Dear alumni,
PUAASC has learned the following event from our alumnus Jack Linchuan Qiu, and
would like to share it with all of you. Please send your response directly to
Jack at lqiu@usc.edu.
Best regards,
PUAASC
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CHINA INTERNET CONFERENCE
LOS ANGELES, MAY 30-31, 2003
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Dear alumni,
Probably you have heard about this conference we are
organizing entitled "China and the Internet:
Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition," to be
held on May 30-31, 2003, at the University of Southern
California.
I thought many of you might be interested because PKU
School of Journalism and Communication is a
co-organizer of the event, and that this is the
first-ever conference in the U.S. dedicated to
discussing the social, economic, and institutional
aspects of Internet developments in China.
In the two information-packed days, we will bring
together about 40 presenters and keynote speakers
including leading academics, policy analysts, IT
entrepreneurs, and legal practitioners from around the
world. Together we will explore a great variety of
issues ranging from Internet regulation and
e-government to e-commerce and grassroots virtual
communities.
The conference is jointly organized by:
-- USC Annenberg School for Communication (Los
Angeles, USA),
-- Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (New
York, USA),
-- UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
(Berkeley, USA),
-- School of Journalism and Comm., Peking University
(Beijing, China), and,
-- Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research
(London, UK).
Co-sponsors of the conference include:
-- Lohan Media,
-- The Markle Foundation,
-- RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy,
-- UCLA Center for Communication Policy,
-- Online Journalism Review, USC Annenberg,
-- Quello Center for Telecom Management & Law,
Michigan State University,
-- Master of Comm. in Digital Media Program at
University of Washington, and,
-- School of Comm. & Information, Nanyang
Technological University (Singapore)
For more information including the preliminary
conference program, please visit our website at
http://annenberg.usc.edu/chinaThe registration form
is available in PDF at
http://ascweb.usc.edu/pubs/china_conference_2003_registration_form.pdf
General admission is $180 (including 2 breakfasts, 2
lunches, coffee breaks, and conference proceedings)
and $120 for students. If you could register before
April 15, you will receive a $20 early registration
discount on general admission and $10 discount on
student admission.
Please feel free to spread the word and contact either
Wang Yihan (yihanwan@usc.edu) or me if you have any
questions.
Thank you,
Jack Linchuan Qiu
China Internet Conference Coordinator
USC Annenberg School for Communication
Tel: 1 (626) 757-9400
Fax: 1 (213) 821-2984
Email: lqiu@usc.edu