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Appendix 33. Sessions on Bridging the Digital Divide at

the APS Meeting in Jacksonville

Organized by

R. Les Cottrell (Cottrell@slac.stanford.edu) &

Harvey Newman (newman@hep.caltech.edu)

April 2007

BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE I: Sunday, April 15, 2007; 3:15pm-5:39pm

Sponsored by: APS Forum on International Physics (FIP) and Division of Particles and

Fields (DPF)

Internet & technology growth are driving rapid advances in science, education and commerce.

However there are real dangers that parts of the developing world are being left further behind.

These sessions will explore this growth, and the evolution of the digital divide for major regions

of the world.

1. Revolutions in Global Networking and Collaborations

Harvey Newman [Caltech & Chair of the Standing Comm. on Inter-Regional Connectivity

(SCIC) of the Inter. Comm.  for Future Accelerators (ICFA)], phone: +1-626-395-6656

fax:+1-626-795-3951, newman@hep.caltech.edu, Caltech, Mail Code 256-48 HEP, 1200 E.

California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125-4800, USA

2. Quantitative Measurement of the Digital Divide

R. Les Cottrell (SLAC & Chair of ICFA-SCIC Network Monitoring Working Group), phone:

+1-650-926-2523 fax: +1-650-926-3329 cottrell@slac.stanford.edu, SLAC MS 97, 2575 Sand

Hill

Road,

Menlo

Park,

California

94025,

USA

3. Building the Knowledge Economy and Networks in India

Sam Pitroda (Chair, National Knowledge Commission of India), +91-11-26115273/4/5/6; fax

+91-11-26872746;  sam.pitroda@c-sam.com  Centre For Policy Research, Dharma Marg,

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi, 110021 India

BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE II: Monday, April 16, 2007; 10:45am-1:06pm

Sponsored: APS Forum on International Physics (FIP) and the Division of Astrophysics

(DAP)

1. Closing the Digital Divide in Latin America

Alberto Santoro (Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro & Chair of ICFA-SCIC Digital

Divide

Working

Group),

phone:

+55-21-258-77454

fax:

+55-21-25877454,

alberto.santoro@cern.ch, Rue Sao Farncisco Xavier, 524, Rio de Janeiro- RJ, Brazil 20550-

013

2. Connectivity for Central Asia and the Caucasus

Hans Frese (DESY & leader of the SILK project), phone: +49-40-8994-2558 fax: +49-40-

8994-2558, hans.frese@desy.de, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 2000 Hamburg 52, Germany

3. Bridging the gaps in Internet Development in Africa or African Internet Status

Phil Charles (Director, S. African Astronomical Observatory), ph: +27-21-460-9303 fax:

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