Open Round Table 2003 - Quantifying the Digital Divide


		PingER/eJDS

PingER Monitoring of DeveloPING Countries

One of the Recommendations of the 2002 Open Round Table included to devote resources to monitor in real time the connectivity of research and educational institutions in developing countries. The PingER project at SLAC is collaborating with the ICTP/TWAS eJDS project to develop this monitoring:
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23 - 24 October 2003, Trieste, Italy

This is an 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 (open source) technology towards developing countries.

The goal is to bring together all interested parties to analyse, share experiences, promote ideas and discuss

  · at 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.

During the open round table, a review of progress in implementing the

Recommendations of Trieste to Bridge the Digital Divide

will be undertaken.

Local Organizers

        Hilda Cerdeira and E. Canessa (ICTP)

International Advisory Committee

        Minella Alarcon (UNESCO)
        Les Cottrell (SLAC)
        Harvey B Newman (Caltech)
        Carol Priestley (INASP)

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For further enquires send an e-mail to ejds@ictp.trieste.it


	eJDS

The electronic Journals Delivery Service (eJDS) Programme is geared to facilitate the access to current scientific literature for free. The goal is to distribute individual scientific articles via e-mail to scientists in institutions in The Third World Countries who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the Internet in a timely manner and/or cannot afford the connection. Providing scientists with current literature will support their ongoing research.

For more information:

eJournals Delivery Service
ICTP/TWAS Donation Programme
P.O.Box 586, 34100 Trieste
ITALY
Fax: +39 040 2240633
e-mail: ejds@ictp.trieste.it

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