IREX conf.--Dev. of non-commercial and academic networks


Subject: IREX conf.--Dev. of non-commercial and academic networks
From: Aaron La Mar (alamar@irex.org)
Date: Mon Sep 13 1999 - 13:14:33 EDT


The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) announces the
conference:

DEVELOPMENT OF NONCOMMERCIAL AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION NETWORKING IN RUSSIA
   A forum for representatives of civil society and academic community
           Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York

                     Moscow, September 16 - 17, 1999

Schedule for September 16

9:00 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome and Introduction, Opening Remarks

10:30 - 12:15 DEVELOPMENT OF NON-COMMERCIAL AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION
                NETWORKS

                Aleksey Platonov, Russian Institute of Public Networks

                Natalya Bulasheva, Friends & Partners Foundation

                Vladimir Vasileev, General Director of the Vuztelecomcenter
                (the Russian University Network, RUNNet)
                Status and Problems of Developing RUNNet

                Igor Ivanov, Pro-Rector for Informatization, Moscow State
                technical University, Acting Director of the Association of
                RELARN

                Questions - answers

12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 - 14:00 THE PRESENT STATUS AND CHALLENGES FACING REGIONAL NON-
                COMMERCIAL AND ACADEMIC NETWORKS

                Victor Krivoshekov, Head of the Regional Center of FreeNet,
                Chelyabinsk
                Development of the regional non-commercial network and
                cooperation with NGOs

                Valeriy Lovchikov, Director of the Vasileostrovskiy
                Telecommunication Center, St. Petersburg State University
                Telecommunication Network of St. Petersburg State University

                Andrey Mendkovich, Head of FREEnet, Moscow
                New Stage in Development of Russian Academic and Educational
                Networks

                Sergey Sleptsov, Technical Director of the Computer
                Technology Center, Ekaterinburg

                Questions - answers

14:00 - 15:30 Lunch

15:30 - 16:30 INTERNATIONAL NGO SUPPORT IN DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN
                INFORMATION NETWORKING

                Nikolay Filimonov, IREX/Moscow

                Semen Musher, Executive Director of Internet Program
                Open Society Institute, Russia

                Andrey Vakulenko, Senior Program Officer, the Eurasia
                Foundation

                Yelena Yastrebtseva, Co-Director, Project Harmony

                Elena Kordzaya, Center for NGO Support

                Questions - answers

16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 - 18:00 ROUND TABLE: PRIVATE LIFE PROTECTION AND INTERNET

                Sergey Smirnov, Human Right Network

                Anatoliy Levenchuk, Coordinator of Moscow Libertarium
                Research and Education Project of the Institute of
                Commercial Engineering

19:00 - 21:00 Dinner

Schedule for September 17

9:00 - 11:00 THE INTERENET AS A CIVIC OUTREACH AND ADVOCARY TOOL

                Lubov Alenicheva, Coordinator for NGO Resource Centers
                Program the Eurasia Foundation
                Internet in Non-Commercial Community

                Yuriy Dzhibladze, Center for Development of Democracy and
                Human Rights
                Using Internet Resources for Organizing and Conducting
                Public Campaigns

                Alexander Geogrievskiy, Social and Ecological Union and
                Ecoline

                Evgeniya Voronina, Head of the Cyber-Journalism Center,
                the National Press Institute
                Media Networks and Development of the Institutions of Civil
                Society

                Questions - answers

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 13:00 THE INTERNET AS A CIVIC OUTREACH AND ADVOCARY TOOL

                Anatoliy Levenchuk, Coordinator of Moscow Libertarium,
                Research and Education Project of the Institute of
                Commercial Engineering
                Web Community - Development and Support

                Maksim Moshkov, Institute for System Research
                Development of Electronic Libraries in Internet

                Elena Kolmanovskaya, Comptech

                Konstantin Preobrazhenskiyi, Paid Internet Systems Group
                Reorganization of Information Exchange in Academic and Civic
                Fields

                Questions - answers

113:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Workshops:
                ACADEMIC INSITUTIONS AND NGOs AS LEADERS IN NETWORKING

                Mikhail Chepov, NGO Resource Center, "Strategy," Kaluga
                Virtual Resource Center, as a Resource for Network
                Cooperation and Implementation of Civic Initiatives

                Dmitriy Latukhin, South-Ural State University
                Chelyabinsk Civic Network

                Segrey Baikin, Fund for Rehabilitation and Support,
                "Family World"
                Development of Free Information Exchanges among Social
                Institutions in Russia

                Questions - answers

                REQUIREMENTS AND STAGES OF DEVELOPING A DISTANCE LEARNING
                PROGRAM

                Sergey Lobachev, Director of the Institute for Distance
                Learning
                Distance Learning Networks for Educational Entities

                Vadim Stepanov, Moscow State University of Culture and Art
                Distance Learning Courses for IREX Alumni on the Basis of
                the First Open Web Workshop

                Aleksey Skuratov, General Director of the International
                Education Association
                Perspectives of Establishing National Computer and
                Telecommunication Networks for Science and Higher Education

                Questions - answers

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 - 16:30 ROUND TABLE

                Questions - answers

16:30 - 17:00 CLOSING REMARKS

For more information, contact Anna Solovyova at <anna@part.irex.ru>
Conference materials to be published at <http://www.irex.org> and
<http://www.irex.ru> following the conference.

        
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