Brain Trust

The vision and strategy of Indonesia's Investor Group Against Digital Divide was not conceived by this website but by an extraordinary group of Indonesian nearly 200 leaders convened by The Habibie Center in Jakarta's Grand Melia Hotel on December 6, 2007. Many of these individuals continue to advise IGADD, a group we refer to as our “Brain Trust.” Surprisingly, there are only a few engineers and computer scientists among them. Most were those who represent Indonesia's intelligencia – leading academics, influential bloggers and journalists from the established media, ethicists, anthropologists and political economists. Their ideas stimulated the strategies for the development of internet infrastructures and applications that elicit the wisdom of Indonesia's diverse cultures.

To see the summarized results of their deliberations, read the report in English or Bahasa.

 

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
An introduction to the situation and issues
FALLACIES
Seven misconceptions about the Digital Divide
TRUTHS
Nine truths about
the Digital Divide
HISTORY
A decade of efforts
to close the Divide
GOVERNMENTS
Why governments alone can't close the Divide
PRIVATE SECTOR
Why corporations and entrepreneurs can't close the Divide
HARVARD/MIT
How these universities generated the ideas behind our model
WIRELESS
Why cellular alliances in Asia are the basis for our model
FUNDING
Where the money for our model will come from
STAKEHOLDERS
How each type of stakeholder can anchor our model
MEANINGFUL BROADBAND
Emerging markets need broadband that fits the context of users