Conference Program

Co-authors are Heather E. Hudson, University of San Francisco; Walter B. Parker and Ben Ellis, Institute of the North; and Steve Smith, University of Alaska.

Professor Heather E. Hudson is Director of the Telecommunications Management and Policy Program in the School of Business and Management at the University of San Francisco. Her research focuses on applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for socio-economic development and policies to extend affordable access to new technologies and services in rural and developing regions. Dr. Hudson has planned and evaluated communication projects in northern Canada, Alaska, and more than 50 developing countries and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. She is the author of numerous articles as well as several books. Her latest book is From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Developing in the Information Age.