<<October
15, 2005>>
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Tamrat Bayle (PhD. Info. Eng) <tamrat@gstit.edu.et>
Arch. Pierpaolo Saporito <pierpaolo.saporito@occam.org>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Professor Pureza V. Veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>
Prof. Nilesh Patel <npatel@uonbi.ac.ke>
Steve Song
<ssong@idrc.ca>
Dear E-Colleagues:
(1) Attached to this msg are the following files;
(a) tunis prog1.pdf
(b) tunis invite-eng.pdf
These are the invitation and program of the Conference on African Research and
Education Networking Infrastructure <http://www.aau.org/tunis/>
on the occasion of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) on November
14 to 15 in Tunis, Tunisia.
(2) Thanks to a travel grant I received from Dr. Paul Baran, the inventor of
packet-switching technology (the very basis of Internet) and my long-time
friend, I will attend this conference which will be held at Corinthia Khamsa
Hotel.
(3) You may also retrieve the following;
ÒAfrican Tertiary
Institution Connectivity SurveyÓ
Click ÒATICS 2004 Full ReportÓ at the right column of <http://www.atics.info/>.
You can also find valuable info in the ÒResources/PublicationsÓ in the left
column of this web site.
You may also visit ÒUseful LinksÓ in <http://www.aau.org/tunis/resources.htm>
of the Association of African Universities.
(4) Other related useful web site is;
Steve Song, IDRC
Viewpoint: Bandwidth Can Bring African Universities Up to Speed
Science in Africa: AfricaÕs First
On-Line Science Magazine, September 2005
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2005/september/bandwidth.htm
Dear
Nilesh:
Many thanks for your valuable info about this web. I read it with great
interest.
Dear E-Colleagues:
I strongly suggest that you read it through, too.
Dear Tamrat:
(5) I found your name among the attendees of this conference.
I look forward to meeting with you again after we met in Addis Ababa last fall
by the kind invitation of your Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation;
International
Symposium on ICT Education and Application in Developing Countries
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October
19-21, 2004
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/2004-10,%20Addis%20Ababa,%20Ethiopia/Int_Sympo.html
Or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K11552129
Dear Pierpaolo:
(6) I will try to attend your Infopoverty Seminar on September 16 and the demo
of the ICT Village Model in the nearby village of Borj Touil.
Dear Tapio:
(7) By the kind provision from Ms. Tortian of the UNESCO in Paris (ATTACHMENT
I), I would be very happy to
assist your presentation of our Global University System project at the round
table on ÒThe Role of UNESCO in the Construction of Knowledge Societies
through the UNITWIN/ UNESCO Chairs ProgrammeÓ, scheduled for 18 November 2005
to be held in Tunis in the context of the World Summit on Information Society
(WSIS II), 16-18 November 2005.
See the URL indicated in the ATTACHMENT I and the attached file (Tentative Agenda (12
September).doc) to this distribution.
Dear Reza:
(8) It was certainly my great pleasure to have met with you again at the
Chemists Club in Manhattan a few hours ago, after so many years of your kindly
inviting me to the first graduation ceremony of your school in Cebu, the
Philippines, some years ago.
I am very glad to hear that you are attending the Global Knowledge Partnership
session at the WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia next month.
I hope to see you there again to continue discussing further on your project of
creating e-healthcare service in Cebu (and later in the Philippines).
Referring to our conversations, pls make sure to read the Item (4) above
— it will apply to your Cebu area, too.
Dear E-Colleagues who will attend the above conferences:
(9) I will be staying at;
ABOU
NAWAS EL MECHTEL
AV OULED HAFFOUZ BP3
BELVEDERE, 1002
Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: 216-717-54817
I will check in on 11/13th and out on 11/21st.
Pls feel free to contact me there so that we can meet.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: "Tortian, Hassmik" <H.Tortian@unesco.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:44:08
+0200
To: "Takeshi Utsumi,
Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: "Smith, Peter"
<p.smith@unesco.org>, Tapio Varis
<Tapio.Varis@uta.fi>, "Seddoh
Komlavi, Francisco" <k.seddoh@unesco.org>
Conversation: Respectful
inquiry
Subject: RE: Respectful inquiry
Dear
Professor Utsumi,
On behalf of Mr Peter Smith, Assistant Director-General for Education, I thankfully
acknowledge the receipt of your message of today expressing interest in our round table on ÒThe Role of UNESCO in
the Construction of Knowledge Societies through the UNITWIN/ UNESCO Chairs
ProgrammeÓ, scheduled for 18 November 2005 to be held in Tunis in the context
of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS II), 16-18 November 2005.
The reports provided by Professor Tapio Varis mention your active collaboration
in the activities of UNESCO Chair in Global E-Learning at the University of
Tampere, Finland.
It is with pleasure that we welcome your participation in this round table, and
have taken the necessary measures to include your name in the list of the
participants.
While providing you with the Briefing Note and Agenda of this round table
(website: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=19908&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=19908&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201>
), I wish to inform you that we are at your disposal for any
further information you may deem necessary.
On behalf of my superiors, Mr Peter Smith, Assistant Director-General for
Education, and Mr George Haddad, Director of Division of Higher Education, I
take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your endeavour, and look
forward to meet you in Tunis.
Sincerely yours,
Ms Hassmik Tortian
Programme Specialist
For Arab States, Asia and the Pacific
Central and East Europe
Section for International Cooperation in Higher Education
Division of Higher Education
Tel: (33-1) 45 68 09 37
Fax: (33-1) 45 68 56 26 / 7/ 8
E-Mail:h.tortian@unesco.org
List of
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Tamrat Bayle (PhD. Info. Eng)
Head of Information Technology
Department
Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1047
Off. [251-1] 16 84 07
Cel: [251-9] 68 32 47
Fax: [251-1] 65 51 29
tamrat@gstit.edu.et
tamrat@net.ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.ipc
http://www.gstit.edu.et
Arch. Pierpaolo Saporito
President
Observatory for Cultural and Audiovisual Communication (OCCAM)
21 Piazza Duomo
20121 Milano, Italy
Tel/Fax: +39.02.86991392
TLC 0286915121
pierpaolo.saporito@occam.org
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
GSM: +3358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-614-5611
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@hamk.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/titava
www.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.
http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/
Professor Pureza V. Veloso
President / Director
CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING INSTITUTE
424 Gorordo Ave. Lahug Cebu City
Philippines , 6000
Tel: 6332-2337874
6332-2339790
Cell: 09173785961
FAX: 6332-2341504
reza_7454@yahoo.com
Prof. Nilesh Patel
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Physiology
Chiromo Campus
Off Riverside Drive
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
npatel@uonbi.ac.ke
http://www.uonbi.ac.ke
Steve Song
Manager of IDRC's Information and Communications Technology for Development
(ICT4D) programs in Africa
IDRC
PO Box 8500
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9
Phone: (613) 236-6163 ext. 2268
ssong@idrc.ca
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2005/september/bandwidth.htm
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