ICT for the Next Five Billion People

From the reviews: "An edited volume of papers presented at a conference held in Germany. ... Its relative brevity may make it attractive to those seeking a quick oversight of issues and debates, while lectures may recommend it to their students in the hope that the style adopted--transcribed presentations with the accompanying slides--will encourage them to read the various chapters. ... Some of the examples cited in the various chapters are interesting ... . All things considered, one for the library." (Jason Whalley, Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 42 (3), July-September, 2011)

• 1 Opening Remarks, Prof. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München, Munich. - 2 ICT for the Poor at Large Scale: Innovative Connections to Markets and Services, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). - 3 People Driven Innovation – How to create the Demand for ICT Solutions in Underserved Areas, Kazi Islam, Grameen Solutions Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh. - Applications for Emerging Economies, Chair: Josef Lorenz, Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich. - 4 Transfer of services to emerging markets – mobile services, m-payment & m-health, Stanley Chia, Vodafone Group R&D. - 5 Incubating Micro Enterprises in Rural South Africa – The Use Case of Virtual Buying Cooperatives, Christian Merz, SAP Research, Karlsruhe. - 6 “What can we learn from the Developing World?“ Impact of Mobile Applications from developing Markets on Mature Economies, Prof. Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa. - Business Models For Sustainable Development, Chair: Christian Merz, SAP Research, Karlsruhe. - 7 Mobile Broadband Community Centers, Jean-Marc Cannet, Alcatel-Lucent, Velizy. - 8 Myths about ICT for the Other Billions, Dr. Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore, India. - Fordable Infrastructure For Everyone, Everywhere, Chair: Prof. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München. - 9 From Voice to Broadband Data – Affordable Communications in Emerging Markets, Frank Oehler, Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo Finland. - 10 Leapfrogging ICT with Cloud Computing in Emerging Countries, Dr. Hagen Wenzek, Corporate Strategy, IBM, Armonk, NY. - 11 Panel Discussion. - ICT and Economics Development in Underserved Markets – A Chicken and Egg Problem, Chair: Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,Munich. - 12 Closing Remarks, Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. - Appendix . - List of Speakers and Chairmen.