Investing in Infrastructure:
Strategies to Increase
Internet Access in the Developing World
Columbia Institute for
Tele-Information
Uris Hall, Room 326,
Registration:
Introduction:
Heather Hudson, Director, Telecommunications
Management and Policy Program,
Eli Noam, Director, CITI
Robert Atkinson, Deputy Director, CITI [presentation]
Session I: Demand
and Investment Opportunities in Developing Regions,
Chair: Noemy Wachtel, Vice President, Finance, TANFEL Enterprises [presentation]
Heather Hudson, “Discovering Demand: Strategies to Increase Internet Access in Developing Countries” [presentation]
Eric Nelson, CompassRose International, “Investing in Telecoms for Developing Markets: Shifting the Paradigm [presentation]
John Ryan, RHK, “Accelerating Internet Adoption in Developing Nations [presentation]
Ken Zita, Network Dynamics, “Investing in
Telecommunications in Developing Regions of
Lunch:
Session: II: Investment
Strategies and Policy Issues
Chair: Raul Katz, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
Ed Malloy, USAID, “E-Strategies for Developing Regions”
Isabel Neto, MIT, “Wireless Networks for the Developing World [presentation]
Ornella Napolitano, IFC, “Public-Private Partnerships in ICT Investment” [presentation]
Discussant: Timothy
Wendt, Affiliated Research Fellow, CITI; and Director,
Break
Session III: Innovative
Business Strategies: Case Studies
Chair: Heather Hudson
Michel
John Raffetto, IT
Strategies, “Broadband in the Bush: GCI in
Dan Sieben, E-Bridge International, “Internet Services for the Base of the Pyramid” [presentation]
Wrap-up:
Reception