<<June
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Dr. Amit K. Maitra <maitra@enterprise-it.org>
Andrea Marcello Bassi <ab@millennium-institute.org>
Dr. Harold P. Sjursen <hsjursen@poly.edu>
Carl Skelton <cskelton@poly.edu>
Josie Lianna Kaye <jlk2149@columbia.edu>
References:
(a) Summary of First Planning
Workshop
Polytechnic Institute of NYU, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, June 18th (Tuesday), 2009
http://tinyurl.com/m8lsj4
(b) Draft Comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (June 18, 2009) http://tinyurl.com/lfwdlk
http://tinyurl.com/lc7pod
Dear Amit, Andrea, Harold and Carl:
(1) Many thanks for your time to come to the first planning workshop of our
GCEPG/GSEEED project at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU in Brooklyn on 6/18th
— Andrea through Skype videoconferencing.
It was very interesting and productive mtg with intensive discussions.
Dear Amit:
(2) Many, many thanks for your very comprehensive minutes of this mtg
(Reference (a) above).
Dear E-Colleagues:
I strongly suggest that you
read AmitÕs mtg minutes.
(3) I am very delighted to read your minutes as proposing the use of the
Input-Output (I-O) methodology for our project.
I agree with your following statement;
ÒOf the general interdependence approaches
which have been investigated, the interregional input-out approach pioneered by
Wassily W. Leontief is most prominent, both in terms of accomplishment and recognition.
Takeshi, Andrea, and Amit agreed that it represents a fruitful approach for
depicting and investigating the underlying processes which bind together the
regions of a system and all the separate facets of their economies. Its
strength lies in its detailed
quantitative presentation of an inter-industry system as it exists not only
within each region but also among regions.Ó
BTW, as mentioned to you during our mtg, we had a ÒGlobal Lecture Hall (GLH)Ó
videoconferencing at the World Future Studies Federation in Nagoya, Japan in
November 1989, with Wassily Leontief (a Nobel Laureate in economics for his
invention of the I-O technique) at New York University to discuss the
relationships between "Environment and Development" with Colorado Video's
slow-scan TV units via POTS line. The real-time chatting feature of Electronic
Information Exchange System (EIES) of New Jersey Institute of Technology was
also used for back-stage coordination. In a sense, we used them with
Òpoor-manÕs approachÓ very inexpensively.
(4) Many thanks also for your draft comment (Reference (b) above), which is to
be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to my
suggestion in the following list distribution;
(04/22/09) Possible comments to be
submitted to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://tinyurl.com/o3v8vv
However, as we agreed during our phone conversation a few days ago, letÕs
forget about the EPA issue, and concentrate on the two page summary of our
projects, which Josie wants to have for her coordination of her colleagues at
the CICR of Columbia University to have a joint conference/workshop in this
coming fall. I would appreciate it if you can make it up — probably
as elaborating the last two paras of your draft comments — or you may
refine my following summary (which pdf file I sent to you a few days ago);
"Synopsis of GLOSAS/USA Projects"
http://tinyurl.com/yoebmy
Dear
Josie:
(5) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT
I), indicating your interest in our projects.
During our mtg with you on 6/16th, you mentioned your conference in the coming
fall, and I proposed to make it a joint one with our projects. Everyone of our
colleagues at our mtg at the Polytechnic on 6/18th were excited with this
possibility, and said that they would be more than willing to work on this
event.
(6) Pls let me know three alternative dates for our visit to discuss the
outline of our joint conference/workshop event, since time is getting very
short — I think that a half day session in the afternoon would be
sufficient, since Andrea and Amit have to come up from Washington, DC, if they
would join.
Dear Andrea, Amit, Harold and
Carl:
I will let you know those
alternative dates so that we can visit Josie.
(7) BTW, at that time, you also asked me about our following book;
Global Peace Through The Global
University System
Tapio Varis - Takeshi Utsumi -
William Klemm (Eds.)
University of Tampere, Finland 2003
ISBN 951-44-5695-5
The entire contents of this book can be retrieved at;
http://tinyurl.com/kofpf
In the bottom line of this
page, you can find the following;
ÒInterview with Takeshi UtsumiÓ by Parker Rossman
http://tinyurl.com/fnxxt
You may be interested in reading in this interview our large scale peace gaming
on trade issues under oil crisis with prominent economists of the USA and Japan
held in July of 1986.
Following
papers can be found in this book;
Takeshi Utsumi, P. Tapio Varis, and W. R. Klemm
"Creating Global University System"
http://tinyurl.com/sfgm7
Takeshi Utsumi, GLOSAS/USA
"Globally Collaborative
Environmental Peace Gaming"
http://tinyurl.com/k2c7a
Dear Harold:
(8) Pls let me know about your approach to the NYU people in Manhattan if they
might be interested in participating in our GCEPG/GSEEED projects.
Dear Amit:
(9) Many thanks for your very interesting book ÒInternet Solutions for Project
Managers,Ó John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-33027-2, 2000.
This is an excellent book — covering many fields and items succinctly
— though, I think that satellite is now getting out of date as mentioned
to you before, compared with ultra broadband Internet with optical fiber
— thanks to the fast extrusion (50 meters per second) technique invented
by Tom Mensah from Ghana, one of our e-colleagues.
You said in its Preface ÒThe Internet provides a backbone for team-oriented business
structures.Ó Yes, the next phase of the Internet development is to
utilize it for the ÒCollaborationÓ of brains — particularly from various
developing countries, which will subsequently attain the global peace with the
effective use of broadband Internet, which is the mission of our GCEPG/GSEEED
and GUS projects.
I really hope that, as you said in the minutes, ÒIf we succeed in partnering
with the Columbia UniversityÕs CICR Fall Õ09 Workshop, we will be able to probe
the regional and interregional structure and function at its core, uncovering
and emphasizing basic interactions of political, social, technological, and
economic forces that are often not clearly articulated or understood.Ó
Yes, this is a daunting vision, but we must challenge!!
I shall wait for the draft of your two page summary to be submitted to Josie.
(10) Since you are near to AndreaÕs office, pls get together sometime and
discuss more of the approaches of our projects.
BTW, pls send me a copy of your paper ÒFacilitating Adjustment to Change in
Fossil Fuel Suppliers: Some Available Possibilities [1977].Ó
Lastly, pls send me the copy of the National Geographic magazine I lent to you.
Keep in touch.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: Josie Lianna Kaye <jlk2149@columbia.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:47:04
-0400
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: (06/22/09) Call for
Proposals - Conflict and Environment Nexus of the Center for International
Conflict Resolution (CICR) at Columbia University
Dear Takeshi,
It was indeed a pleasure to meet you last week. The projects you outlined
sounded fascinating, and I am looking forward to reading the materials you left
me in more depth this weekend.
Thank you for passing on the information about the Call for Proposals to some
of your colleagues and students. We do hope to receive applications from them,
and we are grateful for your encouragement.
I look forward to working with you in the future,
Warm wishes,
Josie
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Andrea Marcello Bassi
Deputy Director, Project Development and Modeling
Millennium Institute
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Arlington, VA 22201
USA
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Mobile: +1 571 721 8275
ab@millennium-institute.org
Dr.
Harold P. Sjursen
Professor of Philosophy
Associate Provost for International Education and Research
Director, Liberal Studies
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
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Brooklyn, New York 11201
USA
Tel: 718-260-3597
Fax: 718-788-4268
Cel: +1 (917) 743-2390
hsjursen@duke.poly.edu
hsjursen@poly.edu
hsjursen@gmail.com
http://www.poly.edu/
Carl Skelton
Director, Integrated Digital Media Institute
idmi.poly.edu
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Six MetroTech Center, RH 213
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-260-4018
cskelton@poly.edu
Josie Lianna Kaye
Columbia University (MA), Sciences Po Paris (MA)
Assistant Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution, CICR
School of International & Public Affairs
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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
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* Global University System (GUS)
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