Quantifying the Digital Divide

	Les Cottrell – SLAC
	Prepared for the ICFA-SCIC video meeting, May 2003
	http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/scs/net/talk/icfa-may03.html

Coverage

	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

Current State

Trends by region

Second Open Round Table on
Developing Countries Access to Scientific Knowledge: Quantifying the Digital Divide

	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/