<<February 3, 2000>>
Alexandre Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Petko KANTCHEV <petko.kantchev@itu.int>
P. Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Dr. Marco Antonio R. Dias <mardias@club-internet.fr>
Dr. Barbara Wilson <barbara.wilson@itu.int>
Dear Alex:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).
This schedule is generally fine with me, though it needs further fine tuning.
For example, the greetings in the morning of the
first day seem
too many -- people will get bored with so many peoples'
talks.
You may spread some of them to the second and third
days, if they
can stay, as the session keynote speakers.
(2) If you can afford a conference lunch (or dinner) on appropriate
days,
you can have luncheon and dinner speakers, as we had at our
Tampere event.
(3) A telemedicine demo may be performed in the evening of
the first day, as
we did in Tampere. I plan to visit David Johnson after his
cataract
operation on 2/22nd, and talk with UTK/Medical people about
the demo --
probably in early March. I will then inform you of more
details.
Meantime, pls confirm the availability of PictureTel and
ISDN line at
384 Kbps, and of course, a treadmill.
(4) You may arrange a sightseeing/entertainment tour (say,
of the magnificent
Amazon River) near the Tropical Hotel in the evening of the
second day.
(5) During my attendance at the WHO mtg in Geneva last month,
I visited
Petko Kantchev of ITU who is in charge of telemedicine --
he is a friend of Tapio Varis.
He suggested that we should write a letter to Mr. Yoshio
Utsumi,
Secretary General of the ITU, asking him to come to your
workshop. This
request will then have Mr. Utsumi ask Mr. Roberto Blois,
Vice Secretary
General of the ITU and a Brazilian, to attend the workshop.
I am
thinking of drafting this letter and having Tapio Varis send
out to Mr.
Utsumi with the signatures of Tapio and Marco Antonio (another
Brazilian).
He also suggested that we should write a letter to Mr.
Hamadoun I.
Toure, Director of Telecommunication Development Bureau of
ITU, asking
to send Dr. Barbara Wilson who is in the Human Resource Development
(HRD) Division of the ITU, and is a Brazilian from Sao Paulo.
You may
draft this letter and send it to me. It may then be sent
out by Dr. Walmir
de A. Barbosa, Rector of the University of Amazonas or by
the new
President of UNAMAZ. (Incidentally, I met Dr. Wilson in
Geneva and
described your project with UNAMAZ.)
We may, of course, ask them for speeches.
(6) Pls refer to my listserve distribution of last night --
about the
tentative schedules and outcome of the mini-workshop in Manila.
Pls spell out the purpose and outcome of this mini-workshop.
(7) Pls send me the next round of your draft of this schedule
with appropriate
changes as suggested above.
I am very happy to see that things in Manaus are now starting
to move!! I am
now busy preparing the presentation on our Global Service Trust
Fund (GSTF)
project with Peter Knight at Joe Pelton's mtg at INTELSAT in DC
on 2/5th.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 00:24:57 -0800
From: Alex Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Tentattive program
Dr. Utsumi,
Below folows the first version of the tentative program for
our workshop in Manaus.
Please, I would like to have our inputs. Feel free to make the
changes you consider necessary.
Alex
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Mini-Workshop on TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AMAZON
May 24, 25 and 26, 2000
Sponsors:
Association of the Amazonian Universities (UNAMAZ)
Federal University of Amazonas (UA)
Global University System (GUS)
GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.
(GLOSAS/USA)
TV Amazonas Network Foundation (FRAMAZON)
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/ISAE)
May 24 (Wednesday), 2000
Place: TBA - Manaus
08:15 Reception
08:30 Greeting from Dr. Walmir de A. Barbosa
Subject:
University of Amazonas Activities on Electronic Distance
Education and Telemedicine
Affiliation: Rector, University of Amazonas Manaus, AM - Brazil
08:40 Greeting from UNAMAZ
Subject:
UNAMAZ Activities on Global Electronic Distance Education
Affiliation: President, UNAMAZ
08:50 Greeting from Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
Subject:
GLOSAS Activities on Global Electronic Distance Education
Affiliation: Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
New York, NY -- USA
09:00 Greeting from Dr. JosĢ Seixas Lourenˇo
Subject:
Affiliation: Ministry of Science and Technology
- MCT
Braslia, DF - Brazil
09:10 Greeting from Mr. Philippe Daou
Affiliation: President of Rede AmazĪnica de Televis
o
Manaus, AM - Brazil
09:20 Greeting from Dr. Lincoln Campos
Subject:
Affiliation: ISAE/FGV
Manaus, AM - Brazil
09:30 Greeting from World Health Organization
Subject:
Affiliation: WHO
09:40 Greeting from Dr. Marco AntĪnio Dias
Subject:
Affiliation: Global University System
Tampere, Finland
09:50 Greeting from Robert J. Rodrigues, M.D.
Subject:
Affiliation: Pan American Health Organization
Washington, DC - U.S.A.
10:00 Greeting from Dr. Pablo Pulido
Subject:
Affiliation: PanAmerican Federation of Associations
of
Medical Schools
Caracus, Venezuela
10:10 Greeting from SIVAM
Subject:
Affiliation: SIVAM
Manaus, AM - Brazil
10:20 Greeting from Dr. David Johnson
Subject:
Affiliation: The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Telemedicine demonstration
(Subject to technical viability)
A patient in Manaus will have a live echocardiac
diagnosis made by
doctors from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville
(UTK)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Mini-workshop: "Low-cost teleconferencing"
Prof. Roger Boston, Houston Community College, TX - U.S.A
Ask Roger to divide his workshop in two parts.
17:30 End of first day
May 25 (Thursday), 2000
Place: TBA - Manaus
08:30 Presentation of Global University System project
Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
09:10 Presentation of UNAMAZ project
Dr. Alexandre Rivas
Dr. Norbert Fenzel
09:50 Coffee Break
10:10 Brainstorming Discussions
Pilot project proposal of South America Region Group of GUS
a. Current status of distance learning and telemedicine
b. Needs in the future
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Brainstorming Discussions
Presentation of what is available from North America
a. Via narrow-band Internet and ISDN, etc., i.e.,
through
currently available telecom infrastructure
b. Via broad-band Internet when it is available
14:40 Experience/Projects of the Federal University of Amazonas
15:10 Experience/Projects of the Federal University of S o Paulo
15:40 Experience/Projects of a country from South
America (other than
Brazil)
16:10 Coffee Break
16:30 SIVAM's Experience/Projects and Prospects
17:00 Experience/Projects of other local institutions
17:30 End of second day
May 26 (Friday), 2000
Place: TBA - Manaus
08:30 Discussion and plan of the theme and program
of the larger
workshop/conference (as to the follow-up to the
Tampere event)
a. To formalize the draft of the pilot project
proposal at
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/Final_Report/Pilot_Project_Proposals/South_America/infoDev_Proposal_Form.html>
b. To make the feasibility study, action plan,
etc. to realize
UNAMAZ project of establishing domestic and international
distance learning and telemedicine:
1. firstly, via the currently available narrow-band Internet.
2. in the near future, via the proposed broad-band Internet.
c. To configure administrative and business schemes
d. To construct joint funding proposals
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Discussion and plan the theme and program of
the larger
workshop/conference -- Continued (If necessary)
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List of Distribution
Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas - Brazil
C.P. 4208, Manaus 69053-140
BRAZIL
+55-92-635 32 33
+55-92-644 23 22
Fax: +55-92-644 23 84
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
Petko KANTCHEV
Senior Engineer, Sound and TV Broadcasting
Coordinator, Technology and Applications Group (TAG)
Counsellor on Telemedicine
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-730-5448
Fax: +41-22-730-6204
Telex: 421000 UIT CH
E-mail: petko.kantchev@itu.int
X.400: G=petko; S=kantchev; P=itu; A=400net; C=ch
http://www.itu.int
http://web.itu.ch/ITU-D-HRD/hrdevents/telemed/finalrep/Telemed_fr-
en.htm
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
tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Dr. Marco Antonio R. 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
mardias@club-internet.fr
m.dias@unesco.org
Dr. Barbara Wilson
HRD, Field Operations Department
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel: +41-22-730-5424
Fax: +41-22-730-5484
Telex: 421000 UIT CH
E-mail: barbara.wilson@itu.int
http://www.itu.int/vtc
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