“Maitland+20 - Fixing the Missing Link”

Contributors and contents

  1. Prof. David Souter

    Then and now: what would be the remit of a modern-day Maitland Commission?

    Managing Director, ict Development Associates; Professor, Business School, University of Strathclyde.
  2. Dr. Tim Kelly

    Twenty years of measuring the missing link.

    Chief of Strategy and Policy Unit, International Telecommunication Union.
  3. Prof. Heather E. Hudson

    From missing links to digital divides: progress and change since the Maitland Report.

    Adviser to the Maitland Commission; Director, Telecommunications Management and Policy Program, University of San Francisco.
  4. James Deane

    Not a telecoms, nor a digital, but an information divide.

    MD Strategy, Communication for Social Change Consortium.
  5. Prof. Victor O. Ayeni

    Sharing expertise between countries and across differing ICT environments – the experience of the Commonwealth reflected through the CAPDD. With Devindra Ramnarine.

    Chair, Commonwealth Action Programme on the Digital Divide.
  6. Prof. Robin Mansell

    The fragility of knowledge societies: ambiguity, cost reduction and access in developing countries.

    Dixons Chair in New Media and the Internet, London School of Economic and Political Science.
  7. Yasuhiko Kawasumi

    Focus on rural connectivity.

    Senior Advisor to the Maitland Commission; Executive Staff, External Affairs Department, Japan Telecom; currently rapporteur for Q10-1/2 of ITU SG2 "Communications for Rural and Remote Areas" for the study period 2002-2006.
  8. Dr. Gillian M. Marcelle

    Making the link between ICT and development: lessons from the Caribbean.

    Principal Consultant, Technology for Development (TfDev); Visiting Fellow, SPRU - University of Sussex, UK.
  9. Ambassador Astrid Dufborg

    The missing links in ICTs for global education and community development.

    Special ICT Advisor Permanent Mission of Sweden, Geneva.
  10. Shafika Isaacs

    Empowering women in the information society: towards a more concerted global and local effort.

    Executive Director, SchoolNet Africa.
  11. Chetan Sharma

    Putting ICT in the hands of disadvantaged women for lifelong learning and skills enhancement. With Brig. Y.R. Maindiratta.

    Founder Datamation Foundation Trust, India.
  12. Prof. Tim Unwin

    Reflections on ability: the use of ICTs to support people with disabilities in poor countries.

    Royal Holloway College, University of London.
  13. Dr. Nii Quaynor

    Style of Internet and telecommunications governance representative of ALL stakeholders.

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Network Computer Systems, Accra; President ISOC Ghana Chapter.
  14. Dr. Jean François Soupizet

    Fighting the digital divide: the challenge for small consumers.

    Deputy Head International Relations, DG Infso A4, European Commission.
  15. Prof. Dr. Leonid E. Varakin

    The Maitland Commission: the digital divide decrease.

    Member of the Maitland Commission 1983-85; President of the International Telecommunication Academy, Moscow.
  16. Dr. David Cleevely

    What can technology tell us about the next 20 years?

    Chairman Communications Research Network.
  17. An interview with Sir Donald Maitland

Appendix 1: The Maitland Report – Conclusions and Summary of Recommendations

Appendix 2: Members of the Maitland Commission