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"Regional Conference on Localized ICT Development & Dissemination Across Asia"

   
Program 

 

[Technology] [Training & Content]

   
 

[Day1]  [Day2]  [Day3] [Day4]  [Day5]

   
 

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Agenda for Training and Content Parallel Sessions

   

Role of Convener

 

• Gather all the session presentations before the session onto single laptop (and to hand them over to the organizers)

• Start the session on time

• Introduce the aim and scope of the session

• Briefly introduce the presenter as s/he is invited for presentation

• Time each presentation and ensure the presentations end in time

• Guide the session discussion after the presentations

• Summarize the session findings in last five minutes of the session and wrap up

• End the session on time

   

Role of Presenter

 

• Prepare presentation slides on the requested topic and make them available to the convener before the session

• Make the presentation available to the organizers for uploading onto the website

• Deliver the presentation within the allocated time

• Participate and answer queries in the general discussion at the end of the session

   

Day0: Sunday January 11th 2009: Excursion

8:00 – 5:00

Conference Tour (Pick up from the Hotel Lobby at 8:00am)

   

Day1: Monday January 12th, 2009

 

Time

Talk/Event

Speaker

Organization

09:00-10:00am

 

 

 

 

 

Opening Session and Introduction

Welcome Remarks

Phonpasit Phissamay

NAST, Lao PDR

Introduction to PAN L10n Project

Sarmad Hussain

NUCES, Pakistan

Opening Address by the Minister

Bountien Phissamay

NAST, Lao PDR

10:00-10:30am

Tea Break

10:30-12:00pm

Keynote on Technology:

Speech to Speech Translation

Satoshi Nakamura

SLC NICT/ATR, Japan

12:00-12:45pm

(10 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

Project Progress Summary

Convener

Phonpasit Phissamay

NAST, Lao PDR

RRC Technology

Sarmad Hussain

NUCES, Pakistan

RRC Training

Emmanuel C. Lallana

Ideacorp, Philippines

RRC Content

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

Regional Evaluation

Sana Shams

NUCES, Pakistan

12:45-1:30pm

Lunch Break

 

1:30-3:00pm

Introduction, Learning Objectives and Scope of Training Management Module - What is a Training Program, its purpose and structure

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

3:00-3:30pm

Tea Break

 

3:30-5:00pm

 

Who are the Stakeholders of a Training Program? Preparing a Training Needs Analysis

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

5:00-6:00pm

Preparing a Training Plan; Rationale, Objectives and Scope

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

6:00-7:00pm

Break

7:00 onwards

Conference Dinner (Pick up from the Hotel Lobby at 7:00pm)

 

 

   

Day2: Tuesday January 13th, 2009

 

Time

Talk/Event

Speaker

Organization

09:00-10:30am

Quality Planning in a Training Program; Use of Templates in Managing your Training Program; Selecting Your Trainer and Participants

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

10:30-11:00am

Tea Break

11:00-12:30pm

Preparing the Work Plan, Budget and Logistics of a Training Program

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch Break

1:30-3:00pm

 

Use of Equipment and Technology in a Training Program

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

3:00-3:30pm

Tea Break

3:30-5:00pm

What is Monitoring and Evaluation in a Training Program

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

5:00pm

Break

 

 

 

 

Day3: Wednesday January 14th, 2009

 

Time

Talk/Event

Speaker

Organization

09:00-10:30am

Use of Templates in Managing Your Training Program; Summary and Conclusion 

Emmanuel C. Lallana, Mayette Macapagal

Ideacorp, Philippines

10:30-11:00am

Tea Break

11:00-12:30pm

(15 min. each)

Local Language Computing Technology Training Programs across PAN L10n project I

 

Convener

Emmanuel C. Lallana

Ideacorp, Philippines

Bangladesh

Masum Billah

D.NET, Bangladesh

Bhutan

Dechen Chhoeden

DIT, Bhutan

Cambodia

Noy Shoung

NIDA, Cambodia

China

QunNuo

TAAAS

Lao PDR

Valaxay Dalaloy

NAST Lao PDR

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch Break

1:30-3:00pm

(15 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local Language Computing Technology Training Programs across PAN L10n project II; Summary and Conclusions

Convener

Emmanuel C. Lallana

Ideacorp, Philippines

Nepal

Rajendra Poudel

ENRD, Nepal

Pakistan

Huda Sarfraz

NUCES, Pakistan

Regional Evaluation Perspective

Sana Shams

NUCES, Pakistan

General Discussion on Challenges and Solutions for Training on ICTs based on Local Language Computing Technology

 

 

3:00-3:30pm

Tea Break

3:30-5:00pm

Guidelines for Local Language Content Development I: Content Planning, Development and licensing

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

5:00-6:00pm

Guidelines for Local Language Content Development II: Content Publishing Online, Dissemination and evaluation

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

6:00pm

Break

 

 

 

 

Day4: Thursday January 15th, 2009

 

Time

Talk/Event

Speaker

Organization

9:00-10:30am

(20 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cases of Local Language Content Development and Dissemination across Developing Asia: Examples from PAN L10n project

Convener

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Fatema Begum Labony

D.NET, Bangladesh

Bhutan

Dechen Chhoeden

DIT, Bhutan

Cambodia

Nguon Taing Leang

NIDA, Cambodia

Lao PDR

Valaxay Dalaloy

NAST Lao PDR

Nepal

Rajendra Poudel

ENRD, Nepal

Pakistan

Huda Sarfraz

NUCES, Pakistan

Regional Evaluation Perspective

Sana Shams

NUCES, Pakistan

General Discussion on Local language Content Development and Dissemination

 

 

10:30-11:00am

Tea Break

11:00-12:30pm

(10 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommendations for Local Language Content Development and Dissemination: Evaluation, Regional Cooperation and Policy

Convener

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Masum Billah

D.NET, Bangladesh

Bhutan

Dechen Chhoeden

DIT, Bhutan

Cambodia

Nguon Taing Leang

NIDA, Cambodia

Lao PDR

Valaxay Dalaloy

NAST Lao PDR

Nepal

Rajendra Poudel

ENRD, Nepal

Pakistan

Huda Sarfraz

NUCES, Pakistan

Regional Evaluation Perspective

Sana Shams

NUCES, Pakistan

General Discussion on Local language Content Evaluation, Regional Cooperation and Policy

 

 

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch Break

1:30-3:00pm

(10 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Technology to Access and Generation of Local Language Content: Bridging the Digital Divide

Convener 

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ. Bangladesh

Case of Bangladesh

Masum Billah

D.NET, Bangladesh

Case of Bhutan

Pema Choejey

 DIT, Bhutan

Case of Cambodia

Noy Shoung

NIDA, Cambodia

Case from Pakistan

Huda Sarfraz

NUCES, Pakistan

Case from Nepal

Amar Gurung

MPP, Nepal

Case from Sri Lanka

Ruvan Weerasinghe

UCSC, Sri Lanka

Need for Training

Emmanuel C. Lallana

Ideacorp, Philippines

General Discussion on Content Access and

Generation in Local Languages

 

 

3:00-3:30pm

Tea Break

3:30-6:00pm

(10 min. each)

GenderedOM: An Integrated Approach to Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Online

Sana Shams, Mudasir Mustafa

NUCES, Pakistan

6:00pm

Break

 

 

 

 

Day5: Friday January 16th, 2009

 

Time

Talk/Event

Speaker

Organization

9:00-10:30am

(10 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Policy Considerations for Development and Deployment of Local Language Computing and Content I

Convener

Sarmad Hussain

NUCES, Pakistan

Bangladesh

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

Bhutan

Pema Choejey

DIT, Bhutan

Cambodia

Noy Shoung

NIDA, Cambodia

Indonesia

Hammam Riza

BPPT

Japan

Hitoshi Isahara

NICT, Japan

Laos

Phonpasit Phissamay

NAST, Lao PDR

10:30-11:00am

Tea Break

11:00-12:30pm

(10 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Policy Considerations for Development and Deployment of Local Language Computing and Content II

Convener

Hammam Riza

IDRC, India

Mongolia

Batpurev Batchuluun

Infocon, Mongolia

Nepal

Amar Gurung

MPP, Nepal

Pakistan

Sarmad Hussain

NUCES, Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Ruvan Weerasinghe

UCSC, Sri Lanka

Thailand

Virach Sornlertlamvanich

NECTEC, Thailand

African Perspective

Dwayne Bailey

Translate.org, South Africa

General Discussion on Challenges and Solutions

 

 

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch Break

1:30-3:00pm

(10 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation of Progress, and Suggestions for the Future

Convener

Amar Gurung

MPP, Nepal

RRC Technology

Sarmad Hussain

NUCES, Pakistan

RRC Training

Emmanuel C. Lallana

Ideacorp, Philippines

RRC Content

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

Regional Evaluation

Sana Shams

NUCES, Pakistan

General Discussion

 

 

3:00-3:30pm

Tea Break

3:30-5:30pm

(5 min. each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability of the work and PAN L10n network: Vision Beyond 2010

Convener

Sarmad Hussain

NUCES, Pakistan

Bangladesh

Mumit Khan

BRAC Univ., Bangladesh

Bhutan

Pema Choejey

DIT, Bhutan

Cambodia

Chea Sok Huor

MoEYS, Cambodia

China

QunNuo

TU, China

Indonesia

Mirna Adriani

UI, Indonesia

Laos

Phonpasit Phissamay

NAST, Lao PDR

Mongolia

Batpurev Batchuluun

Infocon, Mongolia

Nepal

Amar Gurung

MPP, Nepal

Pakistan

Sana Shams

NUCES, Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Ruvan Weerasinghe

UCSC, Sri Lanka

IJCNLP

Virach Sornlertlamvanich

NECTEC, Thailand

Japan

Hitoshi Isahara

NICT, Japan

Africa

Dwayne Bailey

Translate.org, South Africa

General Discussion on Sustainability of Work and

Network

 

 

5:30pm

Break

 

 


 

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