Title: The Inclusive Information Society: A Global Perspective Dai Davies General Manager DANTE
1The Inclusive Information Society A Global
PerspectiveDai DaviesGeneral ManagerDANTE
- Ministerial Conference Riga 11-13 June 2006
2GÉANT2 connected networks _at_ May 2006 - 48
3EUMEDCONNECT Topology
4RedCLARA ALICE Topology l 2006
5TEIN2 Topology Partners TEIN2 Topology, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam, Australia Fran ce,
Netherlands, UK
6EUMEDCONNECT 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
7RedCLARA supports
- _at_LIS Technet
- _at_LIS pilot project interconnecting universities
in LA and EU into a virtual learning platform
8RedCLARA supports
- T_at_lemed
- _at_LIS pilot project bringing new health
applications to remote areas of Brazil and
Colombia
92 slides for TEIN2 applications,
TEIN2 supports Tele-medicine application
10Other 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
11Issues
- Sustainability
- Costs
- Future Direction
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14Conclusions
- Major contributions to global cooperation
- Societal and scientific benefits
- Sustainability is the Challenge