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Program
"Innovations in Mobile Use" Pre-conference Workshop
21-22 June 2010
Day 1 (21st June 2010)
| 0900-0930 |
Registration (Tea and snacks will be provided) |
| 0930-0940 |
Welcome address by Arul Chib (Assistant Director, SiRC) |
| 0940-1010 |
Keynote address by Alex Siow (Head, IS & Business Excellence, Starhub) |
| 1010-1140 |
Mobile & social groups in Asia: Richard Ling, Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Sociologist, Telenor Research and Innovation
- Bottom of the Pyramid Expenditure Patterns on Mobile Phone Services in Selected Emerging Asian Countries, Aileen Agüero, Harsha de Silva, LIRNEasia
- ‘Mobile phones are just like our hands and legs’– the use of mobile phones by disabled persons in China, Lin Jin, National University of Singapore
- Mobile Phone and Impact on Status of Women in Rural India, Balwant Singh Mehta, SIRCA Grant Awardee
- Connection vs. Control: Mobile phone usage of foreign domestic workers in Singapore, Trisha Lin, Shirley Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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| 1140-1300 |
Lunch / Browse SIRCA Poster Display
Introduction to SIRCA by Arul Chib (Assistant Director, SiRC)
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| 1300-1400 |
Speed presentation of 12 projects (3 mins + 3 slides each) |
| 1400-1530 |
Mobiles & Learning: Harsha de Silva, Lead Economist/ Project Director, LIRNEasia
- Mobile people, mobile societies, mobile cultures not just mobile learning, John Traxler, University of Wolverhampton / Learning Lab
- An m-learning reflexivity: Learning about the mobile and using the mobile for learning, Fernando Paragas, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Texting among like aged persons, Richard Ling, Telenor Research and Innovation
- The Media Convergence Lifestyle Profile in Thailand, Parichart Saithanoo, Thammasat University
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| 1530-1550 |
Break |
| 1550-1720 |
Mobile theory & culture: Alexander Flor, Professor, and Dean of the University of the Philippines
- Redefining Mobile Society: Emerging Concepts and Theories of Wireless Communication, Deb Aikat, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Mobile Phones without Guarantees: The Promises of Technology and the Contingencies of Culture, Cara Wallis, Texas A&M University
- The skillful management of mobile phones’ ring in institutional social performances, Christian Licoppe, Telecom Paristech
- Mobile Internet in France: between innovation and social contexts of media reception, Corrine Martin, Université Paul Verlaine
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| 1800-2100 |
Cultural Activity |
End of day 1
Day 2 (22nd June 2010)
| 1000-1130 |
Mobile emotions & relationships: Roger Harris, Independent Consultant & Activist, ICT for Poverty Reduction in Asia
- Out of touch? On the lack of emotional support over the mobile phone, Orit Ben Harush, Queensland University of Technology
- A World More Intimate: Exploring the Role of Mobile Phones in Maintaining and Extending Social Networks, Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto
- Does mobile phone make egalitarian couples? The Effect of Mobile Phone Use on Perceived Behavioral Control in Romantic Relationships by Ban-ya kim, Seoul National University
- Constant Connections: Piloting a mobile phone based peer support program for Nuer (southern Sudanese) women, Dennis Wollersheim, La Trobe University
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| 1130-1300 |
Lunch / Browse SIRCA Poster Display |
| 1300–1430 |
Mobile and Space: Vibodh Parthasarathi, Associate Professor at the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- Mobile Communications and the Public Sphere in South Korea: Possibilities and Limitations, Hyun-Chin Lim, Seoul National University
- Mobile Internet Uses in Everyday Life and a Sense of Place: A Korean Case Study, Dong-Hoo Lee, University of Incheon
- “Simply leaving my house would even be scarier”: How mobile phones alter women’s perception of safety and experiences of public places, Kathleen M. Cunmiskey, College of Staten Island - City University of New York
- United States’ Rural Poor: Emerging Mobile Markets in Appalachia, Meghan Peirce, Ohio University
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| 1430-1450 |
Break |
| 1450-1620 |
Mobiles, Future & Youth: John Traxler, Professor of Mobile Learning at the University of Wolverhampton & Director of Learning Lab
- The Future of the Public Phone: Findings from a six-country Asian study on telecom use at the BOP, Nirmali Sivapragasam, LIRNEasia
- ‘Movable Type: Findings from the Young, Mobile, Networked Study’, Kate Crawford, University of New South Wales
- Users’ perspectives on an evolving mobile media ecology. Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile Internet by American and German college students, Lee Humphreys, Cornell University; Veronika Karnowski, LMU München; Thilo Von Pape, Universität Hohenheim
- The Mobile Music Device Uses and Gratifications: The Interactions of the Mobile Music Device Uses and Motivations, Yi-Fan Chen, Old Dominion University
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| 1620-1630 |
Closing Remarks by Richard Ling (Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Sociologist, Telenor Research and Innovation) |
| 1630-1700 |
Wrap-up session |
End of day 2
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