[Chapter-delegates] WEBCAST TODAY: Asia Internet Symposium Kathmandu – ‘Local Content : Prospects and Challenges’

[Joly MacFie]

The webcast archive is at http://bit.ly/AISKathmandu


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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> In a study released in 2011 - The Relationship Between Local Content,
> Internet Development, and Access Prices<http://www.internetsociety.org/localcontent> the
> Internet Society, the OECD, and UNESCO jointly reported that local content
> was key to the development of Internet access. In this event today the ways
> and means are tackled, looking at a special case - Nepal - where there are
> 123 spoken languages.  It is just about to begin.
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>   joly posted: "Today, Tuesday October 1 2013 the Asia Internet Symposium
> (AIS) is being held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is the 6th AIS in the last
> year, with previous events having taken place in Manila (twice), Sydney,
> Gangtok, and Kolkata. The theme of AIS Kathmandu is"
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>   [image: AIS Kathmandu]<http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/aiskathmandu.png>Today,
> Tuesday October 1 2013 the Asia Internet Symposium<http://www.internetsociety.org/events/asia-internet-symposium-kathmandu-2013>(AIS) is being held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is the 6th AIS in the last
> year, with previous events having taken place in Manila (twice), Sydney,
> Gangtok, and Kolkata. The theme of AIS Kathmandu is 'Local Content :
> Prospects and Challenges' and participants will examine how local content
> in a developing country (Nepal) is created, exchanged and adapted. The
> event will discuss challenges linked with local content development in a
> country with 123 languages spoken as mother tongue. Speakers include
> Internet Society Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau Director Rajnesh Singh. AIS
> Kathmandu will be webcast via the Internet Society Chapters webcasting
> channel <http://bit.ly/isoctv>. Nepal is 9hrs 45mins ahead of NYC.
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> *What*: Asia Internet Symposium Kathmandu<http://www.internetsociety.org/events/asia-internet-symposium-kathmandu-2013>
> *Where*: Yak and Yeti Hotel, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu
> *When*: Tuesday October 1 2013 2pm - 6pm NST || 0815-1215 UTC | 0415-0815
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> *Agenda*:
> http://www.internetsociety.org/events/asia-internet-symposium-kathmandu-2013
> *Webcast*: http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters
> *Twitter*: #AISKathmandu<https://twitter.com/search?q=AISKathmandu&src=typd&f=realtime>
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