Conference Presentations

Komathi Ale (Singapore)

  • Presentation on ―Examining community aspects of ICT in education initiatives: Case of the One Laptop per Child laptops in Indian schools‖ at the International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, in Istanbul, Turkey, 13-17 July 2011.
  • Presentation on ―Evaluating the impact of low-cost computers in education: An Indian field study‖ at the International Technology, Education and Development Conference, in Valencia, Spain, 7-9 March 2011.
  • Presentation on ―Cheap and good ICTs in education: Low-cost computers in Indian rural primary schools‖ at the Annual International Conference on Infocomm Technologies in Competitive Strategies (ICT 2010), in Singapore, 25-26 October 2010.

Rajiv George Aricat (Singapore)

  • Forthcoming presentation at the Second symposium of Asian PhD students in Communication Research, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 11-13 November 2011.

Mahfuz Ashraf (Bangladesh)

  • Presentation on ―Operationalizing the capability approach for evaluating the contribution of ICT to development at an ICT4D project in Bangladesh‖ at the IFIP WG9.4 Conference 2011 Partners for Development: ICT Actors and Actions, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 22-25 May 2011. Appointed as a Member of the Program Committee for this event.

Phal Des (Cambodia)

  • Presentation on ―Mobile innovations to promote protecting awareness against Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD): Showcasing mobile solutions designed for young Cambodian people‖, at IEEJ Japan-Cambodia Joint Symposium on Information Systems and Communication Technology 2011 (JCAICT 2011), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 6-8 January 2011.

Regina Hechanova (Philippines)

  • Presentation on ―Counseling OFWs: perspective of users, non-users and counselors‖ at the Psychological Association of the Philippines, 18 August 2011.
  • Presentation on ―Prospects for Online Counseling for Migrant Workers‖ at the Living the Information Society Conference, October 2010.

VLV Kameswari (India)

  • Presentation on ―New Communication Technologies for Agricultural Extension: A Relook at Public Extension in the Indian Context‖ at the International Conference on Future Imperatives of Communication and Information for Development and Social Change, organized by University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Thammasat University, in Bangkok, Thailand, 20-22 December 2010.
  • Presentation on ―ICTs and market participation of small scale farmers in the Indian Himalayan region‖ at the 5th Annual ACRON-REDECOM conference, in Lima, Peru, 19-20 May 2011.

Pham Huu Ty (Vietnam)

  • Invited to present his paper at the GSDI 12 World Conference, organized by GSDI Association, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia & the Pacific (PCGIAP) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA), in Singapore, 19-22 October 2010, but could not attend.
  • Presentation on ―Impoverishment Risks Due to Involuntary Displacement and Resettlement in the Hydroelectric Development Project: How Are They Managed?‖ at the ―2D, Equitable Resource Allocation and Poverty Reduction‖ session at the 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference in New York, 8-10 May 2011.
  • Presentation on ―Lessons learnt from a participatory intervention for livelihood restoration for hydropower development in Vietnam‖ at the Nature™ Inc? Questioning the Market Panacea in Environmental Policy and Conservation 2011, in the Netherlands, 30 June-2 July 2011.

Sirajul Islam (Bangladesh)

  • Presentation on ―Knowledge Management practices in e-Government: A developing country perspective‖ at the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2010), in Beijing, China, 25-28 October, 2010.
  • Presentation on ―The Bangladesh National Biometric Database: A Transferable Success?‖ at the 9th International conference on Electronic Government on Information Systems perspective (EGOVIS-DEXA, 2010), in Bilbao, Spain, 1-2 September, 2010.

Grace Mirandilla-Santos (Philippines)

  • Presentation on ―A-list Filipino Political Bloggers and Their Blog Readers: Who They Are, Why They Write/Read Blogs, and How They Perceive and Participate in Politics‖ at the ―The Filipino Blogosphere: Political Expression, Communication, and Participation‖ hosted by CRC at the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, on 26 February 2011 (http://www.scribd.com/doc/49764715/A-List-Filipino-Political-Bloggers-Readers-Mirandilla-NCPAG-Feb-26-11).
  • Presentation on ―A-list Filipino Political Bloggers and Their Blog Readers: Who They Are, Why They Write/Read Blogs, and How They Perceive and Participate in Politics‖ at the ―The Filipino Blogosphere: Political Expression, Communication, and Participation‖ hosted by CRC and Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc. in Cebu, Philippines, on 5 March 2011 (http://www.scribd.com/doc/50337529/Mirandilla-A-List-Filipino-Political-Bloggers-Readers-Cebu-Mar-5-11).
  • Presentation on ―A-list Filipino Political Bloggers and Their Blog Readers: Who They Are, Why They Write/Read Blogs, and How They Perceive and Participate in Politics‖ at the ―The Filipino Blogosphere: Political Expression, Communication, and Participation‖ hosted by CRC and Davao Bloggers in Davao, Philippines, on 9 April 2011 (http://www.scribd.com/doc/61359610/Mirandilla-A-List-Filipino-Political-Bloggers-amp-Readers-Davao-Apr-9-11).