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- Added about 10 new countries for eJDS/ICTP, incl. W. Africa, Saudi
Arabia, Jordan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Guatemala
- Hosts in over 70 countries monitored
- Need contacts for: Peru, Ecuador, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia,
Mauritania, Senegal, Cameroon, Syria, Oman, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize,
Phillipines
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- 23-24 October 2003, Trieste, Italy
- By invitation
- Open round table among scientists, librarians, decision-makers,
journalists, electronic publishers, contents providers, information and
communication technology experts, donors and non-profit organizations
working on the dissemination of science and the transfer of knowledge
and technology towards developing countries.
- Goal bring together all interested parties to analyse, share
experiences, promote ideas and discuss
- better understanding and quantifying the digital divide
(for example, differences in network
performance for developed and developing countries)
- concrete strategic alternatives
- innovative technological tools
- e-contents licensing issues
- to support scientists working in remote areas and having low-bandwidth,
or expensive access to on-line database services and the Internet.
- International Advisory Committee
- Minella Alarcon (UNESCO)
- Les Cottrell (SLAC)
- Harvey B Newman (Caltech)
- Carol Priestley (INASP
- Web page: http://www.ejds.org/meeting2003/
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