[LINK] Broadband Development and Public Policy, Canberra, 11 December

[Tom Worthington]

Adam Johns from the ANU's Australia - Japan 
Research Centre  <http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au> 
asked me to pass on this invitation to a free 
workshop Broadband Policy. I attended the one 
last year, which was worthwhile. Numbers are 
limited and you need to RSVP by the 5th December 
for catering purposes to <adam.johns(a)anu.edu.au>.

Also on in early December are:

* Australian IPv6 Summit 2006, Canberra, 4-6 December 2006
* Australian Telecommunication Networks and 
Applications Conference 2006, Melbourne, 4-6 December 2006
* Australia-Korea-New Zealand Broadband Summit, Adelaide, 7-8 December 2006
See: <http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/labels/Korea.html>

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Australia - Japan Research Centre in conjunction 
with National Institute for Informatics, Tokyo

Broadband Development and Public Policy

Monday 11 December
Seminar Room 4, Floor 1 Crawford Building ANU, Canberra.

9:00am – 9:10 Welcome – Professor Jenny Corbett (Executive Director, AJRC)

9:10am – 10:30 Session 1: Broadband Development and Role of Government

Chair: Professor Franco Papandrea (University of Canberra)

Jong Kwan Lee (Crawford School, ANU)
What is the locomotive of broadband development – 
Government or Market? A case study of Korea

Adam Johns (Crawford School, ANU)
The limits of policy intervention in broadband 
take-up: a cross-national comparison

10:30 – 11:00  Morning Tea

11:00 –   12:30 pm  Session 2: Broadband Policy

Chair: Noboru Sonehara (National Institute for Informatics)
Discussant: Richard Thwaites (Rich Communications)

Deborah Anton (Department of Communications 
Information Technology and the Arts)
Broadband development policy in Australia

Katsuya Watanabe (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Broadband policy in Japan

12:30pm–1:15  Lunch

1:15 pm – 3:15 Session 3: Broadband and Public Private Partnerships

Chair: Professor Christopher Findlay (University of Adelaide)

Masashi Ueda (National Institute for Informatics)
Broadband Infrastructure Building in Japan: Market and Public Policy

Jeff Fountain (Crawford School, ANU)
Broadband Public Private Partnerships: Narrowing the Access Divide

3:15pm  Closing Remarks – Professor Jenny Corbett (Executive Director, AJRC)
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