Current ProgramAlphabetical List of Presentations Session Schedule (Final schedule will be available on 15 September 2005.) The Science, Technology & Society stream is jointly sponsored by the Society for Social Studies of Science, the History of Science Society, and the Society for the History of Technology. Session Synopsis Click on the Session for a bookmark to a current description of the session. The name beneath the session may refer to the organizer or contact person for the session.
Abbreviations: 4S Society for Social Studies of Science IFIP International Federation of Information Processing NNSFC National Natural Science Foundation of China INASP International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications FAO Food and Agricultural Organization CODATA Committee on Data for Science & Technology WSP World Science Project IN2 Internet2 SHOT Society for the History of Technology HSS History of Science Society HP Hewlett Packard GPNet Great Plains Network
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2005SIDI BOU SAID ROOM - Sunday 13 November, 2005: 8:30 - 10:301.1 Opening Plenary SpeakersModerator: Paul Nyaga Mbatia, Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi Wayne Johnson, Senior Vice President, Worldwide University Relations, Hewlett Packard Company "University Relations for Capacity Building, Regional Self-Empowerment & Poverty Alleviation" Carol Priestley, Director, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Janet Abbate, Professor, Virginia Tech John Dryden, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry, OECD Carthage Smith, Deputy Director, International Council for Science (ICSU)
Sessions & ParticipantsUpdated 30 October, 2005 Abstracts and session descriptions are in alphabetical order by Sponsoring Organization or Session Organizer.
TOP HAT ROOM - Sunday 13 November, 2005: 11:00 - 13:001.2 Global Internet Research ISession Chair: William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute Patricia Campion (Tennessee Tech University) Pre-Internet science in Africa Paul David (Stanford University)- Sustaining the ‘Open Science' Revolution in Cyberspace B. Paige Miller (Louisiana State University) - Women Scientists and Electronic Communication in South India Paul Nyaga Mbatia (University of Nairobi) - Mobile telecommunication & science in Kenya Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo (University of Ghana) - The Internet Phenomenon in Ghana : A Preliminary Investigation into Accessibility, Patterns of Use and Challenges TOP HAT ROOM - Sunday 13 November, 2005: 14:30 - 19:00IFIP International Federation for Information Processing - Two SessionsSessions address: Education: the Stellenbosch Declaration (TC-3) Development: “Gaborone Declaration”, input from WITFOR-2005 Security aspects and implications (TC-11) Social implications, Ethics of The Information Society (TC-9)
1.3 IFIP Session 1: 14:30 - 16:30IT & DevelopmentSession Chair: Klaus Brunnstein, IFIP, University of Hamburg , Germany Dipak Khakhar (Sweden/IFIP) - The WITFOR process: From Vilnius (2003) to Gaborone (2005) and Addis Ababa (2007) Dewald Roode (South Africa/IFIP) and Dipak Khakhar (Sweden/IFIP) - The Gaborone Declaration: Principles, Implementation, Projects Bernard Cornu (France, IFIP TC-3): The Stellenbosch Declaration: "ICT in Education: Make it Work" Paolo Brunello ( Italy ) - Education for Development: The Burundi project Discussion
1.4 IFIP Session 2: 17:00 - 19:00Roles of IT in The Information SocietySession Chair: Dipak Khakhar, IFIP, University of Lund , Sweden Dmitris Gritzalis (Greece/IFIP
TC-11) - Information Society and Research on ICT Security in
the Developing World Klaus Brunnstein (IFIP, University of Hamburg , Germany ) - Requirements for Security in the Information and Knowledge Society Jacques Berleur (Belgium/IFIP TC-9) - Governance and Ethics in the Information Society Open Panel - Roles of IT in the Information Society
SIDI BOU SAID ROOM - Sunday 13 November, 2005: 11:00 - 19:00INASP/FAO - Accessing, documenting, and disseminating scientific information for development - Three Sessions1.5 INASP/FAO Session 1: 11:00 - 13:00Gaining and sustaining access to scientific findingsSession Chair: Stephen Rudgard (FAO) Martin Belcher (INASP) and Margaret Ngwira (University of Malawi)- How PERI enhances access to science information in developing countries Dina El Halaby (Global Development Network)- How GDNET supports social science researchers in developing countries Maurice Long (BMJ Publishing Group) - How HINARI enables health researchers to gain access to health and biomedical literature Augustin Gaschignard (SIST) - How SIST s upports the development of information and communication systems for education and research institutions in Africa Emilija Banionyte (Vilnius Pedagogical University Library) - How eIFL supports the wide availability of electronic information in developing country libraries
1.6 INASP/FAO Session 2: 14:30 -16:30Publishing and disseminating scientific findingsSession Chair: Carol Priestley Stephen Rudgard (FAO) -The FAO vision and strategy to enhance the AGRIS model for access and exchange of information on agricultural science and technology Enrica Porcari (CGIAR) - Improving access to global public information goods: CGIAR's approach Noha Adley (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) - The activities of Bibliotheca Alexandrina in supporting open access Leslie Chan (Bioline International) - Open Access to the results of research : Lessons from Bioline International Michael Jensen (National Academies) - Opening up access to developing countries : Activities of the US National Academies
1.7 INASP/FAO Session 3: 17:00 - 19:00Information access and issues of bandwidthSession Chair: Mike Jensen -The ICT bandwidth challenge in African universities Martin Belcher (INASP) - The importance of bandwidth management and optimisation in research and education institutions Pauline Ngimwa (African Virtual University) - The AVU bandwidth initiative and access to information
EL MELIA ROOM - Sunday 13 November, 2005: 14:30-16:301.9 Internet2: National research and education networks for research, teaching and learning in developing countriesSession Chair: Heather Boyles, Internet2 Heather Boyles ( USA , Internet2) - Internet2 - An overview: NRENs in support of research, teaching and learning David West , DANTE (UK) -The EUMEDCONNECT project and NRENs in the Mediterranean countries Florencio Utreras, CLARA (Chile) - The Latin American experience in building NRENs Andrea Johnson (Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, USA ) - Emerging strategies for supporting university connectivity in Africa George Sadowsky, Executive Director, Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI) and Don Riley, University of Maryland , IEEAF ( USA ) - Extending Research and Education Connectivity to Sub-Saharan Africa Nezar Nabil Sami, Chair, Computer Science Department, ENSTINET ( Egypt ) - Egyptian networking for higher education and research
EL MELIA ROOM - Sunday 13 November, 2005: 17:00 - 19:001.10 Science, Technology and the Information SocietySession Chair: Wiebe Bijker Alvaro De Miranda - Technological Determinism and Ideology: Questioning the ‘Information Society' and the ‘Digital Divide' Paul Arthur Berkman (University of California, Santa Barbara) - Integrating Digital Information into Knowledge for the “Information Commons” Thomas Ruddy (SPAKE, Switzerland)
and Werner Pillmann ( ISEP, Austria) - Structuring
Environmental knowledge for Sustainability Dirk-Jan Peet and Karel F. Mulder - Globalization and ICT lock in barriers for capacity building in developing countries? Marcus Ynalvez (Louisiana State University)- Philippine scientific cultures & IT mediation
MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 2005EL MELIA ROOM - Monday 14 November, 2005: 8:30 - 13:00CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology:Two Sessions2.1 CODATA Session 1: 8:30 - 10:30 Access to Scientific Data and Information: Benefits to SocietySession Chair: Krishan Lal, Vice President, CODATA Shuichi Iwata (President, CODATA), Opening Remarks Speaker TBA - Access to Scientific Data and Information: Turning the Digital Divide Into a Digital Opportunity Harlan Onsrud (University of Maine, USA)- Global Spatial Data Mikhail Zgurovsky (National Technical University, Ukraine)- Access to Scientific Information in the Research and Academic Network in Ukraine Liu Chuang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)- Access to Archived Data in China Michael Morgan - The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Consortium (TCP): A Model for Public Private Partnerships
2.2 CODATA Session 2 - Round Table Discussion: 11:00-13:00
The need to develop an "Information Commons for Science Initiative"Session Chairs: Paul A. David, Professor
of Economics, Oxford University and Stanford University Panel Members: John Dryden (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development - OECD) Carol Priestley (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications - INASP) Carthage Smith (International Council for Science - ICSU) Mohamed Hassan (Third World Academy of Science - TWAS)
John Wilbanks (Science Commons) Elizabeth Longworth (UNESCO) Hans Falk Hoffmann (CERN) Paul David (Oxford Internet Institute and Stanford University)
EL MELIA ROOM - Monday 14 November, 2005: 14:30 - 16:302.3 International Collaborations through the InternetSession Chair: Gary Olson, University of Michigan Paul David (Oxford University) - Toward a cyberinfrastructure for enhanced scientific collaboration: Providing its ‘soft' foundations may be the hardest part Johan Eksteen (CSIR, South Africa) - TBA Dianne Sonnenwald (Göteborg University & University College of Borås, Sweden) - e-Collaboration Across Diverse Disciplines and Institutions Paul Uhlir, National Academies - Creating a Global Information Commons for eScience Shu-Fen Tseng and Hsin-I Huang (Graduate School of Social Informatics, Yuan Ze University) - A Study of Networked Research Collaboration: The Impacts of CMC, Social Network on Information Sharing and Productivity
VALLETA ROOM - Monday 14 November, 2005: 8:30 - 10:302.5 Promise and Practice of Open Access to e- ScienceSession Chair: Paul Wouters, The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Christine Hine (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey) - The politics and practice of accessibility in systematics. Subbiah Arunachalam (M S Swaminathan Research Foundation. Chennai , India) - The Information Village Research Project: Kirsten A. Foot (University of Washington) and Steven M. Schneider (SUNY Institute of Technology) - Preserving Open Access through Web Archiving Raed M. Sharif (School of Information Studies, Syracuse University) - Scientific Communities' Access to Publicly Funded Scientific Information in Latin America : A Comparative Study
Paul Wouters, Katie Vann, Matt Ratto, and Anne Beaulieu (The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) - Open Access to What for Whom?
VALLETA ROOM - Monday 14 November, 2005: 11:00 - 13:002.6 The Origin and Early Development of the Internet and of the Netizen: their Impact on Science and SocietySession Chair: Ronda Hauben, Columbia University This session will focus on the history of the development of computer networks, the linking of these networks via the creation of the Internet, and the emergence of the active participants in these networks, the netizens (i.e.,net.citizens). Ronda Hauben (Columbia University) - The International and Scientific Origins of the Internet and the Emergence of the Netizen Jay Hauben (Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University) - The Vision of JCR Licklider and the Libraries of the Future Werner Zorn (Hasso-Plattner- Institute at the University of Potsdam, Germany) - German-Chinese Collaboration in the First Stage of Open networking in China Kilnam Chon (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (EECS) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea) - The Development of Networking and the Internet in Korea and Asia: A History Anders Ekeland (Economist, NIFU STEP - Centre for innovation research/Senter for innovasjonsforskning, Norway) - Netizens and Protecting the Public Interest in the Development and Management of the Internet: An Economist's Perspective VALLETA ROOM - Monday 14 November, 2005: 14:30 - 16:302.7 National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaSession Chair: Zhiyong Liu, National Natural Science Foundation of China Prof. Guo Qiao (Network Information Center, Beijing Institute of Technology) - Improvement of National Creativity with the Aid of Information Technology Prof. Tao Xiaofeng (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication) - Research on 4G Mobile Communication in China Zhiyong Liu (National Natural Science Foundation of China) - Fundamental Research on Information Sciences Supported by NSFC Yan Baoping (Director, Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences) - E-Science and Virtual Lab
VALLETA ROOM - Monday 14 November, 2005: 17:00 - 19:002.8 Challenges in ICT for DevelopmentSponsored by Microsoft India Session Chair: Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft India Janine Firpo: ICT from Early Adoption to Mainstream Usage Jennifer L. Bussell (University of California, Berkeley) International Norms on ICTs for Development: Do They Matter on the Ground? Kentaro Toyama (Microsoft
Research India) Challenges of Sustainability in ICT for Development Peter Lauritsen and Caspar Bruun Jensen - Development in Action: On Information Technologies as Globalization Agents
TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 2005TOP HAT ROOM - Tuesday 15 November, 2005: 8:30 - 10:303.1 (HP) University Relations for Capacity Building – Highlights of HP's ProgramHewlett PackardSession Chair: Barbara Waugh, Ph.D., Director, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard Company
Lueny Morell, Director (HP University Relations) - Engineering for the Americas: HP/OAS Initiative for Capacity Building in Latin America Clifford Harris, Director, Education and Healthcare, HP EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa ) - A New Approach to Education in Africa – the African Virtual University and NePAD Didier Philippe (Director, Corporate Affairs, HP EMEA - Europe , Middle East and Africa - Microenterprise Development Program) Bess Stephens (Senior Vice President, HP Philanthropy Worldwide Initiatives for Universities) Edit Schlaffer, Ph.D., Social scientist, author and activist, head of the NGO “Women without Borders” Empowerment Strategies for the New Female Arab Leadership – ICT as Contribution to Bridge the Gap – “Women withoutBorders” & HP Iulia Nechifor, Science Policy and Capacity-Building & Gender Focal Point, UNESCO Venice Office – Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE) (to be confirmed) Alleviate Brain Drain with the support of ICT – Objectives & Results of a joint UNESCO & HP pilot programme in South East Europe Wayne Johnson, Senior Vice President, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard Company Closing Remarks and Next Steps
TOP HAT ROOM - Tuesday 15 November, 2005: 11.00-13.003.2 (HP & ICWIT) Women and ICT: Education and Employment Issues & Opportunities in Developing CountriesCo-Sponsored by International Center for Women and I.T. and Hewlett Packard.Session Chair:: Barbara Waugh, Ph.D., Director, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard Company Chat Garcia Ramillo (APC Women) - Women, Literacy, and ICTs: An Overview Margarita Salas (Bellanet, Costa Rica Office) - A Focus on Women in Costa Rica & ICTs Meredith Anderson (Louisiana State University) - Gender, Technology, & Development in South India Hela Nafti (Education Specialist, Tunisia) - Women, Education, ICT and Africa : Understanding the Issues Reem Jamal Obeidat (UNESCO Chair, Communication Technology and Journalism for Women, Dubai Women's College) - ICT: the Critical Connection for Professional Women in the Middle East, with Special Reference to Media Nancy Hafkin (Director, Knowledge Working Former Coordinator, African Information Society Initiative (AISI); United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) - Issues in Women, ICT, and Education: The Work to Be Done Claudia Morrell, Executive Director, Center for Women and Information Technology - Closing Remarks and Next Steps
TOP HAT ROOM - Tuesday 15 November, 2005: 14:30 - 16:303.3 Building International CollaborationsSession Chair: Gregory Monaco, Kansas State University and Director for Research, Great Plains Network Consortium, US The purpose of this panel
is to examine the present practices of scientists and educators
involved in national and international collaborations and, then,
to discuss implications of present practice for the future of interdisciplinary
and inter-institutional collaborations. Panel participants are actively
involved in multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research and
education collaborations and bring several perspectives to the panel.
EL MELIA ROOM - Tuesday 15 November, 2005: 8:30 - 10:303.4 History of Information TechnologySession Chair: Rick Duque, Louisiana State University
Celso Candido Azambuja (Porto Alegre, Brazil) - Information Society and the Internet in Brazil Martin Collins - One World…One Telephone: The Iridium Satellite Venture and the Global Age Mikael Snaprud, A. Sawicka, A.B. Pillai, N. Olsen, M.G. Olsen, V. Laupsa, T. Gjøsæter - Open Source: basis for synergies in the ICT education and research
EL MELIA ROOM - Tuesday 15 November, 2005: 11:00 - 13:003.5 Global Internet Research IISession Chair: Paul A. David, Professor of Economics, Oxford University and Stanford University William Dutton (Oxford Internet Institute) The Social Dynamics of the Internet: The Oxford Internet Surveys and the World Internet Project Hernan Galperin (USC, World Internet Project) - Latin American IT Jeremy Hunsinger - Internet Research: A View from AoIR Ricardo Duque (Louisiana State University) - Internet Golpe in Chile Johan Bang (Fiber Optic Valley/ World Internet Institute) - Swedish Internet studies/use
EL MELIA ROOM - Tuesday 15 November, 2005: 14:30 - 16:303.6 Kerala Special SessionSession Chair: Antony Palackal, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Sreekariyam, Kerala P.H. Kurien (Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala) Aruna Sunderajan (Country Coordinator, U.N. ICD Commission) - R. Sooryamoorthy (University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa) - T.T. Sreekumar (National University of Singapore) - Govindan Parayil & Jayan Thomas (University of Oslo, Norway) -
CLOSING PLENARYSIDI BOU SAID ROOM - TUESDAY 15 November, 20053.7 Closing Plenary Speakers 17:00 - 19:00Moderator: R. Sooryamoorthy, Department of Sociology, University of KwaZulu Natal Honorable Albert Kan-Dapaah (MP), Minister of Communications, Ghana Wiebe Bijker, Professor, University of Maastricht, Past President, Society for Social Studies of Science Madame Hu Qiheng, Vice President, China Association for Science & Technology, Chair of Internet Society of China Mohamed Hassan, Executive Director, Third World Academy of Science Wesley Shrum, Director, World Science Project George Okwach, Director, Kenya Sugar Research Foundation
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