The ISTEC General Assembly

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Alfredo Roldan Parquesoft Colombia

Technology Start-ups and Incubators=20

Director de la Red Nacional de = parques=20 Tecnologicos de Software de Colombia = "Parquesoft"=20 fundador de la instituci=F3n, director de la = firma de=20 tecnologia en Colombia VIANet WS, siendo el = actual=20 inspirador de la red en temas de emprendimiento. = Artista=20 plastico de profesion con mas de 15 a=F1os en el = medio=20 tecnologico del=20 software.

La = situaci=F3n exige=20 compromiso por parte de los ciudadanos y la = puesta en=20 marcha de acciones proactivas que contribuyan = hacia la=20 gestaci=F3n y desarrollo de un nuevo modelo = econ=F3mico=20 donde el estado asuma una posici=F3n de = acompa=F1amiento a=20 los procesos de creaci=F3n de empresas pero que, = sean los=20 ciudadanos mismos quienes enfrenten el reto de = proponer=20 nuevos modelos econ=F3micos que contribuyan al=20 resurgimiento de Colombia. Lo anterior, = compromete a los=20 j=F3venes quienes por sus caracter=EDsticas de = personalidad=20 propias de esta etapa de desarrollo y la = diferencia de=20 responsabilidades asumidas en comparaci=F3n con = la=20 poblaci=F3n adulta tienen la capacidad de asumir = riesgos y=20 atreverse a pensar de una manera diferente. = Dicha=20 circunstancia, se convierte en un factor clave = para la=20 creaci=F3n de nuevas empresas que brinden un = elemento=20 diferenciador a la sociedad actual, donde exista = un=20 beneficio econ=F3mico pero a su vez, un = beneficio=20 personal, grupal y sobre todo, una = responsabilidad=20 social. As=ED mismo, es entonces necesario que = Colombia=20 acompa=F1e las iniciativas de incubaci=F3n de = empresas para=20 garantizar el =E9xito en el proceso de = desarrollo=20 empresarial.

Andrew Kuper Toward an = Entrepreneurial Culture=20 for Social and Economic = Development US

Creating=20 an Entrepreneurial Culture: Educating and = Innovating to=20 End Poverty

Andy is = Managing Director=20 of Ashoka's Global Academy for Social = Entrepreneurship.=20 The Academy elects, connects, and works with the = greatest social entrepreneurs - people who have = helped=20 millions to transform their lives, and who are = expanding=20 the scope of social change from local to global. = Born=20 and raised in South Africa, Andy started his = first=20 venture at age ten. He wrote his PhD at = Cambridge and=20 Harvard Universities on globalization and = democracy. He=20 served on the Faculty of Cambridge. He founded = the=20 Empire and Democracy Project at the Carnegie = Council on=20 Ethics and International Affairs, which he ran = during=20 the build-up to the conflicts in Iraq and = Afghanistan.=20 Andy also co-founded Kuper Research, a market = research=20 consultancy that has designed several new = newspapers and=20 enables media to address the shifting = post-Apartheid=20 needs of South = Africa.

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This keynote = address will=20 explore three major questions: How can we create = a=20 culture where educators, researchers, students, = and=20 their institutions recognize their own power to = create=20 change? How can we draw on social = entrepreneurship to=20 cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, and = make=20 universities more synergistic? How do we draw on = the=20 examples, insights, and strategies of social=20 entrepreneurs to create more well-rounded and = empowered=20 leaders of tomorrow? These challenges must be = answered=20 if we are to overcome poverty and produce = sustainable=20 social change.

Aryon=20 Rodrigues University of = Brasilia Brazil

Indigenous Languages, Culture and = Education: Trends=20 of e-Inclusion (a Brazilian=20 perspective)

Aryon Dall=92Igna Rodrigues = is an=20 emeritus professor of linguistics at the = University of=20 Bras=EDlia. As the creator and coordinator of = the=20 Laborat=F3rio de L=EDnguas Ind=EDgenas of the = University of=20 Bras=EDlia he stimulates and supports the = development of=20 the scientific research on Brazilian Indian = Languages in=20 this university, which came to be at the early = sixties=20 the first academic institution to have a = linguistic=20 graduate program in Brazil. Rodrigues also = created=20 the next two Brazilian graduate programs in = Linguistics, at the Museu Nacional = (UFRJ) and at=20 the University of Campinas. He is the most prominent specialist in = Brazilian=20 Indian languages, especially in Tupian and = Macro-J=EA, and=20 the major reference in historical comparative=20 linguistics of the native languages of Brazil.=20 Besides his = scientific=20 research activities, Rodrigues teaches at the = linguistic=20 graduate program of the University of = Bras=EDlia, where he=20 advises descriptive and historical theses and=20 dissertations. Rodrigues=20 has published a large number of papers and = organized a=20 dozen of books on Brazilian Indian languages and = is the=20 author of only general book on Brazilian Indian=20 Languages considered in 2000 by the Brazilian = Publishers=20 Chamber one of the the hundred books of the=20 20^th Century. Rodrigues is an honorary = member of the=20 Linguistic Society of America and of the Society = for the=20 Study of the Languages of America.

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The=20 number of indigenous peoples and languages in = Brazil has=20 been reduced from over 1,000 to nearly 200 since = the=20 beginning of the European colonization in the=20 16^th century. Most of the surviving = peoples=20 have now very small populations and live under = diverse=20 conditions. Of the nearly 180 remaining native = languages=20 the majority is spoken by lesser than 1,000 = people, 50=20 of these by less than 100, and some are on the = verge of=20 disparition. Only since the new Constitution of = Brazil=20 (1988) the right to have their languages = contemplated in=20 educational programs has been recognized to the=20 indigenous peoples. Presently several = educational=20 actions some more conservative, others more = innovative,=20 from elementary to higher education, variously=20 stimulating the use of native languages and = beginning to=20 use electronic media and = networks.

Carlos=20 Thomaz HPTC=20 Latinoamerican Architect, Sun = Microsystems US

Grid=20 Computing

To be=20 posted

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Christos=20 Christodoulou University of New = Mexico US

The Emerging Fields of Nanotechnology = and=20 Microeletromachining

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Christos G. = Christodoulou=20 received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical = Engineering from=20 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, in = 1985. He=20 served as a faculty member in the University of = Central=20 Florida, Orlando, from 1985 to 1998, where he = received=20 numerous teaching and research awards. In 1999, = he=20 joined the faculty of the Electrical and = Computer=20 Engineering Department at the University of New = Mexico,=20 Albuquerque as the Department Chair. In 1991 he = was=20 selected as the AP/MTT Engineer of the year = (Orlando=20 Section). He is a Fellow member of IEEE and a = member of=20 URSI (Commission B). He served as the general = Chair of=20 the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society/URSI = 1999=20 Symposium in Orlando, Florida and as a co-chair = of the=20 IEEE 2000 Symposium on Antennas and Propagation = for=20 wireless communications, in Walham, MA. He is an = associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on = Antennas=20 and Propagation and the IEEE Antennas and = Propagation=20 Magazine. He also served as a guest editor for a = special=20 issue on =93Applications of Neural Networks in=20 Electromagnetics=94 in the Applied Computational = Electromagnetics Society(ACES) journal . He has=20 published over 200 papers in journals and = conferences=20 and he authored a book, by Artech House, on = =93Neural=20 Network Applications in Electromagnetics=94. His = research=20 interests are in the areas of modeling of=20 electromagnetic systems, machine learning = applications=20 in electromagnetics, smart antennas, and = MEMS.

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The origin of=20 Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and=20 nanotechnology research can be traced back to = Richard P.=20 Feynman in as early as 1959. Feynman=92s = theoretical=20 work on the physical and technological = implications of=20 miniaturizing systems helped to establish the = field=20 of MEMS and nanotechnology =20 research. Today, MEMS-based products = combine both=20 mechanical and electronic devices on a = monolithic=20 microchip to produce superior performance = over=20 solid-state components, especially for = wireless =20 and space applications. Also, = nanotechnology=20 has been heralded as =93the next big = thing=94. It is=20 the manufacturing technology of the 21st = century=94. The=20 trend is to fabricate devices with atomic or = molecular=20 scale precision. For example, an=20 antenna-like sliver of silicon one-tenth the = width of a=20 human hair was built recently. This = presentation=20 will future some of the t research rends in area = of MEMS=20 and nanotechnology..

Claude Shaver MobileTec International,=20 Inc. US

Automated Public Safety=20 Technologies

Presidente y = CEO de la=20 compa=F1=EDa MobileTec International, Inc. = Basada en Tampa,=20 Florida, Estados Unidos. Mr. Shaver es un ex = Jefe de la=20 Polic=EDa Montada de = Canada.

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Por = favor ver=20 Marcelo Vera - Mobiltec

Dale=20 Alverson University of New = Mexico US

Emerging=20 Paradigms: An Emergent = Paradim

Dale Alverson is a = Pediatrician,=20 Professor and Regents Professor on faculty at = the=20 University of New Mexico, School of Medicine,=20 specializing in the field of Neonatology. = He=20 serves as the Medical Director of the = Telemedicine=20 Program, Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine = Research at the University of New Mexico. = In that=20 role, he has been involved in the planning,=20 implementation, research and evaluation of a=20 Telemedicine system for New Mexico, primarily = serving=20 its rural communities, building upon = collaborative=20 alliances. He is also Chair of the New Mexico = Telehealth=20 Alliance that provides a platform for = public-private=20 collaboration and formation of a Telehealth = =93network of=20 networks=94 and has been appointed by the = Governor as a=20 commissioner to the New Mexico Telehealth = Commission. In=20 addition, he is the Director of the Four Corners = Telehealth Consortium addressing regional = interstate=20 coordination between Arizona, Colorado, Utah and = New=20 Mexico. Currently, he is also working on = development of=20 international cooperative telehealth = initiatives,=20 particularly in Latin America. He has been = a=20 principal investigator on several Telehealth = related=20 grants; including projects in rural = Telemedicine, NASA=20 and the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth = under=20 HRSA, including deployment of immersive = interactive=20 virtual reality simulations that allows = synchronous=20 collaboration over Internet2 for training and = education,=20 independent of distance.

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Continued = advances in=20 information technologies, computing and = communication=20 systems are enabling improved access to = healthcare=20 information, health services, research and = education=20 independent of distance. In combination, these = distance=20 technologies and health-related applications = constitute=20 the concept of Telehealth. In turn, Telehealth = is=20 allowing an enhanced means of sharing knowledge = and=20 expertise, =93leap-frogging=94 over the barriers = of distance=20 and time. Global development and integration of=20 communication systems such as Internet2 are = creating=20 opportunities for international collaboration = using=20 Telehealth and a platform for exchange with the=20 potential for formation of a true =93network of = networks=94=20 and =93virtual collaboratory=94 that can be used = world-wide.

Denise Y. Arnold = Instituto de Lenguas=20 y Cultura Aymara-ILCA Bolivia

From=20 Infotambos To World Markets: Indigenous Peoples, = Sustainable Development And Connectivity For An=20 Inclusive Society

Denise Arnold = antrop=F3loga social y=20 cultural brit=E1nica-boliviana, hizo estudios de = postgrado=20 en arquitectura y en medio ambiente, antes de = optar su=20 doctorado en antropolog=EDa de University = College London=20 (1988). Trabaj=F3 desde 1983 como investigadora = en Bolivia=20 con los hablantes de aymara. Ha desarrollado = nuevas=20 metodolog=EDas y t=E9cnicas de investigaci=F3n = en el estudio=20 de la literatura y las pr=E1cticas textuales = andinas, la=20 antropolog=EDa ling=FC=EDstica y el estudio de = los movimientos=20 sociales. Ha trabajado las mismas cuestiones con = los=20 mapuches de Chile y los uru-chipayas en Bolivia. =

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Examines some = pilot=20 initiatives in in the Bolivian highlands in = which=20 Indigenous Peoples are integrating themselves = into world=20 markets through forms of connectivity which have = pre-existing cultural resonance for them. We = locate=20 these initiatives in the context of existing = exclusions=20 in education, production, language and = communications in=20 the region. The case study is centered in an = Infotambo,=20 whose connectivity potential will articulate = social=20 memory to new programs in education and=20 community-centered research, production and = information=20 about markets, directed toward sustainable = development.=20 The creation of the alternative economic = circuits of=20 intercultural production, linked to wider = markets in=20 favorable terms, is just the starting point for = this=20 strategic plan.

Dinesh Bahal Sun=20 Microsystems US

E-Inclusion=20 and the Participation = Edge

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Fernando = Castro Pontif=EDcia Universidade = Cat=F3lica do=20 Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

Digital=20 Television - Technological=20 = Challenges

To be = posted

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Gersem = Baniwa Amazon Basin Indigenous=20 Coordination Brazil

Apropria=E7=E3o=20 das Tecnologias da Informa=E7=E3o e = Comunica=E7=E3o pelos Povos=20 Ind=EDgenas

Gersem Jose dos = Santos Luciano=20 pertence ao povo Baniwa =96 Ciuci, da Aldeia = Jaquirana /=20 Rio I=E7ana =96 S=E3o Gabriel da = Cachoeira/AM. Possui=20 larga experi=EAncia no movimento ind=EDgena = atestado por ter=20 sido o Presidente Fundador da Primeira = Organizac=E3o=20 Baniwa =96 Associa=E7=E3o das Comunidades = Ind=EDgenas do Rio=20 I=E7ana =96 ACIRI. Foi Diretor (Presidente = Provis=F3rio,=20 Vice-presidente, Secretario e Tesoureiro) da = Federa=E7=E3o=20 das Organiza=E7=F5es Ind=EDgenas do Rio Negro = =96 FOIRN.=20 Foi Coordenador Geral da = Coordena=E7=E3o=20 das Organiza=E7=F5es Ind=EDgenas da Amaz=F4nia = Brasileira =96=20 COIAB. Participou como Membro da Comiss=E3o = Coordenadora=20 da Comiss=E3o de Professores Ind=EDgenas do = Amazonas,=20 Roraima e Acre =96 COPIAR. Membro da = Comiss=E3o de=20 Coordena=E7=E3o do Conselho de Articula=E7=E3o = dos Povos e=20 Organiza=E7=F5es Ind=EDgenas do Brasil =96=20 CAPOIB. Foi Membro do Grupo de = Trabalho Ind=EDgena =96 GTI/COIAB: grupo = assessor da=20 COIAB. Atuou como Professor Ind=EDgena da = Escola de=20 Primeiro Grau da Escola Assun=E7=E3o =96 = Aldeia =20 Cararapo=E7o/Rio I=E7ana, S=E3o Gabriel da = Cachoeira/AM. =20 Foi Secret=E1rio Municipal de Educa=E7=E3o, Meio = Ambiente e=20 Desporto do Munic=EDpio de S=E3o Gabriel da=20 Cachoeira/AM. Foi consultor do = Minist=E9rio do Meio Ambiente para coordenar o = processo de=20 elabora=E7=E3o e implanta=E7=E3o do Projeto = Demonstrativo dos=20 Povos Ind=EDgenas =96 PDPI/MMA, no =E2mbito do = PP/G7 (Programa=20 de Prote=E7=E3o das Florestas Tropicais do = Brasil, com apoio=20 t=E9cnico e financeiro da Coopera=E7=E3o = Internacional,=20 G7). Foi Gerente T=E9cnico do Projeto = Demonstrativo=20 dos Povos Ind=EDgenas =96 PDPI/MMA. = Assessor T=E9cnico=20 da Funda=E7=E3o Estadual de Pol=EDtica = Indigenista =96=20 FEPI/AM. Atualmente tamb=E9m =E9 = Consultor=20 T=E9cnico da Carteira de Projetos do Programa = Fome Zero e=20 Desenvolvimento Sustent=E1vel =96 = MMA/MDS.

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O Brasil concentra = 223 povos=20 ind=EDgenas (grupos =E9tnicos), = representando 50% dos=20 400 povos ind=EDgenas (50 milh=F5es) da = Am=E9rica Latina e=20 Caribe. =C9 o pa=EDs de maior diversidade = =E9tnica do mundo.=20 Historicamente esta diversidade = =E9tnica/cultural tem sido=20 sistematicamente negada pela sociedade dominante = e=20 particularmente pelo Estado brasileiro. Uma das=20 conseq=FC=EAncias dessa nega=E7=E3o =E9 a = constata=E7=E3o pelo Comit=EA=20 de Democratiza=E7=E3o de Informa=E7=E3o (CDI = 2003) de que o=20 segmento ind=EDgena =E9 o de maior exclus=E3o = digital. A=20 necessidade de aprofundar o debate sobre a = apropria=E7=E3o=20 da tecnologia de informa=E7=E3o e = comunica=E7=E3o por parte dos=20 povos ind=EDgenas deve passar necessariamente = por tr=EAs=20 quest=F5es b=E1sicas. Primeiro, superar a = vis=E3o arcaica=20 dualista que v=EA incompatibilidade entre = tradi=E7=E3o e=20 modernidade. Nessa perspectiva, muitos = formuladores de=20 pol=EDticas sociais encontram desculpas para = n=E3o=20 considerarem os povos ind=EDgenas de forma = adequada nas=20 pol=EDticas de inclus=E3o digital, para n=E3o = desvirtuar as=20 culturas tradicionais. Segundo, considerar = o que a=20 Constitui=E7=E3o Federal assegura aos povos = ind=EDgenas como=20 =93sujeitos coletivos=94 garantindo na pr=E1tica = o=20 protagonismo ind=EDgena. Ningu=E9m pode (nem a = FUNAI) pensar=20 e decidir pelos povos ind=EDgenas sobre a = apropria=E7=E3o dos=20 recursos tecnol=F3gicos e da forma como querem = realizar=20 essa apropria=E7=E3o, a n=E3o ser eles mesmos. = =C9=20 evidente o desejo dos povos ind=EDgenas de = apropria=E7=E3o dos=20 recursos tecnol=F3gicos para defesa dos seus = direitos e=20 melhorar suas condi=E7=F5es de vida, mas esta = apropria=E7=E3o=20 precisa ser ter como principal fundamento o=20 fortalecimento dos conhecimentos e valores = tradicionais=20 complementados e enriquecidos pelos avan=E7os da = modernidade, da ci=EAncia e tecnologia.=20

Gilson Schwartz = University of Sao=20 Paulo Brazil

Digital=20 Democratization and Community=20 Networks

Gilson=20 Schwartz is Academic Director, City of = Knowledge,=20 Institute of Advanced Studies, USP. Appointed = Visiting=20 Professor at the Information and Communications = Study=20 Group of the Institute of Advanced Studies, = Visiting=20 Professor, in 2003, at the Cinema, Radio and TV=20 department of the School of Communications and = Arts of=20 the University of S=E3o Paulo. Technical = assistant to the=20 university's administration in the field of = extension=20 and special projects (CECAE). Designed and = produced a=20 simulation of digital television that won the = National=20 Innovation Prize in 2003 (the "city" acted as = content=20 advisor to the Technological Research Institute = of the=20 State of S=E3o Paulo, IPT, a 103-years old = organization=20 that showed its future digital network through = the=20 dramatic live simulation of a public research=20 interface). Advisor to the Ministry of = Foreign=20 Affairs, Science and Technology Department = (Knowledge=20 Management Chamber). Advisor to the National = Information=20 Technology Institute at the Civil Office of the=20 Presidency of Brazil. Advisor to the Special = Secretary=20 of the National Economic and Social Development = Council.=20 Member of the Organizing Committee of the = international=20 conference "Global Wisdom: Center and Periphery = in the=20 Society of Knowledge", jointly organized by the = Council=20 and the Ministries of Communication and of = Foreign=20 Affairs. Moderator at the workshop of the Open = Source=20 Implementation Chamber of the federal government = of=20 Brazil. Editorial Advisor and regular = contributor to the=20 newspaper Folha de S. Paulo since 1983. Former = Chief=20 Economist, advisor to the Economic Research Unit = of=20 BankBoston, Brazil. Author of books on = international=20 economics (focus on Asian experiences) and = history of=20 economic thought. Research fellow at the = Institute of=20 Developing Economies (Tokyo, 1987), Center for = Iberian=20 and Latin American Studies at the University of=20 California, San Diego (1990-1995), World Policy=20 Institute at the New School University of New = York,=20 Emerging Powers Program (1997). Has done = consulting for=20 the Inter-American Development Bank, the United = Nations=20 (UNDP, Cepal), SELA (Latin American Economic = System),=20 Ministry of Planning (Applied Economic Research=20 Institute, IPEA), Italy's Ministry of Foreign = Affairs,=20 American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, National = Small=20 Business Support Service (SEBRAE), Ethos = Institute,=20 Ministry of Science and Technology, Prefecture = of S=E3o=20 Paulo, State Government of S=E3o Paulo. Member = of the=20 Brazil Transparency = chapter.

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John=20 Reynolds Portal of the America = Gateway US

An=20 Executive Summary Of The Portal Of The=20 Americas

Mr. Reynolds is the Chief = Information=20 Officer of the Portal of the Americas. He = started his=20 career at IBM in the manufacturing and = distribution=20 industries. Later, as Vice President of = Management=20 Information Systems for a large bank in New = York, he was=20 responsible for all commercial banking systems=20 development and operations. Still later at = Honeywell=20 Information Systems, he was responsible for the=20 marketing and development for the worldwide = financial=20 industry sector. Later, he headed the systems=20 integration solutions for major opportunities = across all=20 industries. During his career as CEO of = Integrated=20 Architectures, his focus was in the = Telecommunications=20 arena. He has supported the operational support = and=20 financial systems for both tier-1 and emerging=20 technologies carriers in the U.S. and Europe. He = supports the construction of municipal broadband = networks in the U.S. and is the chief architect = of the=20 Global IP Clearinghouse.

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This=20 presentation summarizes the approach to the=20 implementation to the Portal of the Americas and = offers=20 a prototype project plan leading to a successful = offering by universities. It illustrates = the power=20 of interlinking the major universities of Latin = America=20 and the resulting impact on economic development = for the=20 communities in the region. It concludes = with a=20 call to action to initiate the benefits = throughout both=20 large and small schools.

Marcelo Vera MobileTec International, = Inc. Brazil

Automated=20 Public Safety=20 Solutions

Vera ha sido = profesor de=20 la Universidad del Sur de la Florida, ha = desempe=F1ado=20 funciones como Director del departamento de = Computaci=F3n=20 Cient=EDfica de la Ciencias Naturales, Director = de=20 Computaci=F3n e Inform=E1tica de la Facultad de = Artes y=20 Ciencias, ha dise=F1ado y ense=F1ado cursos de = redes=20 computacionales y educaci=F3n a distancia por = varios a=F1os,=20 siendo su especialidad investigativa la = Educaci=F3n=20 Digital y a Distancia usando y creando nuevas=20 tecnolog=EDas.
En sus =FAltimos a=F1os de = vida acad=E9mica=20 se ha desempe=F1ado tambi=E9n como Director de = la Iniciativa=20 ACE de ISTEC, trabajando conjuntamente a las = otras=20 iniciativas ha impartido conferencias a trav=E9s = de=20 Latinoam=E9rica.

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Esta = presentaci=F3n tiene=20 por objeto el de mostrar las nuevas = tecnolog=EDas=20 desarrolladas para el uso de la Seguridad = Publica=20 mundial, mostrando productos que la compa=F1=EDa = MobileTec=20 International tiene disponibles para este tipo = de=20 mercado. Sin embargo aqu=ED se expone como la = tecnolog=EDa=20 se integra a la academia y al gobierno basado en = los=20 fundamentos expuestos por ISTEC como base de su=20 funcionamiento. MobileTec desea hacer conocer = que=20 trabajando en conjunto con las tecnolog=EDas = emergentes se=20 crea la inclusi=F3n digital hacia = emprendimientos=20 conjuntos para un futuro de soluciones=20 conjuntas.

Martina Y. Trucco Hewlett-Packard Company US

Digital Publishing: The future of = publishing=20 technology, a university=20 perspective"

Martina is = the University=20 Relations Manager for Latin America at Hewlett = Packard=20 Company, working closely with Lueny Morell, = Director of=20 University Relations Latin America. Martina = serves as=20 the point of contact between HP=92s Latin = American sales=20 teams and University Relations, and manages = University=20 Relations Philanthropy activities in the region. = In=20 tandem with the Director, she works to develop = and=20 strengthen HP=92s ties to a select number of = institutions=20 in Latin America. Current coverage countries = include:=20 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico = and=20 Uruguay.

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With the = advances in=20 printing and information technology that have = occurred=20 in the past year, HP has begun to develop the = next=20 frontier of professional printing: Digital = Publishing.=20 Combining advanced printing and publishing = techniques=20 with powerful automation and personalization, = Digital=20 Publishing is transforming the way companies and = persons=20 deliver content and information. HP has engaged = with=20 several leading universities to advance teaching = and=20 research in the Digital Publishing field. This = talk will=20 present experiences from Purdue University, = where=20 Digital Publishing has been integrated across=20 departments for teaching, research and = commercial=20 purposes.

Marcelo Mazzoli UNICEF US

Diversity=20 and Technologies: Current=20 Challenges

Marcelo Mazzoli has an outstanding work = experience as a Social Work historically related = with=20 the process of democratization of Brazil after = 20 years=20 of military dictatorship government, = coincidentally the=20 beginning of his professional life timeframe. He = has=20 been working in education and rights related = areas=20 mainly in the official arena at the three levels = of=20 governments from infant and child education, = with basic=20 public education and with adolescent in conflict = with=20 the law. He has had the opportunity to move on = in a=20 different social, cultural and economic context = within=20 the multi cultural diversity realities of = Brazil, from=20 the experience in primary education in the = outskirts of=20 S=E3o Paulo Capital, then in the social recovery = and=20 professional education of youths from sugar cane = and=20 orange agricultural area in the countryside of = S=E3o Paulo=20 State, until his UN experience with indigenous = children=20 and youth rights in his 17 years of experience = in public=20 institutional services in Amazon Region. Up to = date with=20 the advance of the Convention implementation in = Brazil=20 and the social movement to guarantee the rights = of=20 children lead him to a permanently linkage and = work=20 building relations with national and = international=20 networks from human rights organizations to = indigenous=20 education teachers associations which also gave = his the=20 opportunity to be in touch with the academic=20 world. Social mobilization, construction = and=20 implementation with team approach orientation of = rights=20 based education programs and advocacy with = government in=20 different levels for the Convention's = implementation in=20 the pubic policies have been among his proven=20 contribution for such efforts in=20 Brazil.

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Leonardo = M=E9ndez INFOVIA Brazil

Telecommunications:=20 Integrating Communities and Local=20 Governments

Leonardo Mendes received his B.S. = degree in 1985=20 from the Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro, = his M.S.=20 degree in 1987 from the Catholic University of = Rio de=20 Janeiro, and his Ph.D. degree in 1991 from = Syracuse=20 University, all in electrical engineering. In = 1992 he=20 joined the Department of Communication of the = School of=20 Electrical and Computer Engineering of the State = University of Campinas, Brazil. His research = activities=20 include Simulation of Optical Systems, = Development and=20 Management of Hybrid Optical-Wireless Networks,=20 Development of Open Source Applications for IP=20 Metropolitan Networks and Development of IP = Appliances=20 for Metro Net. Professor Mendes is the Director = of=20 LaRCom (Communications Network Lab) of the State = University of = Campinas.

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In this work one describes the project, = development, and deployment of IP metropolitan = networks=20 in cities of the State of S=E3o Paulo, Brazil. = The goal of=20 this project is the construction of open access=20 metropolitan networks that allows the = interconnection of=20 the local government infrastructure, creating a = triple=20 play all over IP communication environment. The = open=20 access category of these networks means that = they shall=20 also be used to achieve the integration of local = communities, in particular of the poor areas, = into an=20 advanced and high technology communication = environment=20 without the costs normally associated to the = offering of=20 these connections. This network shall be capable = of=20 treating not only Internet traffic, but also IP=20 telephony and video telephony integrated with = the PSTN=20 and internal distribution of IP video=20 broadcasting.

Pau'l = Menchu' Rigoberta Mench=FA=20 Foundation Guatemala

Digital Democratization and Human=20 Rights

Rigoberta = Mench=FA was born=20 on January 9, 1959 to a poor Indian peasant = family and=20 raised in the Quiche branch of the Mayan = culture. In her=20 early years she helped with the family farm = work, either=20 in the northern highlands where her family = lived, or on=20 the Pacific coast, where both adults and = children went=20 to pick coffee on the big plantations. She soon = became=20 involved in social reform activities through the = Catholic Church, and became prominent in the = women's=20 rights movement when still only a teenager. Such = reform=20 work aroused considerable opposition in = influential=20 circles, especially after a guerilla = organization=20 established itself in the area. Over the years,=20 Rigoberta Mench=FA has become widely known as a = leading=20 advocate of Indian rights and ethno-cultural=20 reconciliation, not only in Guatemala but in the = Western=20 Hemisphere generally, and her work has earned = her=20 several international = awards.

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Robert E. = Kahn Corporation for=20 National Research Initiatives (CNRI)- Video=20 Presentation US

The future of Internet: The Digital = Object=20 Architecture

.Robert E. = Kahn is=20 Chairman, CEO and President of the Corporation = for=20 National Research Initiatives (CNRI), which he = founded=20 in 1986 after a thirteen year term at the U.S. = Defense=20 Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). CNRI = was=20 created as a not-for-profit organization to = provide=20 leadership and funding for research and = development of=20 the National Information Infrastructure. Dr. = Kahn=20 conceived the idea of open-architecture = networking. He=20 is a co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols and was = responsible for originating DARPA's Internet = Program

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3D"ISTEC In his recent work, Dr. = Kahn has been=20 developing the concept of a digital object = architecture=20 as a key middleware component of the NII. This = notion is=20 providing a framework for interoperability of=20 heterogeneous information systems and is being = used in=20 many applications such as the Digital Object = Identifier=20 (DOI). He is a co-inventor of Knowbot programs, = mobile=20 software agents in the network environment.

Sherman = Wilcox University of New=20 Mexico US

Breaking through the =93Culture of=20 Silence=94:e-Inclusion, Signed Language and Deaf = Communities.

Sherman = Wilcox is=20 Professor and Chair of the Department of = Linguistics,=20 University of New Mexico. His research focuses = on the=20 linguistic description of signed languages. = While=20 specializing in research on American Sign = Language=20 (ASL), Professor Wilcox also conducts studies of = other=20 signed languages, including Italian Sign = Language (LIS)=20 and Catalan Sign Language (LSC). He is the = author of=20 several scholarly articles and books, including = "Gesture=20 and the Nature of Language" with David Armstrong = and=20 William Stokoe (Cambridge University Press), = "Learning=20 to See" with Phyllis Wilcox (published in = Portuguese as=20 "Aprender a Ver" by Editora Arara Azul), and the = forthcoming "Vision to Voice," with David = Armstrong=20 (Oxford University Press).

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In this talk I=20 will briefly describe and discuss the Deaf = community as=20 a linguistic and cultural minority. Because the = majority=20 culture has typically viewed the Deaf community = from a=20 pathological or medical perspective, as broken = or=20 "hearing-impaired" persons, we have often failed = to=20 understand this community and thus have = disempowered its=20 members. While technology has often served to=20 disenfranchise Deaf people from power and = excluded them=20 from participation in the larger society, it = also is a=20 powerful means of promoting self-identity and=20 empowerment. I will discuss several uses of = technology=20 that do promote Deaf identity, including the use = of=20 multimedia tools for signed language = documentation and=20 teaching, and communication technologies that = permit=20 Deaf people to fully participate in today's = global=20 society. I conclude by exploring how the study = of Deaf=20 people can inform our understanding of what = inclusion=20 means when developing technologies to = effectively=20 promote linguistic and cultural diversity with = minority=20 groups..

Terry Dillon Gridlinecommunications US

Broadband=20 through Power = Lines

Mr. Dillon=20 is a Senior Executive/Operating Officer with 35+ = years=20 expertise in the telecommunications sector and = has=20 demonstrated experience in P&L, = administration,=20 strategic planning, business development, = international=20 operations, and resource/people = management. Terry=20 has managed businesses and negotiated numerous = domestic=20 and multinational contracts valued in excess of = $500=20 million dollars. Mr. Dillon has hands on = experience in=20 all aspects of design, operations, sales, = marketing,=20 strategic planning, finance and execution of = Business=20 Plan.

3D"ISTEC Emerging Technologies: = Less than 40%=20 of the world has access to telecommunications = while over=20 87% of the World has access to Power. Using the = power=20 grid to deliver high speed connectivity, = communications,=20 and content to remote and rural = areas.

William G. Marshall University of South = Florida US

Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship=20 programs

Dr. Marshall = is the=20 Associate Vice-President, Health Sciences = Center, and=20 Associate Dean, College of Medicine for Clinical = Research and Venture Development; and an = Assistant=20 Professor, Department of Surgery at the = University of=20 South Florida (USF). In addition, he is = Assistant=20 Director for the Health Sciences Center for the = Master=92s=20 of Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies = Program and=20 the USF Center for=20 Entrepreneurship.

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A unique and = innovative=20 interdisciplinary Master=92s Program in = Entrepreneurship=20 in Applied Technologies has been developed at = the=20 University of South Florida (USF). Technology=20 Entrepreneurship provides a fund of knowledge = and=20 background in areas not usually covered in other = courses=20 of study, programs, and Colleges within the = University;=20 including Opportunity Recognition/Assessment,=20 Technology/Market Assessment, Business Plan = Development,=20 New Venture Formation, New Venture Financing, = Regulatory=20 Compliance, Intellectual Property, and specific=20 Strategies for Entrepreneurial Ventures. At USF, = it was=20 felt formalization of this curriculum into a = Master=92s of=20 Science Degree in Entrepreneurship in Applied=20 Technologies to define and demonstrate the level = of=20 expertise and competence was appropriate.=20

Wilson = Ruggiero=20

University of Sao Paulo Brazil

Broadband Access: Towards unabridged=20 Connectivity

Wilson =20 Ruggiero obtained his degree in Electrical = Engineering=20 (1972), Master of Science in Electronic Engineer = (1975)=20 from Escola Polit=E9cnica University of S=E3o = Paulo and his=20 PhD in Computer Science (1978) from University = of=20 California Los Angeles. He concluded his = =93Livre=20 Doc=EAncia=94 (2002) from Escola Polit=E9cnica = University of=20 S=E3o Paulo. He is an Associate Professor at the = Computer=20 Engineering Department. His main research areas = are:=20 Computer Networks, Computer Architecture, = E-learning and=20 Performance Evaluation. During the last years he = received the following awards: (1998) Brazilian = Internet=20 Personality from Internet World Magazine; (1999) = Brazilian Personality in Computer and = Communication=20 Networks from BRISA - Brazilian Society for Open = Systems; (2001) Brazilian Personality in = Computer=20 Network Technology from S=E3o Paulo State = Engineering=20 Association; (2001) D=E9cio Leal de Zagotis = Award from=20 Escola Polit=E9cnica University of S=E3o Paulo. = Dr. Ruggiero=20 is presently president of SCOPUS Tecnologia = Ltda. being=20 also responsible for the research and = development of new=20 products in information, network communication = and=20 security technology. He has more than 60 = scientific and=20 technology papers in peer reviewed journals and=20 international conference proceedings. His = current=20 research interests includes e-learning tools, = optical=20 network architecture, high fidelity human = interaction.=20

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