List of Participants

Singapore

Prof. Dr. ANG Peng Hwa is the Dean of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. He has published extensively on the regulation of new media and on media literacy in the digital world.

Prof. Dr. Eddie Kuo is a Professor at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Prof. Kuo is also an Advisor to the Singapore Internet Research Center (SiRC) at the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University.

Assistant Prof. Dr. CHANG Yun-Ke is Assistant Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Her research areas include digital image retrieval, instructional design, human visual perception, learning organization and knowledge management.

Germany

Prof. Dr. Marcel MACHILL, MPA (Harvard) is a tenured professor of journalism and international media systems at the University of Leipzig. His research focuses on search engines and media policy as well as on implications on journalism. He serves as project coordinator.

Markus BEILER is an assistant professor at the Chair of Journalism II at Leipzig University. He is going to complete his PhD thesis on news search engines in winter 2007/08.

Japan

Prof. Dr. Nobuo SAITO is the Associate Chair for Asia of the World Wide Web Consortium. He is also the Dean of the Faculty of Global Media Studies at Komazawa University in Tokyo. He is an expert in developing international standards for the WWW.

France

Prof. Dr. Divina FRAU-MEIGS, a Fulbright scholar, is professor of American studies and media sociology at the Université Paris 3-Sorbonne, France. With degrees from the Sorbonne University, Stanford University and the Annenberg School for Communications (University of Pennsylvania), she is a specialist of media and information technologies in English-speaking countries, in a comparative perspective.

South-Korea

Dr. Han Woo PARK is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Information, YeungNam University, South Korea where he focuses on various computer-mediated communication issues, in particular on the use of new communication technologies in extending social networks and the role of communication in scientific, technical, and innovative activities.

Yeon-ok LEE is a Graduate Researcher at the Department of Politics & International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

Greece

Dr. Sophia KAITATZI-WHITLOCK is Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a Doctorate in Communication from the University of Westminster, London (1996). She has researched and published extensively in Europe and in the US on audiovisual policy-making in the European Union and is now transferring this work to the digital sector and to search engines.

China

Associate Prof. Dr. Louis LEUNG is the Director of the Centre for Communication Research at the School of Journalism of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published extensively on the impact of the Internet and mobile phone in China.

Philippines

Fernando PARAGAS (Ph.D. Ohio, 2006) is Chair and Assistant Professor (on study leave) of Communication Research at the University of the Philippines where he also earned his BA degree in Communication Research and MA degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He works on the transnational telecommunication networks of overseas Filipino workers. He has also written about mobile telephony from the perspectives of the digital divide, political mobilization, and the public sphere.

Denmark

Prof. Dr. Klaus Bruhn JENSEN, Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Division of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen. Offices, posts and consultancies (selected): Corresponding Editor, European Journal of Communication, since 1999.


Workshop Info Overview Date and Venue Programme Participants Registration Presentation Slides Photo Gallery Sponsors		List of Participants Singapore Prof. Dr. ANG Peng Hwa is the Dean of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. He has published extensively on the regulation of new media and on media literacy in the digital world. Prof. Dr. Eddie Kuo is a Professor at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Prof. Kuo is also an Advisor to the Singapore Internet Research Center (SiRC) at the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Assistant Prof. Dr. CHANG Yun-Ke is Assistant Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Her research areas include digital image retrieval, instructional design, human visual perception, learning organization and knowledge management. Germany Prof. Dr. Marcel MACHILL, MPA (Harvard) is a tenured professor of journalism and international media systems at the University of Leipzig. His research focuses on search engines and media policy as well as on implications on journalism. He serves as project coordinator. Markus BEILER is an assistant professor at the Chair of Journalism II at Leipzig University. He is going to complete his PhD thesis on news search engines in winter 2007/08. Japan Prof. Dr. Nobuo SAITO is the Associate Chair for Asia of the World Wide Web Consortium. He is also the Dean of the Faculty of Global Media Studies at Komazawa University in Tokyo. He is an expert in developing international standards for the WWW. France Prof. Dr. Divina FRAU-MEIGS, a Fulbright scholar, is professor of American studies and media sociology at the Université Paris 3-Sorbonne, France. With degrees from the Sorbonne University, Stanford University and the Annenberg School for Communications (University of Pennsylvania), she is a specialist of media and information technologies in English-speaking countries, in a comparative perspective. South-Korea Dr. Han Woo PARK is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Information, YeungNam University, South Korea where he focuses on various computer-mediated communication issues, in particular on the use of new communication technologies in extending social networks and the role of communication in scientific, technical, and innovative activities. Yeon-ok LEE is a Graduate Researcher at the Department of Politics & International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London Greece Dr. Sophia KAITATZI-WHITLOCK is Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a Doctorate in Communication from the University of Westminster, London (1996). She has researched and published extensively in Europe and in the US on audiovisual policy-making in the European Union and is now transferring this work to the digital sector and to search engines. China Associate Prof. Dr. Louis LEUNG is the Director of the Centre for Communication Research at the School of Journalism of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published extensively on the impact of the Internet and mobile phone in China. Philippines Fernando PARAGAS (Ph.D. Ohio, 2006) is Chair and Assistant Professor (on study leave) of Communication Research at the University of the Philippines where he also earned his BA degree in Communication Research and MA degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He works on the transnational telecommunication networks of overseas Filipino workers. He has also written about mobile telephony from the perspectives of the digital divide, political mobilization, and the public sphere. Denmark Prof. Dr. Klaus Bruhn JENSEN, Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Division of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen. Offices, posts and consultancies (selected): Corresponding Editor, European Journal of Communication, since 1999.