Invitation to participate in NordICT PhD summer school

The topic of the 2007 NordICT PhD summer school is 'Next Generation
Applications and Services'.

Time and venue: 26-31 August 2007 in Skagen, Denmark

Lecturers:

*         William Melody

*         Nicholas Garnham

*         Robert Picard

*         Ramjee Prasad

*         Knud Erik Skouby

*         Reza Tadayoni

*         Anders Henten

*         Lecturers from the NordICT network

For additional information see: http://phdsummerschool.nordict.net/  

 

Aim and objectives

The aim of the course is to refine the level of knowledge of the
participating Ph.D. students on the economic and political structures
and mechanisms affecting technology development in the information and
communication technology (ICT) area. It also considers the impact of
implementation and application of ICTs on the economy and broader social
developments. It is a course in the political economy of technology
development with a disciplinary point of departure in economics and
social science. This theme is explored at a company (micro), sectoral
(meso) and/or societal (macro) level. This will depend on the specific
topics chosen in the course.

The course targets Ph.D. students with a technology background combined
with an economics and/or social science approach and students with an
economics and /or social science background focusing on technology
development.

Content

The specific topic of the course will change from year to year. The
basic disciplines taught and discussed are based on a political economy
of technology development approach. This includes techno-economics,
innovation economics, institutional approaches, regulation of ICT
markets, and management of technology. Examples of topics include the
development of peer-to-peer networks, mobile and wireless technologies,
and broadband services.

The course includes lectures by researchers from DTU and the other
universities in the NordICT network and by invited lecturers from other
research institutions. Furthermore, the Ph.D. students are required to
present a paper on their Ph.D. project and will have the possibility to
discuss their projects in a forum of the course teachers and the other
Ph.D. students.

 

Topic of 2007

 'Next Generation Applications and Services' is the theme of the 2007
PhD summer school on the Political Economy of ICT.

The focus of the 2007 summer school is on the new and upcoming
developments of interactive media and applications, which are accessible
and to which users can contribute on the various converging mobile and
fixed platforms. Among the issues taken up are mobile media, including
mobile TV, social computing/Web 2.0, and IPTV. The technology trends
will be explored and the business potentials examined. Furthermore, the
policy and regulatory issues relating to the development of new IP-based
applications and services will be analysed, including the proposed EU
directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) and copyright
regulations.

The approach taken in this PhD course is multidisciplinary, which means
that the development of next generation IP applications and services
will be analysed from the view point of the interrelationships between
technology developments and the economic and political developments
relating to the markets for new mobile and fixed IP-based applications
and services.

Best regards

Anders Henten



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