SOI-Asia "Japan ASEAN Exchange Year 2003" Project

February 20, 2003

Project

Realtime ASEAN Interaction:
IT Networking for Human Resources Development and Cooperation in ASEAN

Project organizer

SOI-Asia (http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/soi-asia/

)

Chairman

Dr. Jun Murai (Chairman of SOI-Asia, Professor of Keio University)

Project coordination

Prof. Hitoshi Shozawa, Chairman of Asia-SEED Institute

Schedule
(Myanmar Time)
Thailand: +0.5hrs
Japan: +2.5hrs

<Opening Session: 20 minutes>
10:00- Opening remarks by Ministry of Science and Technology
10:05- Message from Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
10:10- Message from Japanese Embassy (Ambassador or other person)
10:15- Message from Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, President of AIT

Myanmar
Thailand
Myanmar
Thailand

<Key Note Session: 20 minutes>
10:20- Key Note Speech by Prof. Jun Murai, Keio University
"The Impact of Networking in the Human Resources Development"

Myanmar

<Panel Discussion Session: 40 minutes>
10:40- Prof. Michio Umegaki, Keio University
10:50- ASEAN Foundation/E-ASEAN
11:00- Staff of UCSY
11:10- Dr. Kanchana K., DEC Director, AIT

Japan
Thailand
Myanmar
Thailand

<Break: 10 minutes>
11:20- Break

<Floor Session: 70 minutes>
11:30- "Assuming that the broad band internet connection is available
in the future ASEAN, what is your plan to use it for Human
Resource Development in your university, your country, or in the region?"
10 Students from ASEAN countries and Japan will present their plan or idea
12:20- Comment from the floor, remote participants (on BBS), panelists

Japan,
Myanmar
and
Thailand
-

<Closing Session: 20 minutes>
12:40- Comment from Prof. Jun Murai, Keio University
12:45- Comment from Dr. Kanchana K., AIT
12:50- Comment from Prof. Michio Umegaki, Keio University
12:55- Closing remark from Prof. Dr. Pyke Tin, University of Computer Studies, Yangon

Myanmar
Thailand
Japan
Myanmar

Expected Participants

Myanmar (University of Computer Studies, Yangon): Transmission Station
	UCSY staff and students Ministry of S&T (and other government officials) Japanese Embassy JICA Returnees from Japanese universities (AYF and Monbusho scholarship) Press
Thailand (Asian Institute of Technology): Main Site for Interaction
	IT engineers for SOI-Asia (SOI-Asia Workshop) Japanese Embassy Returnees from Japanese universities International students from ASEAN countries at AIT Press
Japan (Keio University, Shonan Fujisawa Campus) Site for Interaction
	International students from ASEAN countries (Keio University+AYF+JAD and other programs) Keio staff and students
Possible interactive/receive-only stations
Malaysia	Asian Youth Fellowship Program (AYF), AYF students from ASEAN countries
Indonesia	Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Brawijaya University, Malang, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado Hasanuddin University, Makassar
Vietnam	Institute Of Information Technology, Hanoi
Philippines	Advanced Science and Technology Institute
Remote participants from Internet

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