<<May 30, 2005>>
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P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor
Acting President, Global University System
UNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Research Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia Laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-614-5608--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
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tapio.varis@uta.fi
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http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/


Dear Tapio:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).

Dear E-Colleagues:

(2) Attached to this list distribution is a copy of the transcript of the speech (filename: Media Skills.Kristian.Tre.doc) made by;

Mr. Kristian Slotte
Director General for International Relations
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Helsinki, Finland

(3) This speech was made at;

Media Skills and Competence Conference
University of Tampere
26 May 2005 at 16.00
<http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/>

This was right after our multicasting videoconferencing — see;

(05/27/05) Highly successful multicasting videoconference on May 26th

This can be accessed at the URL mentioned at the top of this msg.

Pls enjoy reading his speech transcript.

Best, Tak

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ATTACHMENT I

From: <Tapio.Varis@uta.fi>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 17:54:25 +0300
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Tampere Conference: Speech by Dir.Gen. of the Ministry for Education

Dear Tak,

Please find enclosed the text of Mr. Kristian Slotte, Director-General for
International Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland,
which he delivered in our Conference "Media Skills and Competences", 26. May,
2005, inTampere University. He was very impressed by our conference, including
the Global University System. You may add this text with the references to
your mailings.

Sincerely,

Tapio Varis

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