<<June 6, 2000>>
Dr. Marco Antonio R. Dias <mardias@club-internet.fr>
Alexandre Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Dr. Pablo Pulido <pablopulido1@compuserve.com>
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto <frmlitto@usp.br>
Robert J. Rodrigues <rrodrigues@paho.org>
Mrs. Maria Alice Roschke <roschkem@paho.org>
Dr. Fernando Antonio Menezes <fernando.menezes@hotmail.com>
Prof. Dr. Wilfried R. Roseval <adek_bestuur@sr.net>
P. Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton <ecjpelton@aol.com>
Mr. Carlos Alberto Primo Braga <cbraga@worldbank.org>
Francisco Evangelista Vieira <franciscov@iadb.org>
Dear Marco:
===========
(1) It was my great pleasure to have met with you during our
Manaus workshop
from May 31st to June 2nd. Your attendance helped our conduct
of the
workshop a great deal.
As reference, my previous listserve distributions
on my trip to
Manaus and Roraima are;
1. "Brief report about our Manaus mini-workshop
on 5/31st to
6/2nd" dated June 4, 2000 and
2. "Brief report of my visit to the University
of Roraima on
6/3rd" dated June 6, 2000
both of which can be retrieved at the index.
(2) Prior to our workshop, you attended the board mtg of UNAMAZ.
You told me that the board decided to establish centers
of excellence at
selected universities among its members, e.g., environment,
healthcare,
promotion of entrepreneur, etc. The UNAMAZ's next mtg will
be at
Caracas, Venezuela from November 26 to 29, 2000.
You then inquired me if our Global University System (GUS)
can help them
to interconnect the centers with broadband Internet.
(3) The deployment of broadband Internet requires substantial
amount of
effort and fund. For this, I would suggest that this project
should be
enlarged to have interdisciplinary and multi-lateral participation
of;
(a) UNAMAZ:
a consortium of 77 universities (including the University
of
Roraima, the University of Suriname, etc.) in 8 Amazonian
countries,
Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
(b) PanAmerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools:
a consortium of 386 medical schools around Latin
American and the
Caribbean countries,
Dr. Pablo Pulido
(c) Brazilian Association of Distance Learning:
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto
(d) Distance learning universities in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto
(e) Pan American Health Organization
Robert J. Rodrigues, M.D. and Mrs. Maria Alice Roschke
(f) United Nations University of Peace in Costa Rica:
Tapio Varis
(g) Global University System:
Tapio Varis, Marco Antonio R. Dias, Tak Utsumi
(h) Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Telecommunication and Information (CITI):
Joseph N. Pelton
(4) I would then propose that a brainstorming mtg is to be
held in Caracas,
Venezuela, prior to (or after) the UNAMAZ board mtg to discuss
the fund
raising for the feasibility study of deploying and installing
broadband
Internet among selected universities in Latin American countries.
(a) Possible funding sources:
1. The InfoDev of the World Bank,
Carlos Alberto Primo Braga
2. Inter-American Development Bank,
Francisco Evangelista Vieira, etc.
(b) Draft of fund application:
1. Alex Rivas' pilot project proposal,
2. Alex Rivas' PowerPoint slides presented during Manaus workshop,
3. User requirement,
Prof. Dr. Wilfried R. Roseval of the University of Suriname
Item 1 above is already in the InfoDev application
format. Alex
may add the user requirement as refining his presentation.
Prof.
Roseval may also add his description of the user requirement,
as
we discussed in Manaus.
This draft application can be the main document for our brainstorming.
(c) Purpose of the brainstorming mtg:
To finalize the draft of the fund raising application
for the
feasibility study of deploying and installing broadband
Internet
among selected universities in Latin American countries.
The
target areas on the use of the broadband Internet are
distance
learning and healthcare. The content development should
also be
considered for its effective use.
Dear Pablo:
===========
(5) It was certainly my great pleasure to have met with you in New York on
(6) I would like to respectfully inquire if you and your colleague
may
kindly be able to accommodate the aforementioned brainstorming
mtg (say,
2 or 3 days) in Caracas, Venezuela, prior to (or after) the
UNAMAZ's
board mtg on November 26 to 29.
(7) During our mtg with you in New York, I greatly appreciated
your cordial
invitation to visit you and your colleague in Caracas, Venezuela
this summer.
We may discuss on the preparation of our brainstorming mtg.
Dear Fredric Litto, Maria Roschke and Wilfried Roseval:
=======================================================
(8) It was my great pleasure to have met with you in Manaus.
I would greatly appreciate to have your suggestions and comments to the above.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:10:59 -0400
From: Pablo Pulido <PabloPulido1@compuserve.com>
Subject: Telemedicine workshop
To: Alex Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Cc: TRINI FUENTES <FEPAFEMPAFAMS@ccs.internet.ve>,
Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dr. Alex Rivas
Universidad de Amazonas
Manaus, Brasil
Dear Alex:
Awfully sorry for not being with you at the workshop which I am sure is a success!
As I mentioned in my previous note I had University commitments
here that
I tried to change.
In New York I had a good meeting with our mutual friend Tak
Utsumi and
certainly we shall be in contact. I mentioned to Tak to convey
to you my
best regards .
Cordially yours,
Pablo
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Dr. Marco Antonio R. Dias
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
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Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
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Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas - Brazil
C.P. 4208, Manaus 69053-140
BRAZIL
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Fax: +55-92-644 23 84
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Dr. Pablo Pulido
Executive Director
PanAmerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools
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Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto
Professor and General Coordinator
Technologies as Applied to Education
Research Nucleus Investigating the New Communications
The School of the Future
University of Sao Paulo
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No. 33 - Bloco 18 - Cidade Universitaria
CEP - 05508-900 - Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
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Fax: +55+11+815.3083
frmlitto@usp.br
www.futuro.usp.br
Robert J. Rodrigues, M.D.
Regional Advisor in Health Services Information Technology
Essential Drugs and Technology 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
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Mrs. Maria Alice Roschke
Human Resource Development Program
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Regional Office of the World Health Organization
525 Twenty-Third Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
roschkem@paho.org
Dr. Fernando Antonio Menezes
University of Roraima
Universidade Federal de Roraima
Campus do Paricarana/BR 174 S/N
Boa Vista, RORAIMA
Tel: 95-623-9067, 9065
Fax: 95-623-9063
fernando.menezes@hotmail.com
Prof. Dr. Wilfried R. Roseval
President
Board of the Anton de Kom University of Surinama
Leysweg
Paramaribo, Surinama
Tel: 597-49-3805
597-46-5497
597-46-5558
Fax: 597-46-2291
adek_bestuur@sr.net
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
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Senior Research Scientist
Institute for Applied Space Research, Rm 340
George Washington University
2033 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
202-994-5507
Fax: 202-994-5505
ecjpelton@aol.com
jpelton@seas.gwu.edu
Or,
Acting Executive Director of CITI
Vice-Chair of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation of the U.S. (ACCFUS)
Arthur C. Clark Institute for Telecommunication and Information
(CITI)
4025 40th Street North
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 536-6985
ecjpelton@aol.com
http://www.informatics.org/clarke/index.html
http://www.informatics.org/clarke/projects.html
Mr. Carlos Alberto Primo Braga
Program Manager
Information for Development (InfoDev)
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
U.S.A.
202-473-3927
Fax: (202) 522 3186
cbraga@worldbank.org
http://www.worldbank.org/infodev
Francisco Evangelista Vieira
Consultant of Education, Health, Science & Technology
Information Technology for Development Unit (ROS/IDU)
c/o, Inter-American Development Bank
1300 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20577
202-623-1097
Fax: 202-623-1862
franciscov@iadb.org
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