver a successful case study of competition in ICT - either ISPs or fixed line vs cellular providers 3) Forum Communications Policy Meetings - someone who can speak about the development impacts, particularly but not exclusively in rural and poor areas, of better communications 4) Forum Communications Policy Meetings - someone who can deliver a successful case study of development in the ICT sector that stemmed from changes to national policy The first event will be in late February and the second event in either April or June. I have no budget for the first one and a small budget for the second. Your suggestions most welcome - thanks Dr Robert L. Guild Economic Infrastructure Adviser Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Private Mail Bag, Suva, FIJI Office: +679 312 600 Direct: 220 212 Fax: 300 192 Internet: http://www.forumsec.org.fj/
