5.2.3 Participation at conferences, panel discussions and workshops
WSIS Forum, Geneva, June 2015
The 2015 WSIS Forum held in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2015 was attended by Helani Galpaya.
UN-DESA ITU expert group meeting, New York, June 2015
Helani Galpaya participated in the UN-DESA and ITU organized expert group meeting in New York, USA in June
2015.
ICTD2015 Conference, Singapore, July 2015
LIRNEasia participated in an open session on Myanmar at the ICTD Conference in Singapore in May 2015. A
presentation titled “Knowledge, information and communication habits and needs in Myanmar: Stories from the
field” was made to those in attendance.
Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Macau, July 2015
A presentation titled “What do users want? Data from the last “greenfield” market, Myanmar” was presented by
Rohan Samarajiva at the Asia Pacific Regional IGF in Macau in July 2015.
CommunicAsia, Singapore, July 2015
LIRNEasia organized and moderated a panel discussion on Myanmar at CommunicAsia in Singapore in July 2015.
Stockholm Internet Forum, Sweden, Oct 2015
A panel discussion at the Stockholm Internet Forum in October 2015 was organized and moderated by LIRNEasia.
The organization’s ‘all fronts’ approach was used as a framework for the discussion and a subset of the findings of
the baseline survey were presented at the forum. Rohan Samarajiva was the moderator of the session while
panelists included Htaike Htaike Aung and Yatanar Htun of MIDO and Ei Myat Noe Khin of Phandeeyar.
Internet Governance Forum, Joao Passoa, Brazil, Nov 2015
Helani Galpaya participated in 8 sessions (3 main sessions, 4 workshops, one pre-IGF event). In all but 2 of these
events, the results of the Myanmar household survey were referenced to provide context for the discussions.
Joint QualComm-LKY School Research Conference, Singapore, April 2016
Rohan Samarajiva presented the paper Policy challenges in embracing mobile technology to promote
socioeconomic development: The case of Myanmar in Singapore. The full paper can be accessed in annex 11
UN Commission on Science Technology and Development (UNCSTD) panel, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2016
The research from this project provided the basis of evidence at LIRNEasia’s presentation made by Helani
Galpaya at the 19th session of the UN CSTD (Commission on Science Technology and Development) in Geneva,
Switzerland in May 2016.
International Telecommunication Society Biennial Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Jun 2016
Rohan Samarajiva presented the findings of the paper Regulation under constrained capacity: Lessons for
st
Myanmar at the 21 biennial conference of the International Telecommunications Society in Taiwan. Refer Annex
7 to access the paper.