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"Regional
Consultation on Local Language Computing Policy in Developing
Asia" |
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Program
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[Day1]
[Day2] [Day3] |
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Day0: Sunday January 21st, 2007:
Excursion
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Day1: Monday January 22nd, 2007
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Time |
Talk/Event |
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Opening
Session |
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9:30-9:40 |
Welcome Address |
Tashi
Phuentsog, Secretary Ministry of Information and Communications, Bhutan |
9:40-9:50 |
Introduction to International Development Research Center, Canada |
Maria
Ng Lee Hoon, Senior Regional Program Specialist, IDRC |
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9:50-10:00 |
PAN Localization Project |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain, Regional
Project Leader, PAN Localization project |
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10:00-10:10 |
Introduction to the
Consultation |
Dr.
Milagros Rivera, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
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10:10-10:40 |
Keynote Address |
Lauchlan Munro, Director, and Focal Point for Internal Audit, Policy and
Planning Group, IDRC |
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10:40-11:00 |
Address by the Chief Guest |
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11:00-11:30 |
Tea Break |
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Country
Reports on Language/ Localization Policy |
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11:30-11:50 |
Afghanistan |
Aimal Marjan, Director General ICT, Ministry of Communication |
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11:50-12:10 |
Bangladesh |
A. A. Munir Hasan, National Project Coordinator
for ICT, Prime
Minister's Office, Govt. of Bangladesh |
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12:10-12:30 |
Bhutan |
Pema Geyleg, DIT, Ministry
of Information and Communication |
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12:30-12:50 |
Cambodia |
Noy Shoung, Deputy Secretary
General, National ICT
Development Agency |
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12:50-2:00 |
Lunch Break |
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2:00-2:20 |
Indonesia |
Dr.
Sardjoeni Moedjiono, Advisor, Ministry of International Collaboration
and Digital Divide |
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2:20-2:40 |
Japan |
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2:40-3:00 |
Korea |
Prof. Se Young Park,
Professor, Dept. of
Computer Engineering, Kyungpook National University |
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3:00-3:20 |
Laos PDR |
Dr. Maydom Chanthanasnh,
Vice President, Science Technology and Environment Agency |
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3:20-3:40 |
Mongolia |
Nyamkhuu Tsoodol,
General Director of Policy Planning Department, ICTA |
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3:40-4:00 |
Tea Break |
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4:00-4:20 |
Nepal |
Hon. Saroj Devkota, Vice-Chairman, High Level
Commission on IT (HLCIT) |
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4:20-4:40 |
Pakistan |
Mansoor Jafri, Director IT, Ministry of Information
Technology |
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4:40-5:00 |
Philippines |
Dr.
Emmanuel C. Lallana, Commissioner, Commission on Information and
Communications Technology, Office of the Philippine President |
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Day2:
Tuesday January 23rd, 2007
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Time |
Talk/Event |
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Country
Reports on Language/ Localization Policy |
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9:00-9:30 |
Sri Lanka |
Professor V. K. Samaranayak, Chairman, ICT Agency |
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9:30-9:40 |
Thailand |
Dr. Hugh Thaweesak
Koanantakool, Director, National
Electronics and Computer Technology Center |
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9:40-10:00 |
Vietnam |
Nguyen Trung Quynh,
Deputy General
Director,
IT Office, MoST |
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10:00-10:20 |
India |
Dr. Kewal
Krishna, Technical Director, National Informatics Centre, India |
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10:20-10:40 |
Africa |
Dr. Donald Osborn, Coordinator of the
PAN African Localisation Project, Bisharat.net |
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10:40-11:00 |
Tea Break |
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Regional
Reports on Language/ Localization Policy |
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11:00-11:20 |
Asian Language Resource
Network (ALRN) |
Dr. Hasida Koiti (Koichi
Hashida),
Deputy Director, Information Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
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11:20-11:50 |
W3C |
Richard Ishida,
Internationalization
Activity Lead, W3C |
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11:50-12:10 |
AFNLP |
Prof. Benjamin Tsou, Professor
& Chair, City University
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Hong Kong/ AFNLP |
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12:10-12:30 |
IPR and Licensing |
Rajesh Sreenivasan, Partner, Rajah and Tann
Private Limited |
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12:30-1:00 |
General Discussion |
All |
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1:00-2:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Group
Discussions on Focus Areas |
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2:00-2:30 |
Working Group Formation |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain and Dr.
Milagros Rivera |
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2:30-3:30 |
Break-out into Groups |
All |
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3:30-4:00 |
Tea Break |
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4:00-5:30 |
Group Discussions |
All |
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Day3: Wednesday January 24th, 2007
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