El uso del Internet en las Américas
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Internet use in the Americas
A Research Workshop

 
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AGENDA
Thursday June 16

 8:30 AM
Welcome

 

 		 - Enrique Cabrero Mendoza
   CIDE
- Kenneth Flamm UT Austin
   UT Austin
- Judith Mariscal Avilés
   CIDE 		 


8:45 AM
Workshop Opening

   - Jorge Álvarez Hoth
   Subsecretario de Comunicaciones, SCT

9:00 AM
Panel 1

 Moderator:
Shane Greenstein

Discussant:
Bill Leher

Q&A Leader:
Graham Vivkery
 

  Panel 1: Diffusion of the Internet
  - Spatial Analysis of Broadband Diffusion in the United States
   Tony Grubesic
    University of Cincinnati
  - The (Teaching) Role of Universities in the Diffusion of the Internet
   Avi Goldfarb
    University of Toronto
  - Internet Use in Public Administration in Chile and Mexico
   Eugenio Rivera
    CIDE
   - Trends in US Broadband Adoption and Implications for US Policymakers
   John Horrigan
    Pew Internet Project
 
11:00 AM
  
- Coffee Break
  


11:15 AM
Panel 2

Moderator:
Shane Greenstein

Discussant:
Sharon Strover

Q&A Leaders:
Eugenio Rivera,
Ed Macrum

  Panel 2: Differing Models for Internet Access
  - Broadband Access is Really Local: Challenges for Municipal Networking
   Bill Lehr
    MIT
- Internet Use in Peru: Collective Access as the Principal Internet Access
   Ana María Fernández
    Delft University of Technology
- Cybercafes in Mexico-Reconfiguring Digital Inclusion:
   Proposals for the Next Sexenio
   Scott Robinson
     UAM
- Access for All: Public Libraries and the Internet
   Anindya Chaudhuri
     UT Austin
1:30 PM
Luncheon
  Luncheon Keynote:
  - U.S. Broadband Policy
  John Kneuer
    Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
    U.S.A.

2:30 PM
Roundtable

Moderator:
Scott Robinson

Discussant:
Carlos Silva
  Roundtable: e-Mexico
  - The e-Mexico National System: Towards the Infromation Society
   Jorge Fabio de Léon
   e-Mexico   
  - Movil Internet
   T.B.A.
   Telefonica   		  
- Service Convergence in Mobil Networks
   Gustavo Cantu
   Nextel 		  
- Towards a Latin American and Caribbean Infromation Society Action Plan
   Marcio Wohlers
   CEPAL 


3:45 PM
Panel 3

Moderator:
Rob Stephens

Discussant:
Jim Prieger

Q&A Leaders:
Gary Chapman,
John Horrigan

  Panel 3: Business Use of the Internet
  - Adaptive Integration of the Internet and e-Business in US Firms
   Ken Kraemer
   UCI   
  - Use of the Internet for e-Business Applications
   Graham Vickery
   OECD
  - How Did Location Affect Adoption of the Commercial Internet:
   Global Village vs. Urban Leadership
   Shane Greenstein 
   North Western University
  - Small is Digital? IT & Internet Diffusion in Brazil's SMEs
   Antonio Botelho
    PUC-Rio

5:45 PM
Roundtable

Moderator:
Ken Flamm

Discussant:
Luis Pablo Hinojosa

  Roundtable: Other Perspectives on Mexico's Internet
  - Experience with Government Internet Projects
   Carlos Jaso
    JG Soluciones Integrales S.C.
  - Tlalpan Digital
   Irak López
    INFOTEC
  - Internet Access in Mexico: Where Are We?
   Judith Mariscal
    CIDE
  - The Mexican Market for IP Telephony
   Todd Avery
    US Embasy
6:45 AM
   - end of session  
  Friday June 17


8:30 AM
Panel 4

 Moderator:
Judith Mariscal

Discussant:
Shane Greenstein

Q&A Leaders:
Chandler Stolp,
Antonio Botelho
 

  Panel 4: Empirical Studies of Internet Use
  - Do Cities Substitute for Internal Firm Resources? A Study of Advanced Internet    Technology Adoption
   Chris Forman
    Carnegie Mellon
  - The Role of Economics, Demographics, and State Policy in Broadband    Availability
   Kenneth Flamm
    UT Austin
  - New Estimates of Broadband Supply and Demand
   Jim Prieger
    UC Davis
  - A Capabilities Approach to Digital Inequalities: Rethinking Differentiated    Internet Use Among Latinos
   Martha Fuentes
    UT Austin
10:30 AM
  
- Coffee Break
  


10:45 AM
Panel 5

 Moderator:
Ken Kraemer

Discussant:
Chris Forman

Q&A Leaders:
Anindya Chaudhuri,
Ana Maria Fernandez
 

  Panel 5: Internet Infrastructure
  - Best Practices and Lessons from Internet Infrastructure Development    Initiatives
   Rob Stephens
    World Bank
  - Infraestructure Development from the Bottom Up: The Latin American    Experience
   Hernan Galperin
    U de San Andres / University of Southern California
  - Technology and Youth Livelihood Strategies: Latin America and Africa
   Ed Marcum
   Global Educational Partnership
  - Internet Use in Cuba
   Luis René Fernández
   U of Havana
  - Promoting Innovation: Impact of Local Competititon and Regulation on    Deployment of Advanced Telecommunicatons Services for Businesses
   David Gabel
   Queens College
1:30 PM
Luncheon
  Luncheon Keynote:
  - e-Government Policy
  Abraham Sotelo Nava
    Titular de Unidad de Gobierno Electronico y Politica de Tecnologia de la Informacion
    Secretaria de la Funcion Publica


2:30 AM
Panel 6

 Moderator:
Cristina Eguizabal
(Ford Foundation)

Discussant:
Tony Grubesic

Q&A Leaders:
Martha Fuentes,
Avi Goldfarb
 

  Panel 6: The Internet and Community Development
  - Missing Links: Lessons on the Digital Divide from Texas Telecomunications    Infraestructure Fund
   Gary Chapman
    UT Austin
  - Educational Policy and Community
   Erick Huesca
   ILCE		  
  - The Community Role in the Local Digital Divide
   Sharon Strover
   UT Austin
  - Impact of the Internet on Organizations and Social Movements in Central    America
   Kembly Camacho
   Fundacion Acceso
 
  - Internet 2: Its Role in Education and Research
   Carlos Casasus
   CUDI

5:00 PM
Roundtable

  Concluding Roundtable: What have we learned?
  Panelists:
Ken Kraemer, Rob Stephens, Scott Robinson, Antonio Botelho, Hernan Galperin, Sharon Strover, Ana María Fernández		  
5:45 PM
   - Workshop ends