The Inclusive Information Society: A Global Perspective Dai Davies General Manager DANTE

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The Inclusive Information Society A Global
PerspectiveDai DaviesGeneral ManagerDANTE

• Ministerial Conference Riga 11-13 June 2006

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GÉANT2 connected networks _at_ May 2006 - 48
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EUMEDCONNECT Topology
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RedCLARA ALICE Topology l 2006
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TEIN2 Topology Partners TEIN2 Topology, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam, Australia Fran ce,
Netherlands, UK
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EUMEDCONNECT SUPPORTS SWIMED Groundwater modelling

• Aim estimate sustainable extraction scheme -
  improve management
• CODESA-3D Density-dependent 3D coupled
  groundwater flow and transport simulations
• Data requirement
• - Geology
• - Topography
• - Meteorology
• - Water extraction by the farmer
• - Aquifer properties
• - Soil maps
• - Land use

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RedCLARA supports

• _at_LIS Technet
• _at_LIS pilot project interconnecting universities
  in LA and EU into a virtual learning platform

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RedCLARA supports

• T_at_lemed
• _at_LIS pilot project bringing new health
  applications to remote areas of Brazil and
  Colombia

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2 slides for TEIN2 applications,
TEIN2 supports Tele-medicine application
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Other TEIN2 applications

• Disaster warning e.g. Philippine Institute of
  Vulcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) partners
• Oceanography e.g. ASEM Oceans Initiative
• Climatology
• Distance learning e.g. University of Health
  Sciences, Cambodia and UPMC Medical School, Paris

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Issues

• Sustainability
• Costs
• Future Direction

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Conclusions

• Major contributions to global cooperation
• Societal and scientific benefits
• Sustainability is the Challenge