<<August 15, 2007>>
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Nancy E. Brown-Connolly <connolly@tatrc.org>
Linda Hawkin Israel <lindahi@earthlink.net>
Prof. Mohamed Al-Azab <info@hdf.org.eg>
Andrei Kortunov <akortunov@neweurasia.ru>
I. American
Telemedicine Association (ATA) Mid-year meeting in Las Vegas on 9/17th/2007:
Dear Nancy:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with kind words.
Yes, I received a copy of the telemedicine proposal from Linda, which you
prepared with her. It is excellent, indeed!! I wish you and Linda a
very good luck with it.
(2) I also thank you for the info about your following event;
"Global Forum on Telemedicine: Connecting the
World through Partnerships" of
American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Mid-year meeting
Las Vegas on Sept. 17th, 2007
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/39o7pz>
I am taking the liberty of distributing your flyer of this event to our list
members.
Dear E-Colleagues:
Should you be interested
in attending it, pls feel free to contact Nancy.
(3) Linda kindly offered her cordial invitation to this wonderful event (ATTACHMENT
II).
However, I regret to say that I would not be able to attend it, because I would
be just arriving back home from my trip to Cairo, Egypt around those dates of
your event, after attending the following conference by the kind invitation of
Prof. Al-Azab to me and my wife, Hisae;
ICT-Learn2007
ÒTowards
Information Society
Ò
Learning Anytime ... Anywhere
6th International Internet Education Conference & Exhibition
4-2 September 2007
Ramses Hilton, Cairo, Egypt
See the following list distributions;
(a) (04/02/07) "ICT-Learn 2007" conference in
Cairo, Egypt on 9/2-4/07 and Project of creating GUS/EgyptÓ
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b48t3
(b) (06/07/07) (1) Attendance to conference in
Cairo, Egypt to create GUS/Egypt, (2) Development of GUS/Siberia, and (3)
Planning workshop of Peace Gaming
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ttk6k
(c) (06/26/07) ICT-Learn2007 Conference in Cairo, Egypt and our final paper
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2vly6d
I am now waiting the logistics of our travel from Prof.
Al-Azab.
Dear Linda:
(4) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II) and kind words for our following
paper for the above conference;
Al-Azab, M. and T. Utsumi, (2007), "Creation of
Global University
System in Egypt (GUS/Egypt)," Paper for "ICT-Learn 2007" conference
in Cairo, Egypt, September 2 to 4, 2007
<http://tinyurl.com/yoo4un>
This paper was included in our list distribution of the
Item (3)-(c) above.
II. GSEEED
Project:
Dear Andrei:
(5) It has
been sometime since we met you at your office in Moscow last fall.
As Linda says, if you have time during your busy trips, pls read through
Section VII of the above paper. This Section is about our ÒQuantitative
Policy Analysis of Global Socio-Economic-Energy-Environment Development (GSEEED
Project,Ó which I briefly described at our mtg in your office.
This globally distributed computer simulation system will focus on the
sustainable development of socio-economic-energy-environment system in Japan,
the US, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the other relevant countries.
Researchers in those countries will construct their simulation models,
which will be interconnected through broadband Internet to form Globally
Distributed Socio-Economic-Energy-Environmental Simulation System.
The initial focus on energy security will be on the quantitative policy
analysis of global interrelations and interdependencies among those countries
with the deployment of gas pipeline from Tomsk, Siberia to China, and the construction
of hydroelectric dam in the Republic of Altai, Siberia where there are five
UNESCO World Heritage sites which draw increasing number of tourists (400,000)
into small town of Gorno-Altaisk with only 9,000 residents. This gas pipeline
will certainly affect socio-economic developments of Siberia, China, and hence
the ones of Japan, the US, Europe and others. Japan will also
increasingly depend on the energy (oil and gas) supply from Russia.
We would also like to make policy analysis of the followings;
(a) Deployment of optical fiber line along with the
gas-pipe line from Tomsk to China through Altai, -- as the extension of GLORIAD
<http://www.gloriad.org/>;
(b) Deployment of optical fiber line along with the railroad from Novosibirsk
to Almaty, Kazakhstan, -- as also the extension of GLORIAD
<http://www.gloriad.org/>;
BTW, the latter was mentioned in the following list distribution;
(07/20/07) Creation of GUS/Kazakhstan with proposed
extension of GLORIAD from Novosibirsk to Almaty
http://preview.tinyurl.com/23p6f7
As mentioned in it, the Japanese government brought a mission team of about 150
industrialists to Kazakhstan a few months ago to secure uranium for nuclear
power plants in Japan. The Japanese government may be interested in this
project of creating GUS/Kazakhstan, including the deployment of optical fiber
line from Novosibirsk to Almaty, with the provision of their Official
Development Assistance (ODA) fund.
This project will then demonstrate integrated and synergistic approach among
grassroots, government, university, stakeholder, etc. Use of graphic info
modeling/mapping and potential "gaming" on key issues and solutions
will assist each group's ability for standardized data gathering and
situational analyses, projecting out possible outcomes for more informed
decision making and activities. It brings together most sophisticated
university-based mathematical modeling techniques and experts and regular
people who can then more easily see--at a glance--how issues and outcomes can
impact and interact each other.
BTW, this project will be centered at the Polytechnic
University (my alma mater) in Brooklyn. President Hultin of the
Polytechnic University is a friend of former President Clinton and was a
classmate at the Yale University Law School, and the former Under Secretary of
the US Navy. He conducted several war gaming for terrorists attack, and
thereby, he is very much interested in our peace gaming project, which term I
coined almost three decades ago. Incidentally, war gaming is to win the
war once when it happened, and peace gaming is to avoid the occurrence of war.
President Hultin said to me that avoiding war is cheaper than waging war.
This project will train local experts for leadership development, in relation
to strategic use of technologies and cooperation among stakeholders for more
effective advocacy, informed policy, public understanding and participation and
concrete community development.
This project will construct Globally Distributed Socio-Economic-Environmental
Simulation System through broadband Internet, which will have two tier system:
- One for training young would-be decision makers
in crisis management, conflict resolution, and negotiation techniques basing
on "facts and figures" and
- The other for helping decision makers construct
a globally distributed decision-support system for positive sum/win-win
alternatives to conflict and war.
(6) I am now working on the grant application for the preliminary workshop of
this project, which is to be held at the Polytechnic University in Brooklyn
— hopefully this fall. This application is to be submitted to the
Japan Foundation. We plan to invite our Russian colleagues, as soon as
the fund will be available.
About 6 months or so later, we would like to have next workshop at the
Novosibirsk State Technological University, and our American and other
countriesÕ colleagues are to be invited to discuss with local people in
details. At that time, we will contact you and would like to have your
support.
Keep in touch.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT
I
> From: "Connolly, Nancy B"
<connolly@TATRC.ORG>
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:48:43 -0400
> To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>, gu-new
<gu-new@friends-partners.org>
> Cc: <fredbukachi@yahoo.co.uk>
> Conversation: [gu-new] (08/07/07) Creation of GUS/Kenya for e-learning and
> e-healthcare/telemedicine
> Subject: RE: [gu-new] (08/07/07) Creation of GUS/Kenya for e-learning and
> e-healthcare/telemedicine
>
> Dear Dr. Utsumi,
>
> I have been assisting Linda at MAMAS for the past few months as she has
put
> together her Telemedicine proposal. I would like to let you know about a
> conference coming up in Las Vegas Sept. 17t at the American Telemedicine
> Association (ATA) Mid-year meeting. The day is entitled " Global
Forum on
> Telemedicine: Connecting the World through Partnerships." I have
attached a
> description. Dr. Jean-Luis Belard and myself are co-Chairs for TATRC who
is
> sponsoring the day. I think there is great value to many of the
people you
> correspond with regularly. Please let me know if you have any questions. I
> also anted to tell you that I very much enjoy the email updates and
> information I receive from you.
>
> Warm regards,
> Nancy
>
> Nancy E. Brown-Connolly
> Clinical Consultant
> connolly@tatrc.org
> 805.258.4665
> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act
but a habit.''
> Aristotle
ATTACHMENT
II
>
From: "lindahi@earthlink.net" <lindahi@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: "lindahi@earthlink.net" <lindahi@earthlink.net>
> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:29:45 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> To: "Takeshi Utsumi Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Cc: <rofeit@aol.com>, "lindahi@earthlink.net"
<lindahi@earthlink.net>
> Subject: re-connecting with Andrey Kortunov
>
>
> Dear Tak,
>
> 1. Your recent article (attached) is the clearest description of GUS I've
seen
> yet, and also with good reference to the modeling/simulation with Tatiana
and
> others.
>
> I'd suggest that you send this article to Andrey K. with an update
description
> specific to Altai/China/Central Asia, energy security and
multi-stakeholder
> cooperation around best regional planning.
>
> 2. Are you available September 16-18, if we are able to help fund you to
come
> to the American Telemedicine Conference in Los Vegas?
>
> Take care,
> Linda
List of Distribution
Nancy E.
Brown-Connolly
Clinical Consultant
805.258.4665
connolly@tatrc.org
Linda Hawkin Israel
Founder and Executive Director
Mobile Assessment & Maternal Aid Solutions (MAMAS)
LCDN Coordinator, Global University System (GUS)
6533 Seaview Ave. NW #211A
Seattle, WA 98117-6046
206-420-2941
lindahi@earthlink.net
Prof. Mohamed Al-Azab
President, CEO
Human and Technology Development Foundation (HDF)
18 A Obour Buildings, Heliopolis
Cairo, Egypt
Tel: 202-2601-104
+2 02 4047755
Cel: +2 01 22174622, +2 01 01782636
Fax: 202-2600-416
info@hdf.org.eg
www.hdf.org.eg
http://www.distant-learning.net
http://www.journalofinternet.org
or
Higher Technological Institute
Ramadan Tength, Egypt
6A-KasrElNil street
Cairo, Egypt
+2025790042
+2012-3103308
Fax:+2025765048
Andrei Kortunov
President
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
3/9, 3rd Syromyatnechesky Per., Bldg. 1, 5th floor;
Moscow 105120, Russia
Phone: (495) 970‑1567
Fax: (495) 970‑1568
akortunov@neweurasia.ru
www.neweurasia.ru
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
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* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
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* Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* Global University System (GUS)
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* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-5913, U.S.A.
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* Tel: 718-939-0928; Email: utsumi@columbia.edu
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