APPENDIX IX

List of Participants

Brazil

Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D., Professor
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / Fundação UNI-SOL
Campus Universitário
3000 Manaus, AM
Brazil 69000
Tel: + 5592 647.4063
Fax: + 5592 647.4066
mailto:alex_mau@argo.com.br

Principal Investigator

M‡rio da Silva Costa, General Manager
Rede Amaz™nica TV Foundation (Framazon)
Av. Carvalho Leal, 1270, Cachoeirinha
Manaus, AM, Brasil
69065-000
Tel: + 5592 663.6092
Fax: + 5592 663.1555
mailto:framazon@mandic.com.br

Sub-coordenador for TV issues

Vera Lœcia Marques Edwards, Secretary

City of Manaus Secretary of Education (SEMED)

Av. Tapaj—s, n 214 - Centro

Fone: (0XX) 92 633-1653

http://www.pmm.am.gov.br/

Sub-coordinator for Manaus City government issues

Dr. Vicente de Paulo Queiroz Nogueira, Secretary

Amazonas State Secretary of Education

Av. Perimetral D, 1934 Conj. 31 de Março

Phone: +5592 237.8622

Manaus – AM – Brasil

mailto:vnogueira@argo.com.br

http://www.seduc.am.gov.br/

Sub-coordinator for the Amazonas State government issues

Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva

Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonia

Campus Universitario

Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente

Manaus - AM - Brasil

69000-000

Tel/fax:+ 55 92 647.4066 / 647.4063

mailto:jcolares@fua.br

Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonas

Dr. Marcus Vinitius de Farias Guerra

Research Director

Institute of Tropical Disease IMT

Goverment of Amazonas

Av. Pedro Teixeira, 25 – D. Pedro I

69040-000 Manaus – AM

Tel.: +5592238.1711

Fax: +5592238.3762

mailto:imtam@prodamnet.com.br

http://www.prodamnet.com.br/fmt

Sub-coordinator for Telemedicine Issues

Canada

Dr. David Levy

Centre for Continuing Education (CCE)

McGill University

680 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1184

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

H3A 3R1

514-398-7374

Fax: 514-398-2650

mailto:AXEL@conted.lan.mcgill.ca

In charge of ESL program.

Mr. Barry McLarnon, P. Eng.

2696 Regina Street

Ottawa, ON, Canada K2B 6Y1

Home: 613-820-3207

Fax: 613-820-3207 (call first)

mailto:bm@hydra.carleton.ca

http://hydra.carleton.ca/info/wlan.html

In charge of deploying community development network.

European Union

Dr. Marco Ant™nio Dias

Vice President, Global University System

Consultant of United Nations University

Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO

36, Rue Ernest Renan

92.190 Meudon

FRANCE

Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509

Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509

mailto:mardias@club-internet.fr

mailto:m.dias@unesco.org

Coordination with UNESCO and UNAMAZ, etc.

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor

Acting President, Global University System

Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland

Professor and Chair

Media Culture and Communication Education

Hypermedia laboratory

University of Tampere

P.O.Box 607

FIN-33101 Tampere

FINLAND

Tel: +358-3-215 6110

GSM: +358-50-567-9833

Fax: +358-3-215 7503

mailto:tapio.varis@uta.fi

http://www.uta.fi/~titava

Guidance of GUS.

U.S.A.

Roger Lee Boston

Rockwell Chair/Instructor

Distance Education/Technology Center

Houston Community College System

4310 Dunlavy Street

P.O.Box 7849

Houston, Texas 77006

USA

Tel: +1-713-718 5224

Fax: +1-713-664 0367

mailto:rboston@tenet.edu

mailto:boston_r@hccs.cc.tx.us (secondary)

http://www.rboston.com/

http://www.teched.org/

http://tc1.hccs.cc.tx.us/

http://www.teched.org/hist/iia.htm

http://tc1.hccs.cc.tx.us/hist/yr99/finland/-- Tampere event

http://tc1.hccs.cc.tx.us/hist/yr00/brazil/-- Manaus event

Consulting on e-learning with affordable and accessible videoconferencing and web learning.

G. Robert (Bob) Converse
Project Director/Principal Investigator
National Science Foundation
Advanced Technology Education Project
Maui Community College
310 Ka'a Humanu Ave.
Kahului, Hawaii 96732
USA
Tel: +1-808-984 3447
Fax: +1-808-244 0862
bob.converse@mauicc.Hawaii.Edu
http://www.ecet.mauicc.hawaii.edu/

ttp://www.ecet.mauicc.hawaii.edu/ecet/presentations/
http://www.hawaii.edu/uhcc.e-learn/

Guidance on extending Access Grid to Amazon.

John M. Eger

Executive Director

International Center for Communications

College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA 92182-4522

619-594-6933

619-594-6910

Fax: 619-594-4488

mailto:jeger@mail.sdsu.edu

http://www.smartcommunities.org/

http://www.smartcommunities.org/guidebook.html

Guidance on smart community approach.

Bob Grabau

Satellite Sales and Consulting

EcoSage and SkyStream

154 Brook Rd.

Auburn Ca. 95603

530-885-9639

916-316-4492 Cell

mailto:rygrabau@wizwire.com

http://www.ecosage.com/

http://www.skystream.com/

Consulting on satellite telecom infrastructure systems design.

Robert Hill

Senior Vice President for Marketing and Co-Founder

Hyperdynamics Corporation

9700 Bissonnet Suite 1700

Houston, TX 77036

713-353-9400:W

281-723-8283:C

713-353-9421:F

mailto:bhill@hypd.com

http://www.hypd.com/

Consulting on Internet telecom infrastructure systems design.

Joshua S. Jacobs, Ph.D.
Development Officer for Technology Initiatives
LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas
25 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-6095 USA
617 495-0498
Fax 617-495-8990
joshua_jacobs@harvard.edu
http://www.laspau.harvard.edu/