Seminar 7: "Internet Users and Infrastructures for the Rural Economy in the Digital Age: A Forum for Policy and Practice"

29th Jun 2012 10:00am-4:30pm

Agenda

10:00
Welcome and Introductions: John Farrington and Bill Dutton

10:15
Access in Rural Britain: The Geography of Digital Divides
Moderator: Bill Dutton

11:15
Break

11:30
Use and Impact of the Internet in Rural Britain: Economic, Social and Political Dimensions
Moderator: Gillian Youngs

12:30
Lunch

13:30
Technology: Resolving or Deepening Future Divides
Moderator: John Farrington and Sarah Skerratt

14:30
Policy Initiatives Internationally and in the UK and its Nations and Regions

15:30
Break

15:45
An Agenda for Policy and Research on Rural Communication and the Internet

16:15
Points of Summary and Conclusion

16:30
Close

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