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LIRNEasia at Global Event on Measuring the Information Society
Helani Galpaya is attending the 2008 Global Event on Measuring the Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland on 27 – 29 May. She is acting as a Facilitator in a session on Advancing the ICT Agenda .
The Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative to improve the availability and quality of ICT [...]
Expert Forum on ICT Sector Indicators and Benchmark Regulation for SAARC Regulatory Authorities
An Expert Forum on ICT Sector Indicators and Benchmark Regulation for SAARC Regulatory Authorities will be held in Changi Village Hotel, Singapore on 14 – 15 June 2008 following the 12th LIRNE.net course on Telecom Reform.
The Forum will focus on using specific indicators to benchmark performance of the sector as well as the regulatory [...]
LIRNEasia public lecture makes it to the press
On 25 February 2008, LIRNEasia held a public lecture on “Benefits of ICT applications to farmers with emphasis on transaction costs” and it has been covered in the Nation, Morning Leader, Financial Times, and Ravaya.
Interview with LIRNEasia researcher featured on New Digital South
The New Digital South website, under its New School of Thought series, features an interview with LIRNEasia’s Director, Strategic Development, Helani Galpaya. Helani talks about the challenges of e-Gov in developing countries. See full interview here.
Workshop on Transaction Costs and Traceability: Potential for ICTs in the Agricultural Value Chain
21 – 23 February 2008 at Kandalama Hotel, Kandalama, Sri Lanka
LIRNEasia hosted a Workshop to discuss the policy level implications and business level possibilities of using ICTs to reduce transaction costs in the agricultural value chain as well as to improve traceability and enhance quality of products sold. The Workshop brought together key stakeholders [...]
The award goes to…LIRNEasia!
Ms. Helani Galpaya presented “Taking e-Government to the Bottom of the Pyramid: dial-a-Gov?” co-authored by herself, Prof. Rohan Samarajiva and Ms. Shamistra Soysa at the 1st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2007) held in Macao on the 10 – 13 December 2007.
This paper won the “Best Paper in the Practice” [...]
LIRNEasia researchers to present at TPRC
Two of our researchers have been selected to present papers at the 35th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy which will be held in Virginia, USA on September 28-30, 2007.
Helani Galpaya will present “The Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) Assessment: methodology and implementation results from six emerging economies” at the session on Trade and [...]
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