Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961106165359.23037A-100000@solar.rtd.utk.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:56:21 -0500 From: Tak Utsumi <mailto:utsumi%SOLAR.RTD.UTK.EDU@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu> Subject: Final program of IFIP conference at SENAI, Brazil next February To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@american.edu>
<<November 6, 1996>>Dear Electronic Colleagues:
(1) ATTACHMENT I below is the final program of the International Conference of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) to be held at SENAI in Florianopolis, Brazil from February 3 to 5, 1997.
(2) ATTACHMENT II below is an excerpt of our paper "Low Cost Teleconferencing for Affordable and Accessible Electronic Distance Education" which will be presented during our one day workshop on February 3.
When the funds will be available from the InfoDev of the World Bank, we will conduct various demonstrations in the afternoon of the February 3rd, as described in the excerpt.
(3) I highly commend you to attend this conference.
(4) Hope to see you there.
Best, Tak ****************************************
ATTACHMENT I
International Conference
Information Technology for Competitiveness - Experiences and Demands for Education and Vocational Training http://www.ctai.rct-sc.br/ifip-wg9.4
IFIP (International Federation of Information Processing) Working Group 9.4: Information Technology in Developing Countries
in cooperation with
- UNESCO Brasilia - DSE German Foundation for International Development, Bonn - CIET International SENAI Center for Education, Labour and Technology Transfer, Rio de Janeiro - SBC Brazilian Computer Society, Rio de Janeiro - UFSC Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - CTAI/SENAI Technology Center for Automation and Informatics, Florianopolis
Coordinates: Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil Location: CTAI/SENAI - Centro de Tecnologia em Automacao e Informatica Date: February, 3 - 5 1997
Monday, February 3: Tutorials
Tuesday, February 4: plenary sessions in the morning, parallel working groups in the afternoon
Wednesday, February 5: plenary sessions in the morning, parallel working groups in the afternoon
Aim of the Conference
- To establish a better understanding for the need of international cooperation within Mercosul, South America and engaged countries between training institutions in the field of information technology and telecommunication for education and vocational training via computermediated communication, multimedia, Internet, videoconferencing, etc.
- To support small and medium sized enterprises (SME) to improve regional and global competitiveness by introducing information and telecommunication technology for networking
- To exchange experiences, strategies, challenges with the new approach of Internet services
- To improve links and cooperation between universities, training centers and companies
- To look at different sectors for understanding the interrelationship between innovation, training, and competitiveness
President of International Program Committee
Guenther Cyranek CTAI - Centro de Tecnologia em Automacao e Informatica Rodovio SC 401, No 3730, Saco Grande 88032-000 Florianopolis - Santa Catarina Brazil
Tel /Fax +55-48-238 51 77 e-mail mailto:cyranek@ctai.rct-sc.br
International Program Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alaciel Almeida, Brazilian Internet Society, Brasilia, Brazil Sergio Arruda, CTAI/SENAI, Florianopolis, Brazil Chrisanthi Avgerou, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom Subhash Bathnagar, Indian Management Institute, Bombay, India Ricardo Baeza-Yales, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Gui Bonsiepe, Polytechnic Cologne, Germany Guenther Cyranek, CTAI/SENAI, Florianopolis (Chairman), Brazil Marilene Garcia, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Pertti Jaervinen, University of Tampere, Finland Lea Fagundes, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Renata LaRovere, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jaime Nascimento, CTAI/SENAI, Florianopolis, Brazil Paulo Krahe, CIET - International SENAI Center for Education, Labour and Technology Transfer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Antonio Castro Lechtaler, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Claudio Menezes, UNESCO, Brasilia, Brazil Joerg Meyer-Stamer, German Development Institute, Berlin, Germany Francois Nicolet, SI Informatique, Zurich, Switzerland Afonso Orth, PUC Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Ary Plonski, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Victor Prochnik, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ricardo Reis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Fanny-Michaela Reisin, Technical College, Berlin, Germany Silene Seibel, Instituto Euvaldo Lodi, Florianopolis, Brazil Judith Sutz, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay Eduardo Testart Tobar, Group Eight, Vina del Mar, Chile Takeshi Utsumi, Global University, New York, USA Raul Wazlawick, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Organizing Committee at SENAI/CTAI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elisabeth Schirmer Guenther Cyranek Marco Aurelio Medeiros Margarete Pereira Natalino Uggioni Osnilda Leite Selma Kowalsky Fernandes Sergio Roberto Arruda Wolney Andrade (Coordinator)
Documentation
IFIP Publisher Chapman & Hall, London, UK
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, February 3: Workshops --------------------------------------------------------------------------
08:30 Opening for Tutorials/Workshops: Jaime Nascimento, Sergio Arruda, Director CTAI
09:00 - 12:00, Lunch, 14:00 - 17:00
A. Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Case Studies [CSCW] Concepts for CSCW, Experiences in SME, Demonstration with NOTES Joerg Allmann, Notes Development, Hannover, Germany Karl-Heinz Roediger, University of Bremen, Germany
B. Low Cost Teleconferencing for Affordable and Accessible [Tele] Electronic Distance Education Utsumi Takeshi, Global University in the U.S.A., Flushing, NY, USA Roger Lee Boston, Distance Education / College without Walls, Houston, TX, USA W. R. Klemm, Texas A&M University, TX, USA Jim Miller, SYNECTICS, Seattle, USA
C. Services for Vocational Training via Internet - Virtual Concepts [Train] Carlos Seabra, Centro de Estudos de Informatica e Educacao - CIESP, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
14:00 - 17:00 (free of charge)
D. Internet Services for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). [SME] Introduction and Demonstration Sergio Charlab, Internet World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil SME Electronic Commerce on the Internet: Tools, Telecommunication Infrastructure, Costs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, February 4: plenary sessions, working groups --------------------------------------------------------------------------
08:30 Opening: Jaime Nascimento, Sergio Arruda, Director CTAI; Ot=E1vio Ferrari, Director SENAI Santa Catarina
09:00 Challenges and Opportunities in the Information Society for Training Alexandre Figueira Rodrigues, National Director of SENAI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10:00 Break
10:30 Networks for Cooperation within Latin America IT and Technology Transfer between Universities, Training Institutions and SMEs Alberto Albertin, Fundacao Getulio Vargas Business School Ary Plonski, Cooperacao Universidade Empresa, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
11:30 Informatisation of Social Security System in Uruguay - A Case Study Judith Sutz, Universidad de Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
12:15 Lunch
12:15 First IFIP 9.4 Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean: Chrisanthi Avgerou, Chair of IFIP WG 9.4, London School of Economics, UK Renata LaRovere, Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14:00-16:30 Parallel Working Groups on IT implications
1 A- Textile and Clothing Industry 2 A- Telecommunication Needs for Information Society 3 A- Mechanical-Electrical Industry 4 A- Software-Export: Strategies and Results 5 A- Cooperation Brazil - Africa
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 A: Textile and Clothing Industry [Tex] Chair: Elisa Justino, Polo Avan=E7ado T=EAxtil e Confec=E7=E3o,= Blumenau, Brazil ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Brazil and Apparel Production - Competitiveness through High Tech ? Hans Prayon, Vice-Presidente de Sindicato das Industrias des Fiacao, Textilage e Vestuario de Blumenau, Brazil
14:30 The Role of Information Technology for the Competitiveness of Textile and Clothing Industry in Chile Eduardo Testart Tobar, Group Eight, Vina del Mar, Chile Jorge Sepulveda Haugen, Mercados Ambientales, Chile Alejandra Zapata Beghelli, Santa Maria University, Chile
15:00 Technological Changes: Implications for Training in the Textile and Clothing Sector Lucio Taboada Tenan, Centro de Tecnologia da Industria Quimica e Textil CETIQT; Robert Hirschler, UNIDO, CETIQT, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15:30 Work Organisation and IT Skills in Dressmaking Karl-Heinz Roediger, University of Bremen, Germany
16:00 Internet for Training in Clothing Industry: A Case Study on Fashion Information Eduardo d'Avila, Guenther Cyranek, Leticia Burigo Tomelin, CTAI, Florianopolis, Brazil
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 A: Telecommunication Needs for Information Society [Telecom] Chair: CTAI, Florianopolis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Telecommunications in LDCs: Issues that Must be Resolved in the Next 5 Years Joseph Ben-Dak, United Nation Development Program - UNDP, Global Technology Group, New York, USA
14:45 Benefits and Costs of Using Satellites for Ecological Management Werner Brede, Free University Berlin, Germany
15:30 Telecommunications Infrastructure for an Interactive Multimedia Services Network Geraldo Ernesto Mondardo, Marcos de Souza Silva, TELESC, Florianopolis,Brazil
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 A: Mechanical-Electrical Industry [El-Mec]Chair: CIET, Rio de Janeiro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Impacts of EDI on jobs and qualifications in the automobile industry Paulo Bastos Tigre, Institute of Industrial Economics, CIET Research Project, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14:45 The Application of the Anthropocentric Production Systems Concepts in Service Sectors Tarcisio P. Trindade, University of Maringa, Brazil Lidia M. Segre, Federal University Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Itana M. S. Gimenes, University of Maringa, Brazil
15:15 An Alternative Approach in Technology Education: The Concurrent Engineering Laboratory Milton Borsato, Federal Center for Education in Technology, Curitiba, Brazil
15:45 Training: Proportional Hydraulics in Industrial Hydraulic Circuits Natalino Uggioni, CTAI, Florianopolis, Brazil
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 A: Software-Export: Strategies and Results [SW-Exp]Chair: IEL, Florian=F3polis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Software Export from India: Bridging the Person Power Gap Subhash Bathnagar, Indian Institute of Management, Bombay, India
14:45 The Brazilian SOFTEX 2000 Program Sergio Andrade, SOFTEX 2000, Campinas, Brazil
15:15 The Role of Information Technology on the Establishment of Competitive Software Enterprises in a Global Market Fabio Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
15:45 Software-Export: Strategies and Results in Latin America Carlos Correa, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 A: Cooperation Brazil =96 Africa [BR-AF] Chair: Guenther Cyranek, CTAI, Florianopolis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Cooperation in the Field of Information and Telecommuication Technologies: Opportunity for Partnership between Developing and Developed Countries Claudio Menezes, UNESCO, Brasilia, Brazil
14:45 Cooperation Programs with Portuguese Speaking African Countries Renate Stille, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia, Brazil
15:15 Technical Cooperation within SENAI System with Portuguese Speaking African Countries Ricardo Machado de Azevedo e Souza, Donald Nelson Uhlig, SENAI, National Department, National and International Cooperation Advicery - ANIC, Brasilia, Brazil
15:45 Project to Implement the Internet in Angola Aristides Cardoso F. Safeca, Ministry of Transport and Communication, Luanda, Angola Pedro Mendes de Carvalho, Amilcar Frederico Safeca, Project Internet in Angola, Technical University Dresden, Germany
16:30 Break
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00-19:00 Panel Global Information Infrastructure - Winners and Loosers of the Information Society. Case Studies and Strategies Moderator: Sergio Charlab, Internet World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Argentina Access to and Use of Information in Internet. The Case of Argentina Carlos Correa, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brazil Observations on the Brazilian Telephony Services Expansion Plan Victor Prochnik, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cuba A Broad Diffusion of Knowledge about Internet will Permit the Major Use of its Possibilities in Cuba Mirta Valdes Morris, National Center for Automated Information=2 0 Exchange =96 CENIAI, Havanna, Cuba
Guatemala The Dawn of the Internet Era in Guatemala Grete Pasch, University of Texas, Austin, USA Carmen Valdes, Guatemala ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, February 5: plenary sessions, working groups -------------------------------------------------------
09:00 The Learning of Cooperation and Autonomy: A New Paradigm of Human Ressources Edla Maria Faust Ramos, UFSC-Edugraf, Florianopolis, Brazil Lea Fagundes, Laboratorio de Estudos Cognitivos do Instituto de Psicologia da UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
10:00 Training Issues in an Information Society: The Case of Europe Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford, Katerina Nicolopoulou, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
11:00 Break
11:30 A SENAI Approach for Educational Technology Selma Kowalsky Fernandes, Guenther Cyranek, CTAI, Florianopolis, Brazil
12:15 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Parallel Working Groups on IT implications
1 B: Information Technology for Business 2 B: Telecommunication Needs & Internet Applications 3 B: Mechanical-Electrical Industry 4 B: Networked Teaching and Learning 5 B: Cooperation Brazil =96 Africa
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 B: Information Technology for Business [Business] Chair: Victor Prochnik, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Challenges of Information Technology Diffusion Policies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Renata LaRovere, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14:30 Developing a Platform for Implementing Cooperative Enterprise Concepts Francisco E. D. Pereira, Marcius F. H. de Carvalho, Mauro F. Koyama, Olga F. N. de Araujo, Foundation Technical Center for Informatics, Campinas, Brazil
15:00 An analytic Framework for Evaluating Marketing Information Systems Elmano Pontes Cavalcanti, State University of Paraiba, Brazil Luiz Clementino Vivacqua de Oliveira, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
15:30 How far Can a Web Site Go? Jairson Vitorino do Santos, Alessandro Barbosa Lima, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
16:00 A System for Prospection and Analysis of Market and Technology Information System Jose Eduardo Fiates, Horacio Pinho Amarilho, CELTA, Florianopolis, Brazil
16:30 Factors Influencing IT Applications in Small and Medium Scale Industries in Developing Countries Lalith Munasinghe, D. P. W. Jayawardena, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 B: Telecommunication Needs and Internet Applications [Internet] Chair: CTAI, Florian=F3polis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Leading Steps by Use of ICTs: The Role of IDRC as Knowledge Broker Alicia Richero, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Montevideo, Uruguay
14:45 Public Internet Kiosks in Third World - The hiperNet Project Luiz Fernando Bier Melgarejo, UFSC-EDUGRAF, Florianopolis, Brazil Marcio Marchini, OTI, Ottawa, Canada
15:30 Internet's Video Conferencing Tools: A Distance Educational Approach Cesar Olavo de Moura Filho, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil Mauro Oliveira, Federal Technical School, Fortaleza, Brazil
16:15 Virtual University. The Experience at UFSC with Training, Retraining, Qualifying, and Formation of Hand Labor for the Globalized Economy Ricardo Miranda Barcia, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC-PPGEP), Florianopolis, Brazil
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 B: Mechanical-Electrical Industry [El-Mec] Chair: CTAI, Florianopolis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Revitilizing Training and Learning in Industries in Brazil Jose Armando Valente, Jaures Mazzone, Maria Cecilia Calani Baranauskas, NIED-UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
14:30 Knowledge-Based System for Advanced Manufacturing System Design Verification Denis Borenstein, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
15:00 Jonas - The Jonah agent in a computer-based learning system M. Cec=EDlia C. Baranauskas, Marcos Augusto Francisco Borges, State University of Campinas, Brazil
15:30 Educational Framework for the Development of Mechanical Manipulators Adriana Souza, Alexandre Moretto Ribeiro, Andre Adami, Carine Webber, Cristian Koliver, Getulio Lupion, Greice Viecelli, Heitor Strogulski, Helena Grazziotin Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo Bussmann, Lia Claudia Matte, Ricardo Vargas Dorneles, Robson Rodrugues Lemos, Ruben Gerardo Sellanes, Sandra Rovena Frigeri, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
16:00 Development of Didactic CNC Machine Simulator Alessander Pires Oliveira, Fernando Schirmbeck, Janer Gon=E7alves Esteves, Juarez Poletto Jr., Marcelo Cohen, Nilo Cesar Oliveira Guimaraes, Mechatronics Technological Center, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
16:30 Professional Training: Theory and Practice in Microcontrollers Used in Industry Joao Roberto Lorenzett, SENAI, CTAI, Florianopolis, Brazil
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 B: Networked Teaching and Learning [Net Learn] Chair: Marilene Garcia, Escola da Futura, University of Sao= Paulo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 The Role of Computer Networks in Development and the Challenge for Teacher Training Systems in Developing Countries Horst Lazarek, Techical University Dresden, Germany Afonso I. Orth, PUCRGS, UNISINOS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
14:30 Interaction Models for the Operatory Analysis of Cooperative Computacional Environments Patricia Alejandra Behar, Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul,Porto Alegre, Brazil
15:00 A Networked Environment for Inquiry-Based Learning Credine Silva de Menezes, Orivaldo de Lira Tavares, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil
15:30 Content Analysis in a Remote Learning System Based on a Computer Network Cirano Iochpe, Adriana Silveira de Souza, Andrea Schneider Maranhao, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
16:00 A Strategy for the Elaboration of Distance Education Courses: Towards Virtual Academies on the WWW Marcello Peixoto Bax, Jo=E3o Paulo Kitajima, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
16:30 Enhancing Distance Learning through Student Control Julika Siemer, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 B: Cooperation Brazil - Africa [BR-AF] Chair: Guenther Cyranek, CTAI, Florianopolis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14:00 Formal Education, Vocational Training and the Internet in Mozambique Venancio Massinge, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
14:30 Experience of the United Kingdom Open University with Open Learning in Developing Countries Simon Bell, Andy Lane, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
15:00 Systems of Exchange of Long Distance Formation: Speech, Cognition, Evaluation Patrick Chardenet, Consulat General de France, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15:30 A Case Study for Cooperation with Africa Vocational Training via Internet in French speaking African Countries Bernard Dumont, University of Paris - Denis Diderot, France
16:00 Panel with speakers of both sessions: Neccessary Steps for Cooperation
17:00 Break
17:30-18:30 Institutions for Professional Training in Latin America and the Caribbean: Preparing for Technological Development Pedro Weinberg, Centro Interamericano de investigacion y documentacion sobre formacion profesional - CINTERFOR, Montevideo, Uruguay
Plenary Discussion
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Conference Secretary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elisabeth Schirmer CTAI Rodovia SC-401, No 3730 - Saco Grande 88032-000 Florianopolis - Santa Catarina Brazil Tel /Fax +55-48-238 51 77 E-mail mailto:ifip-wg9.4@ctai.rct-sc.br ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------- Guenther Cyranek CTAI - Centro de Tecnologia em Automacao e Informatica SENAI - Servico Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial Rodovia SC-401, 3730 - Saco Grande 88032-000 Florianopolis - Santa Catarina - BRAZIL Tel + Fax: +55-48-238 51 77 Residence: +55-48-235 12 15 e-mail: mailto:cyranek@ctai.rct-sc.br Cellular: +55-48-981 13 48 ------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************** ATTACHMENT II
GLH/Brazil on February and August, 1997 (Diagram is omitted here.)
Many less developed countries are without good telephone network, let alone advanced telecommunication infrastructure such as Internet access. After a highly successful demonstration of ShareVision's interactive connections from CTAI/SENAI in Florianopolis, Brazil with UNESCO/Paris, Houston Community College and the World Bank in Washington, D.C. via an analog INMARSAT-A satellite on July 26, 1996, a series of GLH will be held at the international conferences organized by the IFIP/Working Group 9.4 and 9.5 at CTAI/SENAI from February 3 to 5, and from August 11 to 13, 1997, respectively.
This GLH will demonstrate inexpensive high-speed wireless telecommunication network to access worldwide Internet (even from individual home) for global electronic distance education and telemedicine consultation and diagnosis with high-resolution images and graphics, and also 3D web teaching materials, thus bringing economic advantage to them. Major objectives are;
* To demonstrate high-speed wireless telecom technology [Diagram 2.1]: CTAI/SENAI will be connected by spread spectrum wireless units at 2 Mbps with an Internet node at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) which already have 2 Mbps connection with other major Brazilian universities through Brazilian inter-university Internet network and with the U.S. The local hub at CTAI/SENAI will then be connected with personal computers at local residents' homes by another kind of less expensive spread spectrum wireless unit at 2 Mbps. The existing local packet-radio network will also be connected with this UFSC and CTAI/SENAI connection. The objective is to demonstrate the possibility of extending Internet inexpensively from an academic hub to nearby high schools, libraries, public organizations, hospitals, governmental facilities, and then even to local residents (e.g., teachers and students) home, etc. If successful, this scheme will accelerate the spread of distance education and telemedicine in remote/rural regions/areas, and save considerable investments for hard wiring them by telecom industries, especially in developing countries, and also solving the last-mile problem.
* To demonstrate the high-speed wireless telecom network with videoconferencing with colleagues around the world and accessing World Wide Web (multimedia with audio, video, 3D animation) of GLOSAS KNOWLEDGEBASE via Internet. The objective is to demonstrate the possibility of gathering experts from anywhere around the world (even where there is no adequate POTS) -- yet, without spending much costs. If successful, this will lead to the possibility of telemedicine consultation (among many others) from remote areas of Brazil (or anywhere else) to worldwide experts.
* To initiate a technology transfer of HiperNet of UFSC to the University of Coimbra in Portugal. The UFSC is now operating HiperNet, as a desire to design and implement groupware software that would help people to search for information, and produce knowledge and, above all, interact in a constructive way. This is a hypermedia storage, capable of containing sounds, bitmaps, texts, digitized video, or other forms of media that can be stored and transferrable using the existing network support. This HiperNet extends Internet at low speed (2.4 to 19.2 Kbps) to several high schools, a few dozen homes of packet-radio licensees, and public locations where local user can come and retrieve web and access e-mail with friendly forum software for citizens discussions free of charge. This technology is to be transferred to Coimbra University in Portugal, which is now forging ahead to create a GLOSAS/PORTUGAL with Portugal Telecom, Center Region Coordination Commission, Health Ministry/Department of Computing/Telemedicine Project, Development Telematics Association for Coimbra.
* To demonstrate the connection of digital video compression units (e.g., PictureTel, etc.) with the high speed wireless telecom network. The demonstration at the IFIP international conference in August, 1997 will connect televideo units (desktop computer type with TCP/IP protocol) at SENAI and the UFSC via the high-speed wireless telecom network which will be established on the occasion of the IFIP February conference at SENAI. This connection will exchange high resolution images of pathology and/or radiology for telemedicine diagnosis. The digital video compression unit at the UFSC will also connect with a computer which has a BeingThere (and/or QuickTime) televideo capability via the UFSC's Brazilian inter-university Internet. This will enable participation of medical experts scattered around the world. We also plan to broadcast this GLH through Brazilian domestic and INTELSAT international satellites, as obtaining support, endorsement from UNESCO/Paris headquarters (IFIP is a NGO under UNESCO), the United Nations, INTELSAT/Project ACCESS, and EMBRATEL of Brazil. The objective is [1] to demonstrate such connection for global telemedicine consultation, diagnosis and education in remote/rural areas, and [2] to demonstrate the possibility of gathering worldwide experts with televideo system via Internet for joint consultation and discussion.
* To initiate the establishment of a model city of global electronic distance education in Latin America, as the initial pilot project of Global (electronic) University System. This may be emulated in many other Latin American countries and also in the Distance Education/9 countries (DE9) of Learning Without Frontiers program of UNESCO/Paris. ********************************************************************** * Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D. * * Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education * * Founder of CAADE * * (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education) * * President, Global University in the U.S.A. (GU/USA) * * A Divisional Activity of GLOSAS/USA * * (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) * * 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. * * Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) * * INTERNET: mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 * * FTP://champlaincollege.qc.ca (IP 198.168.102.231) * * http://www.ECNet.Net/users/milibo/wiu/resource/glosas/cont.htm * * http://www.friends- * * partners.org/oldfriends/education/globaluniv/synopsis.html * **********************************************************************