In a study released in 2011 - The Relationship Between Local Content, Internet Development, and Access Prices the Internet Society, the OECD, and UNESCO jointly reported that local content was key to the development of Internet access. In this event today the ways and means are tackled, looking at a special case - Nepal - where there are 123 spoken languages. It is just about to begin. joly posted: "Today, Tuesday October 1 2013 the Asia Internet Symposium (AIS) is being held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is the 6th AIS in the last year, with previous events having taken place in Manila (twice), Sydney, Gangtok, and Kolkata. The theme of AIS Kathmandu is" Today, Tuesday October 1 2013 the Asia Internet Symposium (AIS) is being held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is the 6th AIS in the last year, with previous events having taken place in Manila (twice), Sydney, Gangtok, and Kolkata. The theme of AIS Kathmandu is 'Local Content : Prospects and Challenges' and participants will examine how local content in a developing country (Nepal) is created, exchanged and adapted. The event will discuss challenges linked with local content development in a country with 123 languages spoken as mother tongue. Speakers include Internet Society Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau Director Rajnesh Singh. AIS Kathmandu will be webcast via the Internet Society Chapters webcasting channel. Nepal is 9hrs 45mins ahead of NYC. What: Asia Internet Symposium Kathmandu Where: Yak and Yeti Hotel, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu When: Tuesday October 1 2013 2pm - 6pm NST | | 0815-1215 UTC | 0415-0815 EDT Agenda: http://www.internetsociety.org/events/asia-internet-symposium-kathmandu-2013 Webcast: http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters Twitter: #AISKathmandu Comment See all comments Permalink http://isoc-ny.org/p2/5986 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -