Apologies if this has come before through via another route:<div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Mireia Fernández Ardèvol <<a href="mailto:mireia.f.a@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">mireia.f.a@gmail.com</a>></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></div><div><strong>CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES. <br>Mobile Phones and Internet in Latin America and Africa: What benefits for the most disadvantaged? <br>
</strong>IN3, Castelldefels (Barcelona) 23- 24 d’Octubre <br><a href="http://www.uoc.edu/activitats/jornadaitd/eng/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.uoc.edu/activitats/jornadaitd/eng/index.html</a> <br>
<br><br>UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) is pleased to invite you to participate in the Conference on Development and Information Technologies. Mobile Phones and Internet in Latin America and Africa: What benefits for the most disadvantaged? <br>
<br>The Conference, organised by the IN3 and co-financed by the Catalan Development Cooperation Agency, will take place on 23 and 24 October at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute Building (IN3) located in Castelldefels, Barcelona. <br>
<br>The event seeks to embark on joint reflection, involving actors from developing countries and regions in Latin America and Africa, to study what and how much is known about the real effects that communications technologies (especially mobile phones and the internet) are having on the economic and social development of their populations. <br>
<br>To attend the Conference you must register here: <a href="http://www.uoc.edu/activitats/jornadaitd/eng/inscripcions.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.uoc.edu/activitats/jornadaitd/eng/inscripcions.html</a> <br>
<br>Deadline for registration is 16 October (inclusive). Capacity is limited. <br><br>Conference languages are English and Catalan. A service of simultaneous interpretation will be available during the Conference. <br><br>
<br>If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. <br><br>Regards, <br><br>Sandra Santafé <br>Organizing Committee <br><a href="mailto:ssantafe@uoc.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">ssantafe@uoc.edu</a> <br>
IN3- Internet Interdisciplinary Institute Universitat Oberta de Catalunya <br>Av. Tibidabo, 47 <br>08035 Barcelona <br>Tel. +34 93 253 57 57 <br>Fax. +34 93 211 01 26 </div></blockquote></span></div></div>