| | Monday 9
February 2004 |
| 9.00 |
Arrival of participants at Taj President Hotel
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| 18.00 | MAI Cocktail
Party |
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Day 1 - Tuesday 10 February 2004 *
All conference events will be held at the Taj President Hotel
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| 9.00 | Registration
and Morning Tea |
| 10.00 |
Official Launch of UICEE and MAI Conferences
Lighting of the lamps Welcome
Prof Marika Vicziany ( MAI ) & Prof Zenon Pudlowski
(UICEE)
Prof Stephen Parker, Deputy VC International, Monash University
Prof. Dr.Bhalchandra Mungekar, Vice Chancellor, Mumbai
University TBC
Dr Niranjan Hiranandani, President,
Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board Keynote
address
Ms Penny Wensley, High Commissioner to India,
Australian High Commission New Delhi'
'Australia-India
Bilateral Relations and the Role of Educational Links'
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| 12.30 | Lunch
- conference venue |
| 14.00 |
Official Opening of MAI Conference
Prof Marika Vicziany, Director
of MAI
Prof Merilyn Liddell, Pro Vice Chancellor, Monash University
Malaysia
Speaker on behalf of the Hyderabad Sind National
Collegiate Board, Mumbai. |
| | Session
1
Panel: The Myth of the Lazy Native
Professor Hussain Alatas, author of 'The Myth of the
Lazy Native', London, Cass, 1977.
The Myth
of the Lazy Native and the Labyrinths of History
Professor A B Shamsul, University of Kebagnsaang Malaysia
Resisting the Myth of the Lazy Native: An Organisational
Response Professor A K Bagchi. Institute
of Developing Societies, Kolkata TBC |
| 15.30 | Afternoon
Tea |
| 16.00 |
Session 2
Panel: IT and Connectivity - Two very
different approaches Sugata Mitra
Minimally
Invasive Education: Pedagogy for development in a connected world
David Wright-Neville
Culture,
Technologies and Terrorism in Asia |
| 17.30 | End of
Day 1 Presentations |
| 19.00-21.00 |
GALA Cocktail Party for
MAI
, UICEE & Monash Alumni from Mumbai,
Conference
Venue, Taj President |
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Day 2 - Wednesday 11 February 2004 |
| 9.00 |
Session 3
Panel: IT and Rural Poverty
Sirpa Tenhunen
Social Change and
the prospects of the use of IT
technology in rural west Bengal D
Parthasarathy
Information Technology, Business
Models and Rural Development: lessons from the Warana Wired Village
Project Marika Vicziany
ICT
technology works but can it create jobs for the poor?
Pradeep Ray and Marika Vicziany
The integration of civilisations: Colonialism, EU / US
farm subsidies and Asian migration into Europe
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| 10.30 | Morning
Tea |
| 11.00 |
Session 4
Panel: Poverty and Politics
Chair
Prof Shanti Iyer, Hyderabad Sind Collegiate
Board, Mumbai Ramanie Samaratunge & Chris
Nyland
Globalisation and Social Protection in
Sri Lanka: Experience of a Developing Country Welfare State
Mohsin Habib, Sharif As-Saber & Charmine Hartel
Poverty Alleviation and Human Resource Management:
Experience of Grameen, ASA and other Micro Credit Models in the Philippines.
Sharif As-Saber, Quamrul Alam, Ramanie Samaratunge
& Chris Nyland
Globalisation, Social
Protection and International Business: A Thematic Framework
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| 12.30 | Lunch
- Conference Venue |
| 14.00 |
Session 5
Panel: Corporate Social
Responsibility and Human Rights David Kinley
Corporate Social Responsibility, International Human
Rights Law and Economic Development Marika
McAdam
Linking Human Rights and Human Development
in Asia: Facilitating Sustainable Human Development through a rights
based approach to the regulation of tourism
Megan Esson & Ross Mouer
'Internet
Security Issues in Japan and Australia: A Case Study Examining the
Control of Hacking in Japan and Australia'
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| 15.30 | Afternoon
Tea |
| 16.00 |
Session 6
Panel: Green Chemistry
and Corporate Behaviour in Industry Janet Scott
Greener Reaction Media- Cleaner, Greener and Cheaper?
Keijin Uchino
Green &
Sustainable Chemistry in Japan Javed
Iqbal
Greener Pharmaceutical Synthesis in India
M M Sharma
Cleaner and Greener
is Smarter |
| 17.30 | Free evening |
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| | Day
3 - Thursday 12 February 2004 |
| 9.00 | Session
7
Panel: IT
and Education Jan Miller & Brian Corbett
Adoption of Technology and Innovation in Thai University
Culture Saratha Sithamparam &
Moses Samuel
Spiderman a web of texts and multiliteracies:
developing curriculum for a rural-urban classroom.
Cathi Lewis
Putting IT in its Place (in the Classroom)
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| 10.30 |
Morning Tea |
| 11.00 |
Session 8
Panel: Work, Leisure and
Consumerism: the interface of technology and culture in Malaysia,
Singapore, Vietnam and Australia Discussant: Prof
A B Shamsul Wendy Smith
Industrial
production technologies & culture in a Malaysian workplace:
when Japanese management software encounters Islam
Helen Johnson
(Ap)Praising Technology:
Gender and Internet Use in Singapore Annette
Van Den Bosch
The Potential of Art as Work in
Vietnam |
| 12.30 |
Lunch - conference venue |
| 14.00 | Medicine, Culture
and Technology Merilyn Liddell
Family
Medicine: Communication Skills versus Medical Technology
David Mitchell
Curing Koro: the Shrinking
Penis Disease Aziza Omar
Self
assessment of health status through web based programs
Gayle Savige
The Child Nutrition Project:
Web based Nutritional Learning |
| 15.30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 16.00 |
Session 10
Panel : Asia's new IT cultures
Chair:
Arun Kumar, Author of the '
Black Economy in India ' will comment on papers
and the role of IT
in controlling corporate culture Alison Tokita
Internet café cultures of Asia
Carol Upadhya
A New Middle Class
in a New Economy: Corporate Strategy, Corporate Culture and Brand
Building in the Indian IT
Industry Sharif As-Saber, Peter
Holland & Julian Teicher
HR Management
in Indian Based Call Centres: a conceptual framework
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| 19.00 |
Conference Banquet
Conference Venue: Taj President UICEE Director:
Prof. Zenon J. Pudlowski
MAI Director: Prof Marika Vicziany
UICEE Badge of Honour Awards Presentation
MAI
Academic Awards |
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Day 4 - Friday 13 February 2004 |
| 8.00 - 9.30 |
Breakfast Special Session:
Network Meeting of MAI
and participants Planning the next conference
& establishing an Asia Research Network Rest
of morning free. |
| 12.30 |
Lunch - Conference Venue |
| 14.00 | Harbour Cruise
2 hours |