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SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
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Date and Time
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Tuesday, August 10
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08:30 - 10:00
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Registration of Participants
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10:00
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Inaugural Session
- Ron Cole – Welcome
- David R. Beall – Executive Secretary, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
- Gary Strong – Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, United States National Science Foundation and DARPA
- Fernando Moreno Peña – Governor, State of Colima
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10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:45
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First Plenary Session
- Self-introduction of participants (40 min)
- Review Agenda and Goals (Cole; 20 min)
- Presentations by OAS (Connolly, Hahn, others; 30 min)
- Presentations by the NSF (Strong, Brandt, Feller; 30 min)
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch
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2:30
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Second Plenary Session
Brainstorming on Technologies and Scenarios
- Overview of Project to Date (Strong; 10 min)
- Organization and Goals of Technology Overviews and Discussions
(Cole; 5 min)
Technology Overviews and Discussions
- Distributed Computing and Networking Infrastructure
to support communication, collaboration, development and delivery of
timely and relevant information
- Tutorial Overviews (Calton Pu, Jose Fortes; 10 min each)
- Discussions (Case studies, Opportunities and Barriers)
(A. Cabezas, Select 3-4 participants for discussion: 5 min each)
- Developing content relevant to people and problems of the Western Hemisphere
- Tutorial Overviews (P. Noriega)
- Discussions (Ana María Pratt;Select 3-4 participants for discussion: 5 min each)
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4:30 - 4:45
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Coffee Break
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4:45 - 6:15
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Third Plenary Session:
Brainstorming on Technologies and Scenarios
- Universal access and design, so people from diverse cultures with diverse skills may participate in the emerging information society
- Tutorial Overviews (L. Hirschman, J. Carbonnel; 10 min each)
- Discussions (Select 3-4 participants for discussion: 5 min each)
- Education and training, so people in all countries can benefit from and contribute to solutions to regional and global problems.
- Tutorial Overviews (A. Bernat, A. Klinger 10 min each)
- Discussions (Liane Margarida Rockenbach Tarouco, Select 3-4 participants for discussion: 5 min
each)
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Wednesday, August 11
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09:00
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Fourth Plenary Session
Presentation of Scenarios for consideration
- Scenario I: Digital Government/Digital Libraries (D. Zuñiga,
L. Feria; 10 min)
- Scenario II Information Access at the Point of Use (R. Connolly; 10 min)
- Scenario III Healthcare Access (H. Rauch, D. Sigulem: 10 min)
- Scenario IV: Alternative and Precision Agriculture (J. Rios,
C. Medeiros; 10 min)
- Scenario V: Digital Earth (M. Maybury; 10 min)
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10:30 - 10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45 - 11:30
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Fifth Plenary Session
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10:45 - 11:30
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Discussion of National Realities: Challenges for Management
through Information Technologies (L. Selman, S. Matute, J. Hidalgo,
P. Lagos, J. García Torres)
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11:30 - 12:00
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Brainstorming on working group topics
- Review goals of working groups
- Select working groups and assign participants to groups
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12:00 - 1:00
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Convene Working Groups
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1:00 - 2:30
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Working Lunch
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2:30 - 4:00
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Sixth Plenary Session
- Report from Morning Working Groups and Feedback by all.
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Thursday, August 12
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7:30 - 8:30
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Working Groups Prepare Final Reports
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8:30 - 9:00
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Coffee Break
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9:00 - 10:30
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Seventh Plenary Session
- Working groups present final reports
- Feedback on final reports by all participants
- Selection of Final Report Drafting Group
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10:30
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Closing Session
- Statement by David R. Beall – Executive Secretary, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
- Statement by Gary Strong – Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, United States National Science Foundation and DARPA
- Statement by a National Control Commissioner
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10:45
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Meeting Over (Bus leaves for airport)
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