[gu-new] (03/21/07) Possible creation of GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip and Peace Gaming

[Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.]

<<March 21, 2007>>
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Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President <alaqsau46 at yahoo.com>

Richard C. Larson <rclarson at mit.edu>

M. Elizabeth Murray <mmurray at ceci.mit.edu>

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <tapio.varis at uta.fi>

Dr. Paul Lefrere <P.Lefrere at open.ac.uk>

Hans Rudolf Herren, Ph.D. <hh at millennium-institute.org>

Tatiana S. NOVIKOVA Ph.D., Dr.Sci. <tsnovikova at mail.ru>

Prof. Ali Almashat, FIEE, C. ENG. <ali.almashat at gmail.com>

David Stephens <dave at onsatnet.com>

Marina V. Tyasto <marinatyasto at yandex.ru>

Dr. Leonid K. Bobrov <bobrov at nsaem.ru>


Dear Fouad:

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

(2) I am very happy to know that you enjoyed reading my msg.

I also thank you very much for your suggestion that I should attend Prof.
Larson’s wonderful conferences on Learning International Networks Consortium
(LINC), which will be held on October 27th to 30th in Jordan and October
31st to November 1st in Dubai — see;

> (03/15/07) Fourth International Conference of MIT LINC on 10/27-30 in Jordan
> and on 10/31-11/1 in Dubai
> http://tinyurl.com/2p654e

It would be my great honor and privilege to accept his invitation only if he
can provide me with sufficient travel fund, since I am a senior citizen and
our organization is with limited resources. I am now waiting his favorable
reply.

(3) If I would be able to attend the conference, we can meet to discuss
further in details how to cooperate together, should you wish to create
GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip and to join in our Globally Collaborative
Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG) -- see below.

I. About Creating GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip:

(4) Pls follow my suggestions how to proceed on it, which was made for our
Filipino 
colleague in the Item (7) of the following;

> (03/18/07) Possible creation of GUS/Cebu/Philippines with a gigabit satellite
> http://tinyurl.com/3dhonk

After you have read my suggestions, we can discuss how to proceed with your
queries mentioned at the end of your msg.

(5) As you may know, Prof. Tapio Varis, the Acting President of our GUS, is
the world renowned scholar on peace education.  He was the Rector of the UN
University of Peace in Costa Rica once before.

(6) In this week, Paul is now at the face-to-face discussion with Tapio at
Tapio’s school in Tampere, Finland, on how to configure and institutionalize
our GUS, -- hopefully with strong back-up from Paul’s U.K. Open University —
see;

> Brenda M. Gourley, Vice Chancellor of U.K. Open University
> "Diversity and Change in a Global Context"
> http://tinyurl.com/2pvnz5
> 
>> Dear Paul:
>> 
>> Referring to your previous msgs, I shall wait for your msg on the result of
>> your discussion with Tapio, since there is not much time left till the
>> deadline of May 8th for the Request For Proposal (RFP) to the European
>> Commission.
> 
> This is in 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;
>>> “Interview with Takeshi Utsumi” by Parker Rossman

> As you may know, the U.K. Open University is the world oldest distance
> learning higher educational institution, which was created by Lord Perry and
> which was emulated in more than 50 countries around the world.  With this
> effort, he received the lordship.
> 
> He personally gave me the Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance
> Education in the fall of 1994, because of my previous effort of extending
> packet-switching data telecom network to various Asian countries, particularly
> to Japan, and deregulating the Japanese telecom policies for the use of email
> and de-monopolization and privatization of the Japanese telecom industries
> <Ltr frm Commerce Dept.pdf> <http://tinyurl.com/2hk28j>, which have been
> emulated in many other countries since then to have more than one billion
> email users around the world nowadays <Users of Email.pdf>
> <http://tinyurl.com/2afwmj>.

II. About Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG):

(7) Pls refer to the followings for the reason of my effort mentioned above;
> 
> (a) McLeod, J., "Preface," Mission Earth Track of 1998 Conference on
> Simulation Methods and Applications (CSMA98), Theme: Parallel and Distributed
> Simulation, November 1-3, 1998, Orlando, Florida
> http://tinyurl.com/yozkqb
> 
> (b) Utsumi, T., Chapter 1: Personal Recollections on the Inceptions of Peace
> Gaming and Global University System of the book draft “Electronic Global
> University System and Services”
> http://tinyurl.com/lyysx
> 
> (c) System Dynamics Society <http://www.systemdynamics.org/index.html>

Prof. Bob Noel (see Item (6)-(a) above) then conducted an international
crisis gaming in normative mode.  He assigned several schools to act as if
the governments of Soviet Union, France, Germany, England, China, the US,
Canada, Japan, etc., etc.  Students had to study backgrounds of the assigned
countries. Once the gaming started, they exchanged diplomatic messages as if
they were acting as prime minister, ministers of foreign affairs, defense,
etc., etc.  The scenario was to assume that there were border incidents
between Iraq and Iran (which really happed about 8 years later). Japanese
team sent their msg to the UN asking to internationalize Maraca Strait to
secure oil flow from the middle eastern countries, and so on.  Students were
really excited, since such (almost) instant communication exchange through
ARPANET (the predecessor of current Internet) and GE’s time-sharing system,
etc., at very low cost was unimaginable at that time.

> Professor Jonathan Wilkenfeld of the University of Maryland was a graduate
> student under Prof. Bob Noel at the University of California in Santa Barbara.
> He later established the Center for International Development and Conflict
> Management (CIDCM) as extending what we did.

I wanted to combine this normative gaming with exchange of “qualitative”
words together with “facts and figures” approach of “quantitative”
simulation — preferably using System Dynamics to indicate the
interrelatedness and interdependencies of various social factors and world
politics/phenomenon — see;

> Takeshi Utsumi, GLOSAS/USA
> "Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG)"
> http://tinyurl.com/k2c7a

Pls let me know if you wish to apply similar approach to your study on peace
in your region — I know a couple of scholars in Israel who are working on
this issue with your Palestine.

III. Globally Collaborative Research and Development (GCRD) of GUS/Siberia:

(8) We are now embarking this project as the practical application of the
GCEPG project — see ATTACHMENT II.

> Dear Hans and Tatiana:
> 
> Many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT II and III).  Keep in touch.

We would like to firstly construct a prototype of a system for training
young would-be decision makers in crisis management, conflict resolution,
and negotiation techniques basing on "facts and figures".  This may go along
with your approach with secondary (high school) and tertiary (college and
university).

Pls read my true stories how important to foster friendship while young at
the very end of my GCEPG paper mentioned above.

Senator Fulbright once said;
 
“Learning together and working together are the first steps towards global
peace.” 

Dear Ali:

(9) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT V) in response to the following
previous list distribution;

> (03/18/07) Possible creation of GUS/Cebu/Philippines with a gigabit satellite
> http://tinyurl.com/3dhonk

I am taking the liberty of distributing your very interesting PowerPoint
slides <school_v2 copy.ppt> <http://tinyurl.com/ytk8gq>.

> Dear E-Colleagues:
> 
> Pls retrieve it as going to the list of archives at
> <http://tinyurl.com/35zedj> and scrolling down to this list, and click the
> PowerPoint slide for downloading.  You can then view its animations.

(10) I am also taking the liberty of attaching your brief (yet, excellent)
bio which you once sent to me in July 2004.

If you can attend Prof. Larson’s and Fouad’s conference in Jordan and Dubai
in the coming October/November, pls introduce our GUS and GCEPG projects to
your colleagues in Arabic countries (as you once mentioned of your
willingness) -- particularly oil producing ones for the latter project,
asking them to create GUS and/or participate in the GCEPG project in/from
their own countries— they will eventually become members of
GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program under auspices of Tapio at the
University of Tampere.  They are then to be interlinked through the Virtual
Private Network (VPN).

Dear David:

(11) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT VII) in response to the following
previous list distribution;

> (03/18/07) Possible creation of GUS/Cebu/Philippines with a gigabit satellite
> http://tinyurl.com/3dhonk

(12) I am taking the liberty of distributing your following article, which I
read with great interest;

> Stephens, David, “The end of poverty, the ITU and the Navajo nation”
> <Navajo ICT copy.pdf> <http://tinyurl.com/3cwmal>

>> Dear Marina and Prof. Bobrov:
>> 
>> You may be interested in reading this paper for your Community Development
>> project of GUS/Siberia, -- particularly for the Republic of Altai around
>> Gorno-Altaisk.
>> 
>> Dear Marina:
>> 
>> You may also consider to have a sister-city relation between the Republic of
>> Altai and Navajo Nation.

Navajo Nation Networking Diagram
<Visio-Rural Sites Community Network Diagram 4-24-2006 copy.pdf>
<http://tinyurl.com/22az3y>


Yes, I also tried to set up similar wireless network for those American
indigenous people living in eastern Montana, South and North Dakota almost a
decade ago with the people at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana
(my alma mater), though I don’t know what their status are now.

Lastly, pls provide me with your full snail mail address, phone/fax, URL,
etc. -- somehow I lost your business card after I met you at the WSIS in
Tunisia in November of 2005.

Dear Fouad:

(13) When you create GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip, you may set up a similar
wireless network with the use of Ali’s SONbuddy system and David’s system to
cover Gaza Strip with the WiFi Cloud mentioned in my last list distribution
of the Item (11) above.

(14) I look forward to meeting with you at your conference in Jordan and
Dubai so that we can discuss further how to cooperate together along with
other GUS members.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak 



ATTACHMENT I 

> From: FOUAD EL-HARAZIN <alaqsau46 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:53:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: "Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi at columbia.edu>
> Cc: Tak Utsumi <utsumi at columbia.edu>, <elharazin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: E-Learning Simulation between People -to- People
> 
> Takeshi UTSUMI, Ph.D., P. E.
> Global Peace Through The Global University System
> NY, USA
>   
> Subject:  Establishing a Partnership e-Learning Programme for peace.
>   
> Dear Prof. Utsumi,
>   
> I hope you are fine and well.
>   
> You gave me a real walkup from what I read from the information I can see.
> And, only I read from the outline. I have read every words you gave me, and
> also your colleagues. Thank you for that.
>   
> We are in the same path with a real vision beyond humanity. You directed me
> for Partnerships within The " Global Peace Through The Global University
> System".
>   
> At this moment I am working on "The Greater Middle East e-Learning Initiative"
> by a friend mine, his name is Prof. Richard C. Larson, Director of MIT.
>   
> MIT's Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC} is a community of
> practitioners and scholars whose purpose is to share best practices and to
> learn from each other's mistakes.
>   
> We are preparing for The 2007 LINC Conference in Jordon aims to bring together
> international experts involved in the delivery of technology-enabled learning
> and "e-Learning" to emerging regions of the world, especially to understand
> communities.
>   
> There will be two major focuses at the conference this year: cross-border
> collaboration in e-learning; and technology-enabled education as a catalyst
> for positive educational change. The educational levels largely under
> discussion will be secondary (high school) and tertiary (college and
> university). This is what I mentioned in my note "Peace e-Learning Initiative
> between People-to –People, The Palestinian and The Israeli, Peace Education
> for All.
>   
> It is a great opportunity for you to be part of the solution in this
> conference in the Middle East with a distinguished speakers including The
> queen  of Jordan and ministries including the Palestinian Authority and
> possibly the Israeli education official.
>   
> We would like to achieve excellence in the application of e-Learning
> technology  with poverty e-Learning to the provision of  innovation,
> enterprise, equality, flexible, active, collaborative, peace e-Learning and
> professionally authentic learning.
>   
> We are very interested to Establish a Partnership e-Learning Programme between
> your respected institute online and Al-Azher University and National Research
> Center in Gaza Strip.
>   
> E-Learning and the use of technology in general, have many advantages. These
> advantages include, poverty elevation, remove isolation, cost reduction, peace
> education, increased accessibility and the gate way to the world for
> collaboration of creating new knowledge in global knowledge society of the
> 21st century. 
>   
> We do appreciate from you to help us to achieve the goal for Peace e-Learning
> through a Master degree programs and possibly Ph. D. Program with all possible
> fields of studies with a full joint agreement.
>   
> Our Main Suggestions are:
>   
> Your Institution 
>   
>> ·  Accreditation of the selected full degree and non degree programs
>> ·  Provide the main courses materials
>> ·  Supervise the quality of the teaching process
>> ·  Approve the full delivery system
>> ·  Issue the graduation certificates alone or with AL-Azher University-Gaza
>> Strip
>> ·  Arrange for training programs in distance learning in English first and
>> then the Arabic is the second option.
>   
> We have a full university in Gaza and well known (AL-Azher University-
> http:/www.alazher-gaza.edu) with a full responsibility as a regular
> university.
>   
> ·  We needed  accredited and specialties: Bachelors, Master Degrees
> ·  Financial issues  are very limited.
> ·  Any other suggestions are welcome.
>   
> I will be happy to send you more details when the right person in the right
> organization.  Thanks
>   
> Look forward to hearing from you soon
>   
> Sincerely,
>   
> Fouad
>   
> ==========================================================
>   
> Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President
> Gaza International Foundation for Peace on Earth;
> Directors National Research center;
> Al-Azher University-Gaza Strip; and
> Partnership-Greater Middle East e-Learning Initiative of-
> Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC)
> Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT)-http://linc.mit.edu
> Palestinian Authority-Gaza Strip
> Tel/Fax: +970 8 282 4157
> Mobile: +970 599 334413
> Email: alaqsau46 at yahoo.com


ATTACHMENT II

Brief on Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG) Project

1. Project Description:

GCEPG with a globally distributed computer simulation system will focus on
the issue of socio-economic-environment and sustainable development in
Japan, the US, China, Russia, 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-Environmental Simulation System.

The initial focus 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 into small town of Gorno-Altaisk with only 9,000 residents.  This
gas pipeline will certainly affect socio-economic developments of China, and
hence the ones of Japan, the US, Europe and others.

This project will then demonstrate integrated and synergistic approach among
grassroots, government, university, stakeholder, etc.  Use of graphic info
modeling/mapping and potentially "gaming" on key issues and potential
solutions will assist each group's ability for standardized data gathering
and situational analyses, projecting out potential 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.

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.

2. Project Objective:

GCEPG will construct Globally Distributed Socio-Economic-Environmental
Simulation System through broadband Internet, which will have two tier
system:

> (a) One for training young would-be decision makers in crisis management,
> conflict resolution, and negotiation techniques basing on "facts and figures"
> and 
> (b) The other for helping decision makers construct a globally distributed
> decision-support system for positive sum/win-win alternatives to conflict and
> war.


ATTACHMENT III 

> From: Hans R Herren <hh at millennium-institute.org>
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:31:35 -0400
> To: "Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi at columbia.edu>
> Cc: Natalia Baranova <nbaranova at megansk.ru>, <tsnovikova at mail.ru>,
> marinatyasto <marinatyasto at yandex.ru>, Linda Hawkin Israel
> <lindahi at earthlink.net>, <akortunov at neweurasia.ru>, "Harold P. Sjursen"
> <haroldsjursen at mac.com>, Harold Sjursen <hsjursen at poly.edu>, "Leonid K.
> Bobrov" <bobrov7 at yahoo.com>, Greg Cole <gcole at gloriad.org>, Anatoliy Fedotov
> <fedotov at ict.nsc.ru>
> Subject: Re: respond from Novosibirsk, Regional  NGO "Institute of City
> Development"
> 

> Dear All,
> 
> This is just to let you know that I have received this mail and that MI is
> working on a concept note.
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Hans


ATTACHMENT IV 

> From: Tatiana Novikova <tsnovikova at mail.ru>
> Reply-To: Tatiana Novikova <tsnovikova at mail.ru>
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:28:13 +0300
> To: "Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi at columbia.edu>
> Subject: Re[2]: respond from Novosibirsk, Regional  NGO "Institute of
> CityDevelopment"
> 
> Dear Dr. Utsumi, 
> 
> It was so impressive and fruitful to read your previous mails and
> indirectly participate in your active work on promotion of the GUS and
> GUS/Siberia Project. This week I plan to write the concept paper on activity
> of the working group «Global Collaborative Research and Development» and
> discuss it with Prof.Victor Suslov.
> His e-mail address is true in the main list (in your letter it was one
> unnecessary point).
> Natalia Baranova kindly agrees to help with  English in proposals.
> With Marina Tyasto we are looking forward meeting of task force leaders at
> SAPA.
>  Best regards,
>  Tatiana Novikova,
>  PhD, Dr. Sci. 


ATTACHMENT V 

> From: <rafidian at wanadoo.fr>
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:18:37 +0100
> To: <utsumi at columbia.edu>
> Subject: RE: [gu-new] (03/18/07) Possible creation of GUS/Cebu/Philippines
> with a gigabit satellite
> 
> Dear Prof. Takeshi Utsumi
> Thanks for your excellent efforts.
> I am attaching some information on software that can enhance the
> proposed system; you have in your e-mail.
> Best regards
> Ali


ATTACHMENT VI

Brief  C.V.
Prof. Ali ALMASHAT (FIEE,C.ENG)

Degrees:

> * B.Sc. Comm. Eng.  - Cairo University,
> * M.Sc. & Ph. D Electronic and Communications  Eng. -
> * University of  Manchester-  Institute of Science and Technology.

Publications:

> Three Scientific Books and more than 60 scientific and technical   published
> papers.

Positions:

> * D.G. Technical Affairs (Ministry of planning),
> * Professor of Telecommunications (Baghdad University),
> * D.G. and Chairman of  the Executive Organ of ARABSAT (Arab States League),
> * President of Iraqi Technical Institutes (Ministry of Higher Education and
> Scientific Research),
> * D.G. of the Iraqi Space Research Centre (Foundation of Scientific
> Research), 
> * Scientific Consultant (Educational TV project ,National Internet
> Implementation, Telecommunications (esp. for radio and TV)
> * Infrastructure, National Satellite program),
> * Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since 17 December 1998 until 25 August 2003.

Committees (among them):

> Chairman of:
> * The National Computers Commission,
> * ALECSO and ASBU (Arab League) Satellite committees
> * The National Outer Space for Useful Purposes Committee
> * The First Tunisian Conference on Computer Communications
> * The Iraqi Delegation to the United Nation Commission on the Exploration and
> peaceful uses of outer Space.
>> 
> Member of:
> * COSPAR, COPUOS (United Nations), ITU,
> * Italian Congress for Cooperation between Developing and Industrialized
> Countries, 
> * Arab-Japanese Commission on Telecommunications,
> * UNISPACE II (1982) and UNISPACE III (1999),
> * The Preparatory Committees of WSIS.

Activities at UNESCO:
Chaired and vice-chaired most of the Experts' Commissions on Information,
Informatics and Communications (e.g. Chairing Communication and Information
Commissions at two consecutive UNESCO General Conferences 1999 and 2001),
and elected again on 16 April 2003 to chair the same Commission at the
general conference (September29 to October 10, 2003).

Elected Chairman for the Communication Commissions of the group (G-77) at
UNESCO for three consecutive years.

Memberships (among them):
Fellow IEE, Fellow IBI, Fellow ICI, Senior Member IEEE, Senior Member AIAA,
Member IAF, Member COSPAR, Elected Director in the Board of Trustees of
SIA(NASA), Recognized Charter Engineer in the United Kingdom.

Awards:
Among them the Gold Record for Achievements (USA) 1994.


ATTACHMENT VII 

> From: Dave Stephens <dave at onsatnet.com>
> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:02:14 -0600
> To: <utsumi at columbia.edu>, 'gu-new' <gu-new at friends-partners.org>
> Subject: RE: [gu-new] (03/18/07) Possible creation of GUS/Cebu/Philippines
> with a gigabit satellite
> 
> The Navajo Nation has been doing this for 6 years.


List of Distribution

Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President
Gaza International Foundation for Peace on Earth;
Directors National Research center;
Al-Azhar University-Gaza Strip; and
Partnership-Greater Middle East e-Learning Initiative of-
Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC)
Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT)-http://linc.mit.edu
Palestinian Authority-Gaza Strip
Tel/Fax: +970 8 282 4157
Mobile: +970 599 334413
alaqsau46 at yahoo.com
elharazin at gmail.com
http:/www.alazher-gaza.edu
http://www.alazhar.org/english/index.htm
http://www.gifpeace.org/Background.htm

Richard C. Larson
Mitsui Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Operations Research Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-3604
rclarson at mit.edu
http://esd.mit.edu/staging/Faculty_Pages/larson/larson.htm
http://www2.informs.org/Speaker/bios/Larson.htm
http://linc.mit.edu/conference/default.htm

M. Elizabeth Murray
MIT LINC
Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue 1-172
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307US
+1.617.324.0377 phone
+1.617.258.6775 fax
mmurray at ceci.mit.edu
emurray at MIT.EDU
HTTP://LINC.MIT.EDU
http://cee.mit.edu/index.pl?id=1874&isa=Category&op=show

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 at uta.fi
tapio.varis at hamk.fi
tapio.varis at helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
www.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.
http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/
and
Principal Research Specialist
Unesco-Unevoc International Centre for Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
Gorresstr 15
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +358-335-51-3608
Fax: +358-335-51-3611
t.varis at unevoc.unesco.org
www.unevoc.unesco.org

Dr. Paul Lefrere
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
England
+44 (0)1908 653388
Fax +44 (0)1908 654173
Mobile +44(0) 7725 694 965
P.Lefrere at open.ac.uk
http://iet.open.ac.uk/pp/p.lefrere/lefrere.html

Hans Rudolf Herren, Ph.D.
President
Millennium Institute
2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201-3357 USA
Tel: (+1-703) 841-0048
Fax: (+1-703) 841-0050
Cell: (+1-530) 867-4569
hh at millennium-institute.org
http://www.millennium-institute.org
http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/
www.threshold21.com
http://www.biovision.ch
http://www.eduvision.or.ke
http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/boardstaff/herren.html -- brief bio.

Tatiana S. NOVIKOVA Ph.D., Dr.Sci.
Head of Finance and Tax Policy Department
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY
Novosibirsk State Technical University
K. Marx prospekt, 20
Novosibirsk, 630092
Russia
tel.: +7 (383) 346‑24‑87 (office)
       +7 (383) 330‑15‑53 (home)
fax: +7 (383) 346-02-09
tsnovikova at mail.ru

Prof. Ali Almashat, FIEE, C. ENG.
Former Ambassador to UNESCO from Iraq
+33-686868-666
ali.almashat at gmail.com
rafidian at wanadoo.fr

David Stephens
dave at onsatnet.com
http://www.onsat.com/

Marina V. Tyasto 
Head of International Relations Department
Siberian Academy of the Public Administration
Nizhegorodskaya Street, 6
Novosibirsk, 630102
Russia
Tel/Fax:  7-383-210-12-52 (direct)
Cel: 7-913-920-67-69
marinatyasto at yandex.ru
morozov3 at sapa.nsk.su
tyasto at sapa.nsk.su
oms at sapa.nsk.su
http://mail.yandex.ru/monitoring/

Dr. Leonid K. Bobrov
Vice Rector of Foreign Affairs
Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
Kamenskaya str., 56
Novosibirsk, 630099, Russia
Tel/Fax: +7 (383) 224-46-83
bobrov at nsaem.ru
bobrov7 at yahoo.com

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