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Youcef Oubraham <[email protected]>

Michael Scalero <[email protected]>

Prof. Victor B. Lawrence <[email protected]>

Chief (Sir) Charles Ugo Eke <[email protected]>

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <[email protected]>

Ms. Dorothy K. Gordon <[email protected]>

Hans Rudolf Herren, Ph.D. <[email protected]>

Prof. Muhammadou M. O. Kah <[email protected]>

Mr. Michael C. Attipoe <[email protected]>

Francisco Bozzano‑Barnes <[email protected]>

References:

(a) Press Release: “Stevens to Host Public Videoconference on New West African Broadband Internet Initiatives”
<http://www.stevens.edu/news/content/stevens-host-public-videoconference-new-west-african-broadband-internet-initiatives>

(b) Agenda of “Public Seminar on African Broadband Internet and Early Warning System Launch,” which is to be held at the Stevens Institute of Technology on April 18th
<http://tinyurl.com/cylach6>

View the Blackboard Collaborate recording
<https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-04-18.0639.M.03E3D7E337890D94998E11A7F9C3D0.vcr&sid=2012174>

NOTE: You have to have the latest JAVA before downloading this recording file.

(c) Chapter 2 of Draft of of Proposed Book; "Electronic Global University System and Services"
<http://tinyurl.com/6r8c63>

(d) Recording video of 1994 and 1996 Global Lecture Hall (GLH) videoconferencings
<http://tinyurl.com/7te8mxh>

(e) Tapio Varis; Slide presentation, “ICT and the Culture of Peace”
<http://tinyurl.com/cfunwyu>

<http://tinyurl.com/ccedond>

<http://tinyurl.com/d5nfjkg>

<http://tinyurl.com/ce3bek5>

Dear Youcef:
Many thanks for those screen-shots.

(f) Victor Lawrence; Slide presentation, “Technology for the Other 3-4 Billion Inhabitants”
<http://tinyurl.com/cxxq8dk>

(g) Hans R. Herren; Slide presentation, “System Dynamic Modeling”
<http://tinyurl.com/cyeb7x2>

(h) T. Utsumi; Slide presentation, “African Broadband Internet and Early Warning System Launch”
<http://tinyurl.com/d3feja5>

(i) List of Webcam Logged-in Parties
<http://tinyurl.com/cchqcs4>

(j) Log of Chatting; Blackboard Collaborator webcam
<http://tinyurl.com/d7lhjcm>

Dorothy, Hans, Muhammadou, Charles, and Mike Attipoe:
Pls retrieve this to respond to queries addressed to you in this log.

(k) Contact Information of ECOWAS Participants in GLH videoconferencing at Stevens Institute of Technology, April 18, 2013 (9:00 am to 12:30 pm), (Revised version: April 9, 2013)
<http://tinyurl.com/dy56ouw>

(l) The Global Early Warning System (GEWS) with The Global University System (GUS): Their Use Within ECOWAS Countries; A Priority Agenda Item of the First GEWS/GUS Planning Workshop at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, and The Stevens Institute of Technology (August 2, 2012)
<http://tinyurl.com/bmo9ljj>

(m) The Global Early Warning System (GEWS) with The Global University System (GUS): Their Use Within ECOWAS Countries (October 7, 2012)
<http://tinyurl.com/bqbjh9g>

Dear Youcef:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I below) and the recording file of the session of our “Global Lecture Hall (GLH)”/ECOWAS videoconferencing held at your Stevens Institute of Technology on April 18th (References (a) and (b) above).

Dear Victor, Mike, Youcef and others at the Stevens:

(2) I would like to express my sincere thanks for the tremendous success of our event. Such a success would not happen without extraordinary cooperation and help from your people.

(3) Previously I have done many GLH multipoint-to-multipoint, multimedia interactive videoconferencing once or twice every year in the 1990s — using satellites, sometime 11 channels on 9 transponders, spanning the globe from Moscow to New Zealand and connecting many universities between them. However, they were mostly one-way broadcasting talking heads-type, and very expensive and cumbersome to arrange necessary connections around the world.

Now I am very happy to find out that the Blackboard Collaborate webcam <www.stevens.edu/ecowas> did not need any extra telecom expenses, and yet had very clear images and voices. Also, it provided us with interactive dialogues from many locations — without any need for extra studio nor dish antenna, etc.

Dear Charles:

(4) Many, many thanks for your setting up an audio conference site at free of charge, since those people who could not access to the event’s official Blackboard Collaborator webcam through Internet could come in through the Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) to this site.

(5) For example, Dorothy Gordon of Ghana did successfully came in to the webcam during our rehearsal on 4/16th, but not during the 4/18th event. The phone system of the Stevens did not allow to make an oversea phone call, and Dorothy refused to make her call into the audio conference site due to its high telephone cost. I then called her from my iPhone (*) which was casted over the speaker phone which was connected to the audio conference site — this speaker phone was placed next to the microphone which went into the webcam.

(*) because I knew that the calling overseas from the US is cheaper than other-way round thanks to the invention of the telephone made by Graham Bell in 1876.

Dear Youcef, Mike and Paco:
The lessen here is that it is absolute necessity to have a backup — especially for the major event like this. A son of Nikita Khrushchev, former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, was at the Dartmouth College in Massachusetts and arranged a satellite linkage between the college and some unit in Moscow. Our 1994 GLH (Reference (d) above) at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) was supposed to utilize this satellite linkage to reach an international distance learning conference in Moscow, but could not due to a technical glitch of the satellite. We then used ShareVision through POTS very successfully. Greg Cole also demonstrated the use of MOSAIC which was the predecessor to NETSCAPE, the first commercial web browser. Greg then kindly says that this event initiated his GLORIAD, which is now almost US$280 million set-up.

Dear Tapio (Reference (e) above), Victor (Reference (f) above) and Hans (Reference (g) above):

(6) I express my sincere thanks for your excellent presentations. Hans, as you see in the recording of the session in the Reference (b) above, your image and voice came very clearly, though you accessed to the Blackboard Collaborator webcam through ordinary Internet available at your hotel room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Dear Tom (Atlanta, GA) and Edwin (Germany):

(7) Many, many thanks for your participations with valuable suggestions and comments for our GEWS/GUS projects.

Your voice came very clearly.

Dear Dorothy (Ghana):

(8) Sorry you could not come in through the webcam, though you had a successful rehearsal a few days ago.

Pls retrieve the Reference (j) above to find out whom your questions were addressed to follow-up with the addressees.

Dear Muhammadou (Gambia):

(9) Your image and voice were very clear — probably thanks to your connection to the “Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)” ultra high speed (5 tera bps) optical fiber submarine cable of Baharicom Development Company.

I greatly appreciated to hear of your strong willingness to work on our GEWS project — even offering your university for the workshop for ECOWAS countries.

Dear Everybody:

(10) It was really significant historical event — as I said during my presentation, this April 18th event for the GEWS/ECOWAS project may become the initiation of constructing the “Electronic United Nations”!! Let’s work together!!

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I

From: Youcef Oubraham <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Inquiry
Date: April 21, 2013 11:22:56 AM EDT
To: Tak Utsumi <[email protected]>, Victor Lawrence <[email protected]>, Mool Singhi <[email protected]>, Ali Mostashari <[email protected]>, Rob Harari <[email protected]>, Charles Ugo Eke <[email protected]>, "Dorothy K. Gordon" <[email protected]>, Thomas Mensah <[email protected]>, Solomon Peter Gbanie <[email protected]>, Greg Cole <[email protected]>, Daniel Dalohoun <[email protected]>, "Muhammadou M. O. Kah" <[email protected]>, Hervé Lohoues <[email protected]>, Jinnah Momoh <[email protected]>, Michael Attipoe <[email protected]>, Susie Baker <[email protected]>, Hans R Herren <[email protected]>, Jonas A S Redwood-Sawyerr <[email protected]>, Francisco Bozzano-Barnes <[email protected]>, Mohamed Alie Bah <[email protected]>, Anita Colliatie <[email protected]>, Kim Summerfield <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Alpha Sesay <[email protected]>, Lamin Camara <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Scalero <[email protected]>, Youcef Oubraham <[email protected]>

To All,

I am pleased to let you know that the recoding of the event is now available.
Press on the link below to view the recording of the event on April 18, 2013:

View the Blackboard Collaborate recording
<https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-04-18.0639.M.03E3D7E337890D94998E11A7F9C3D0.vcr&sid=2012174>

I have attached a screenshot of the recording interface. As described please wait until it starts downloading then press play.
Later we can try to edit it if that is what is needed.

Mike an I were very please to work with all of you. It was a wonderful experience.

Thank You.

Youcef

________________________________
Youcef Oubraham
E-Learning Technologies Administrator
Library Systems Administrator
Information Technology Department
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-216-5418
[email protected]

From: Tak Utsumi <[email protected]m>
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:09 AM
To: Youcef Oubraham <[email protected]u>, Michael Scalero <[email protected]u>, Victor Lawrence <[email protected]m>, Mool Singhi <[email protected]t>, Ali Mostashari <[email protected]m>, Rob Harari <[email protected]u>, Charles Ugo Eke <[email protected]m>
Cc: Tak Utsumi <[email protected]m>, Fransisco Bozzano-Barnes <[email protected]m>, Greg Cole <[email protected]g>, Daniel Dalohoun <[email protected]m>, "Muhammadou M. O. Kah Muhammado M. O. Kah Muhammadou M. O. Kah" <[email protected]m>, "[email protected]h" <[email protected]h>, Herve Lohoues <[email protected]m>, Solomon Peter Gbanie <[email protected]u>, Thomas Mensah <[email protected]m>, Hans R Herren <[email protected]g>, Jinnah Momoh <[email protected]a>, Lamin Camara <[email protected]m>, Michael C Attipoe <[email protected]m>, Jonas A S Redwood-sawyerr <[email protected]m>, Alpha Sesay <[email protected]m>, Mohamed Alie Bah <[email protected]m>, Susie Baker <[email protected]g>, Kim Summerfield <[email protected]g>, Anita Colliatie <[email protected]g>, "[email protected]e" <[email protected]e>
Subject: Inquiry

Dear Youcef and Mike:

(1) I wonder why Dorothy Gordon of Ghana could not come in your webcam on 4/18th, though she could do so during our rehearsal on 4/16th.

(2) Hans’ msg (ATTACHMENT I below) says that his connection was made through ordinary Internet at his hotel room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As you recall, his image and audio were very clear, as similar to Muhammadou”s from Gambia whose line was connected to the broadband Internet of the “Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)” ultra high-speed optical fiber submarine cable along the west coast of African continent.

(3) I would then think that we would better try a similar connection with our colleagues in Sierra Leon, Benin and Nigeria, though the latter two are not connected to the ACE yet (Nigeria is to be connected in this coming July and Benin by the end of this year) — we did not have the participation of those three at the 4/18th event.

Can your facility provide us with such test? -- I would like to do this test prior to our planning workshop of our GEWS project at the office of GLORIAD at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK), since I would like to do a similar webcam videoconferencing during this workshop, too. Greg Cole of GLORIAD is finishing up his very urgent task by the end of this week and then work on his submission of our grant application to the NSF for this workshop at his office — hopefully in this coming summer.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I

From: Hans R Herren <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Sincere thanks
Date: April 21, 2013 4:44:05 AM EDT
To: Tak Utsumi <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Francisco Bozzano-Barnes <[email protected]>

Dear Tak,

No problem and thanks. Was a pleasure to tune in for the conference….sorry that I was late, the problem first was that I did not have Java downloaded, although I thought that I had it!

Also, I was using the hotel internet access….so I guess it was pretty good…..I was impressed by the quality of the images and sound from your end too. The Blackboard Collaborate is a very good way to have such conf calls…….and I shall try to use it too for our internal meetings and also Board meetings…to lower our carbon footprint!

Thanks to Francisco for the facilities, really a great set up.

Best, Hans

On Apr 21, 2013, at 12:49 AM, Tak Utsumi <[email protected]m> wrote:

Dear Claudia:

(1) Very sorry I confused as sending my msg to Hans to you — see below.

(2) Anyway, I greatly appreciated to meet with you after so long time.

Hope you enjoyed attending Tapio’s seminar at the Columbia U. and our GLH/ECOWAS videoconferencing at the Stevens.

Dear Hans:

(3) Sorry, I made a mistake as sending my msg to you to Claudia in my previous distribution.

On 4/20/13 5:41 PM, "Tak Utsumi" <[email protected]om> wrote:

Dear Hans:

(1) Many, many thanks for your participation in our GLH/ECOWAS videoconferencing at the Stevens on 4/18th.

Participants here at the Stevens were all very much impressed with your talk. Congratulations!!

(2) Your voice and image came through very clearly — Youcef will put the recorded session into the Stevens web so that you will be able to review it.

I would like to know what the speed of your Internet access in Ethiopia — was that from your hotel room or in an office at a university?

Best, Tak

List of Distribution

Youcef Oubraham
E-Learning Technologies Administrator
Library Systems Administrator
Information Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-216-5418
[email protected]

Michael Scalero
E-Learning Technology Manager
Information Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
The Innovation University
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-216-5475
Cel: 201-805-7551
Fax: 201-216-8960
[email protected]
www.twitter.com/mscalero
www.stevens.edu

Prof. Victor B. Lawrence
Associate Dean: Special Topics
Batchelor Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Burchard Building, Room 205
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Ph.: 201 216-5636
Cel: 732-407-9500
Fax.: 201 216-8246
[email protected]
http://www.ece.stevens-tech.edu/iNetS/people/LawrenceVita.html -- brief bio
http://www.stevens.edu

Chief (Sir) Charles Ugo Eke
Founder/CEO
Infotechs Systems, LLC
312 Washington Str.
P. O. Box 22635
Newark, NJ 07102
908-405-7441
Fax: 973-242-4070
[email protected]
www.infotexsystems.com

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor
Acting President, Global University System
UNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Research Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia Laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
FINLAND
+358-3-3551-3608
Tel: +358-3-614-5608--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-614-5611 or +358-3-3551-3611
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
www.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.
http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/

Ms. Dorothy K. Gordon
Director-General
Advanced Information Technology Institute (AITI)
Ghana-India Kofi Annan Center of Excellence in ICT
2nd Avenue, Opp. Council of State
PMB, State house
Accra, Ghana
Tel: 233-21-679-542 to 5
233-21-683-579 (direct)
Cel: 23-244-311-348
Mobile: 233 265005712
Fax: 233-21-679-549
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.aiti-kace.com.gh
www.aiti-kace.com
http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=93
http://www.kaiptc.org/home/

Hans Rudolf Herren, Ph.D.
President
Millennium Institute
1634 I St NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
cell + 1 530 867 4569
Tel 202 383 6200
Fax 202 383 6209
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.millennium-institute.org
www.nourish9billion.org
http://www.biovision.ch/nc/en/home/
www.threshold21.com
http://www.biovision.ch
http://www.eduvision.or.ke
http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/

Prof. Muhammadou M. O. Kah
Vice Chancellor
University of The Gambia
MDI Road, Kanifing South
Banjul area
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel: 4372213 (Main switchboard)
Cell: +220 336 1010
Fax: 4395064
Skype: prof.Kah
[email protected]
www.unigambia.gm
http://profkah.com/ -- bio

Mr. Michael C. Attipoe
Baharicom representative
+233 302 544 159
Cell: 0262013075
[email protected]

Francisco Bozzano‑Barnes
Director
Tenure & Ecology LLC
4705 Center Blvd., Apt 406
Long Island City, NY 11109
718-433-4830
Cel: 646-897-2649
[email protected]
www.tenureecology.com
Bio and photo: http://tinyurl.com/6jljtrd
CV: http://tinyurl.com/37fmf8v
Detailed resume <http://tinyurl.com/ybd4knq>

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GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA)
Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of Global University System (GUS)
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