I. Date:

October 18 (Monday), 1999

II. Place and Host:

Robert J. Rodrigues, M.D.
Program Coordinator
Health Services Information System Program
Division of Health Systems and Services Development
Pan American Health Organization
Regional Office of the World Health Organization
525 Twenty-Third Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
202-974-3812
202-974-3826
Fax: 202-974-3614
rrodrigues@paho.org
NetMeeting Server: ils.paho.org
http://www.paho.org

III. Schedules:

9:00 am

Tak Utsumi

Report of the international workshop/conference on “Emerging Global Electronic Distance Learning” held at the University of Tampere, Finland, on August 9 to 13, 1999.

Reference:
Emerging Global Electronic Distance Learning (EGEDL’99)
<http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL/>

Global University Background Documents
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects.html>

Proposed Outline of the Global University System Structure
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/maui.html>

9:15 am

David Johnson

Summary of what we achieved at the Tampere event.

Reference:
World Regional Pilot Project Summaries
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/finland.html>

9:30 am

Ken Roko

Diagrammatical explanation of Global University System structure.

Reference:
What we designed!
<http://www.teched.org/finland/msu.ppt>

9:45 am

Kim Obbink

Brief description on the Native American community project.

Reference:
Montana/Pacific Distance Learning Project
(Sen. Conrad) Burns Telecommunications Center at Montana State University - Bozeman
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/montana.html>

10:00 am

Ben Haraguchi

Brief description on the Asia/Pacific region operation.

Reference:
Global University System: Pacific/Asia Pilot Project Parties
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/trans-pac_partners.html>

Pacific/Asia Brainstorming in Finland
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/brainstorming.html>

Collaboration with Asian Open Universities
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/open_universities.html>

Tokyo 2000 Conference Activities
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/conference_activities.html>

10:15 am

Lane Smith

Brief description on the Africa region operation.

Reference:
USAID Leland Initiative: Africa Global Information Infrastructure Project
<http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/afr/leland/>

10:30 am

Coffee break.

10:45 am

Bob Rodrigues and Tak Utsumi (on behalf of Alex Rivas and Jose Brenes)

Brief description on the Latin America region operation.

Reference:
World Regional Pilot Project Summaries
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/finland.html>

11:00 am

David Johnson

Brainstorming on fund raising project;

1. Identification of funding sources;
   
   
   1. International governmental organizations,
      
   2. US domestic governmental organizations,
      
   3. Philanthropic foundations,
      
   4. Industrial and commercial organizations.
      
      
2. Procedures;
   
   
   1. Inquiry letters,
      
   2. Phone calls,
      
   3. Proposal writings,
      
   4. Visits.
      
      
3. Identifications of lead personnels.

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

David Johnson

Brainstorming continued.

3:30 pm

Coffee break

4:00 pm

David Johnson

Brainstorming continued.

5:00 pm

Adjourn.