taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (11/12/86)
This article is from well!hmg@hplabs.HP.COM (Harry Goodman)
and was received on Tue Nov 11 19:32:04 1986
[Moderators Note: usually I don't like to post announcements of this nature
in the group, but this upcoming forum marks somewhat of a milestone in the
acceptance of technology in the world. The forum is to discuss the use of
electronic networks and database systems for developing countries, with an
emphasis on the third world. While the space is extremely limited (but
if you feel you have something to offer, *please* fill out a nomination
form) Harry Goodman would welcome further discussion of the advantages and
disadvantages of this application of technology, either in this forum or
through personal mail.
Let's help make this a resounding success!
-- Dave ]
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Welcome to IIA
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International Informatics Access '87 -- a problem-solving forum on developing
countries' use of electronic networks and databases.
You can participate in many ways:
* apply to be a DELEGATE or nominate someone else by sending in the form
BEFORE November 30. Let others know!
* participate ONLINE by adding your comments and questions here. We are
developing ways for you to exchange ideas with delegates and others
online before, during and after the first IIA conference in Dallas,
Texas in March, 1987.
* help spread the word and expand online participation. Let us know if you
can port these and *future* messages to other systems.
The next three notes include a letter of introduction, a description of the
face-to-face meeting next March and a nomination form.
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INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '87
MARCH 17-20, 1987
DALLAS, TEXAS USA
Dear Colleague:
This meeting is for you! We think you will agree when you have reviewed the
following online brochure.
Baylor University Medical Center has been involved in developing an
electronic network linking several medical research centers in Latin America
with the Latin American Cancer Research Information Program sponsored by the
Pan American Health Organization. Issues encountered in the development of
this electronic application are the same issues facing each of us as our
networks develop. The exchange of ideas between individual participants at
IIA '87 will allow each of us to return to our respective countries and
organizations with ideas and concepts which we did not bring to the assembly.
We would be delighted to have you join us and we invite you to participate
in IIA '87 by returning the Nomination Form.
* THE FORM MUST BE RETURNED TO US BY NOVEMBER 30, 1986 *
Additional information may be obtained by writing to:
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '87
c/o Baylor Research Foundation
3500 Gaston Avenue
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
or
Harry Goodman
Harry M. Goodman & Associates
1739 Bridgeway, Suite A
Sausalito, California, U.S.A.
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Nominations are due by November 30, 1986.
Sincerely,
The IIA '87 Planning Council
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IIA '87 - MARCH CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
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Many of us feel the need for more dialogue and cooperation which can lead to
enlightened policies regulating and promoting the management of information.
Many also feel it important to look more carefully at existing practical
applications of computer and communications technologies particularly for the
developing world. Toward both of these ends, a series of international
conferences on information access is being planned. The first conference of
its kind,
-- INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '87 (IIA '87) --
is scheduled to be held in Dallas in March 1987. This event, its preparation
and follow-up, will provide a forum for policymakers, technical staff and
those applying informatics to exchange ideas and develop plans of action.
Preceding and following the conference the participants will be accessible to
each other via an international electronic network.
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '87?
IIA '87 is the first in a series of biennial conferences on the role of
international information exchange in developing countries. In keeping with
the focus on developing countries:
* The Keynote speaker for each conference will be from a developing
country whose address will highlight that country for the development
of informatics
* All future conferences will be held in Third World countries
* Fifty percent of the conference delegates will be from developing
countries
WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF IIA '87?
The Planning Council will request leading international informatics and
communications organizations or individuals for nominations of participants
in the following areas:
Policy
Technical
Network/User
These delegates will be selected based on criteria approved by the Planning
Council and based on the degree of activity and knowledge in the field of
informatics. It is expected that fifty percent of the delegates will come from
Third World countries. In addition, Resource Participants will be invited
as conference observers. They will be able to attend all conference activities,
but will have limited participation roles in the roundtable sessions.
A monthly Conference Newsletter will begin publication in August 1986, and
will be mailed without charge to individuals or organizations who have asked to
be on the conference mailing list. This publication will keep all interested
parties apprised of the activities in preparation for the conference as well
as provide relevant information on developments in the field of informatics.
All delegates selected will have an electronic mailbox on an international
communications network. The fee for each mailbox will be paid for by the
conference for three months prior to and six months after the conference.
This service is provided in order that the delegates be in a position to
maintain the link formed and continue the discussions initiated at the
conference and themselves form a new international network.
There will be four principal addresses during the conference. The addresses
will focus on the current issues in the areas of:policy, technical and
network applications in informatics. Each will a focus on the integration of
traditional and emerging technologies. The keynote speaker will address the
issues of the potential for informatics in the context of international
development and understanding and how this technology can be used for the
betterment of society. Each presentation will be followed by delegate
roundtables to discuss the address as well as to bring pertinent information
from personal experiences.
A conference Resource Guide guide is being developed to maximize the
contributions of the IIA '87 delegates to the conference. This guide will be
published as a special edition to an international journal and distributed
to delegates one month prior to their arrival.
The Planning Council will also publish a Conference Proceedings. This will
include the speakers' texts, and comments from the roundtable discussions and
will serve as a point of reference for organizations and individuals
interested in developing multinational electronic linkages. This publication,
like the Resource Guide, will be published by as a special edition of an
international journal.
WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF IIA '87?
* To prepare and disseminate a comprehensive guide of the current activities
of groups involved in the promotion and exchange of informatics
skills/technologies for development purposes.
* To initiate intense discussion on the relation of informatics to
development and the policy, technical, and programmatic issues in this
field.
* To develop a "roadmap" for organizations interested in exchange of
informatics skills/technology for development, in order to expand and
initiate priorities for such cooperation.
WHAT TYPES OF DELEGATES WILL BE INVITED TO IIA '87?
IIA '87 will have four types of participants:
Policy Delegates (12) - Individuals involved in the senior level decision-
making process with regard to informatics in developing countries
Technical Delegates (12) - Individuals who have expertise and a knowledge of
the technical systems deployed to meet informatics needs
Networker Delegates (26) - Individuals who are now using informatics within
their work environments.
Resource Participants (15) - Individuals selected from major international
organizations who can serve as a resource of information on policy/technical
and network/user issues. Resource Participants will be able to attend all
conference activities, but will have limited participation roles in the
roundtable sessions.
Important Delegate Selection Deadlines
November 30, 1986
Completed Delegate Nomination Forms Due
December 31, 1986
IIA '87 Delegate Selection Committee Invites Delegates
WHERE WILL IIA '87 BE HELD?
Baylor University Medical Center has a state-of-the-art conference center
located on the 17th floor of the new A. Webb Roberts Hospital. This center has
a large reception foyer, an auditorium that seats 155, a large banquet room
that seats 150, several small dining rooms, three classrooms and the Boone
Powell, Sr. Management Library. Staff of the A. Webb Roberts Center for
Continuing Medical Education will be available for facilitating the conference.
In addition, volunteers from local microcomputer users groups or people with
an interest in telecommunications will be available to assist in hosting the
conference.
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL CONFERENCE LANGUAGE?
English is the official conference language. The Plaza of the Americas does
have a multi-multilingual staff available and will be able to assist with
hotel needs and Dallas sites and attraction information.
WHERE WILL IIA '87 PARTICIPANTS STAY IN DALLAS?
The Plaza of the Americas combines restaurants, shops and office towers in
the heart of downtown Dallas. The prime business and entertainment districts
and the new Dallas Museum of Fine Arts are a brief stroll away. Trusthouse
Forte, one of Europe's grandest hotelier, operates the 442-room hotel. A
multilingual staff, foreign currency exchange, and telegram/cable/telex
services are a few of the amenities provided by the Plaza of the Americas.
The hotel's Plaza Suite will serve as the conference Hospitality Suite
throughout the conference.
WHAT ARE THE COSTS TO THE IIA '87 DELEGATE?
All on-site conference costs will be provided by the conference. No
registration fee will be charged. Meals (with the exception of Friday
evening), transfers (with the exception of the return to the airport), and
conference materials, etc. will be provided by the conference.
Conference participants will be responsible for travel and hotel accomodation
payments. Tower Travel Agency will work with the delegates in coordinating
these arrangements and will be able to offer conference discounts. In order
to offer these discounts, all travel and hotel arrangements must be handled
by Tower Travel using the conference hotel and airlines. The conference has
a very competent agent assigned and she will have an EMAIL box on ECONET.
WHERE WILL IIA '87 EMAIL BE CHECKED ON A DAILY BASIS?
SERVICE ID
WHOLE EARTH 'LECTRONIC LINK [well] hmg [Harry Goodman]
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INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '87
MARCH 17-20, 1987
DALLAS, TEXAS USA
Delegate Nomination Form * Return before November 30, 1986 *
Instructions: Delegates for International Informatics
Access '87 (IIA '87) will be drawn from individuals with experience in either
the policy area, technical issues, or network use of informatics.
You may use this form to nominate a delegate in any one of these areas to
participate in the IIA '87 or for nominating yourself. In either case, the
completed nomination form must be received at IIA '87 offices by November 30,
1986.
If you are nominating someone, please have the potential delegate complete
the form and send it to IIA '87 along with your nomination letter.
Please complete all parts of this form and send it via airmail to:
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '87
c/o The Baylor Research Foundation
3600 Gaston Avenue
Dallas, Texas U.S.A. 75246
*** or - if the deadline is soon,
*** transmit your completed form by EMAIL to Harry Goodman at the
*** addresses above.
Your nomination will be reviewed by the Delegate Selection Board and you will
be notified about the Board's decision beginning December 31, 1986.
We appreciate your interest in International Informatics Access '87.
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I. PROPOSED DELEGATE'S NAME:
POSITION/TITLE
REPRESENTING ORGANIZATION: COUNTRY:
ADDRESS:
CITY STATE: POSTAL CODE:
TELEX: OFFICE TELEPHONE:
ELECTRONIC-MAIL IDENTIFICATION(S), IF ANY:
II. PLEASE LIST FIVE KEY FUNCTIONS THAT THE POTENTIAL
DELEGATE PERFORMS AS PART OF HIS OR HER JOB:
III. PLEASE DESCRIBE THEIR ROLE IN RELATION TO EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING:
A. USE OF MICROCOMPUTERS:
B. TRANSNATIONAL DATA FLOW:
C. ELECTRONIC NETWORK EXPERIENCE:
IV. INDICATE SOME OF THE RECENT NEW PRACTICES THAT THE
POTENTIAL DELEGATE MAY HAVE INTRODUCED IN HIS OR HER
WORK SETTING.
V. EDUCATION: (Please state degrees held and areas of specialization)
VI. PLEASE INDICATE REASON(S) WHY THE POTENTIAL DELEGATE
WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN IIA '87:
VII. PLEASE PROVIDE THREE PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES ALONG
WITH THEIR ADDRESSES AND TELEX NUMBERS.
VIII. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN IIA '87, DESCRIBE HOW THE
POTENTIAL DELEGATE INTENDS TO DISSEMINATE HIS OR HER
IIA '87 EXPERIENCES IN THEIR COUNTRY/ORGANIZATION.
IX. WHAT STEPS WOULD THE POTENTIAL DELEGATE TAKE TO
MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER
IIA '87 DELEGATES AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM IIA '87
SIGNATURE: DATE:
(Note: Please attach a brief biography [not to exceed one page]
outlining the potential delegate's major professional
accomplishments).
Thank you! .....Harry Goodman
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