WISTCIS Workshop
Telematics and Networking Support in Environmental and Natural Hazard Research and Monitoring
21-22 June, 2001
Funded by: Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme of European Union (EU)
Coordinated by: "Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange" (EDNES, France)
Organized by: Academy of Sciences of Moldova and RENAM Public Association
Venue: Academy of Sciences of Moldova (ASM), Kishinev, Moldova
Programme Committee: Prof. Acad. Andrei Andriesh (President of Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Co-president of RENAM Association, Moldova) - chairman, Prof. Jean Bonnin (EDNES President, France) - co-chairman, Dr. Grigore Secrieru (RENAM Association, Moldova) - co-chairman
Members: Jacques Babot (WISTCIS project officer, EC IST), Acad. Vladimir Strakhov (JIPE, Russia), Prof. Alexei Gvishiani (CGDS RAS, Russia), Dr. Konrad Froitzheim (Freiberg University, Germany), Edvin de Vries (PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), The Netherlands), Prof. Acad. Anatol Drumea (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, ASM, Moldova), Dr. Peter Bogatencov (CIT ASM, Moldova), Dr. Mikhail Makhaniok (ISTC BAS, Belarus), Alex Nersessian (IPGP, France)
Organizing Committee:
Themes of the workshop and EU and CIS organizations and projects invited
- Telematics and networking support for research including environmental and natural hazard studies
- Building the new EU-CIS projects for IST
Audience
The major audience will represent environmental, research and educational communities of Moldova including teachers, undergraduate and graduate students of universities. The workshop will be also widely advertised in all the seven CIS countries participating in WISTCIS project. Thus, it is expected that representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia and the Ukraine will take part in the workshop. Numerous international telematics projects that go on in collaboration of EU and CIS countries will be presented at the workshop. Representatives of IST projects as well as of other EU telematics initiatives will be speakers at the workshop. Organisations and individual specialists in modern information technologies for environmental studies, general research as well as scientists, university teachers, and representatives of ministries and governmental departments are welcome to the workshop. Submission of abstracts Organisations and individual specialists in modern information technologies and telematics applications, as well as scientists, university teachers, governmental departments representatives, students and businessmen are invited to participate in the Workshop and submit their presentations abstracts. All abstracts should be written in English in electronic form. Submitted abstracts should be restricted to 1 page of A4 format and sent via e-mail as WinWord file to the Organising Committee, e-mail: wistcis@renam.md, till June 1, 2001. Simultaneously the title of the presentation should be sent to Mrs. T. Shulyakovskaya, e-mail: shu@ednes..org. Notification of the presentation acceptance will be sent to authors not later than June 10, 2001. The abstracts of the presentations will be published at Kishinev WISTCIS IDC Web-site. Deadlines: Registration The information about the Workshop and the registration form are available on the Web-sites: http://www.idc.asm.md and http://www.renam.md/wistcis. The registration form can be filled electronically and sent directly from the Web-sites, or it can be downloaded, filled and sent to the Organising Committee to e-mail: wistcis@renam.md, or by usual post service. Registration form may be filled electronically and sent directly from here. Contact information
Workshop Chair Organizing Committee address Academy of Sciences of Moldova Contact persons For more information refer Web-sites:
Submission of abstracts June 1, 2001
Notification of acceptance June 10, 2001
A. Andriesh (Prof., President of Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Co-president of RENAM Association)
E-mail: andries@renam.md
Centre of Information Technologies
5, Academiei st.
Kishinev MD-2028 Moldova
Tel.: (373 2) 73 98 27, 73 81 02
Fax: (373 2) 73 57 63
Grigore Secrieru (Kishinev, RENAM Association)
Tel.: (373 2) 73 87 63
Fax: (373 2) 73 86 46
E-mail: secrieru@renam.md
Peter Bogatencov (Kishinev, CIT ASM)
Tel.: (373 2) 73 87 74
Fax: (373 2) 72 70 26
E-mail: bogatenc@cc.acad.md
Tatiana Shuliakovskaya (Moscow)
Tel.: (7 095) 133 43 39
Fax: (7 095) 930 55 59
E-mail: shu@ednes..org
http://www.renam.md/wistcis
http://www.idc.asm.md
Conference languages
English, Moldovian, Russian
Brand new: Manual on teleworking for CIS audience will be disseminated at the workshop.
Workshop venue
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Administrative Block, Large Conference Hall
1, Stefan cel Mare Bul.
Kishinev MD-2001 Moldova
General schedule of the Workshop
21 June 2001, Thursday
22 June 2001, Friday
Training Courses
Training course 1: European Union: background, objectives and opportunities
The course covers the basic items of the European Union. Starting with subjects like the history, organisation and objectives an overview of the policy developed by the European Commission to achieve their objectives will be given. Special attention will be given to the Fifth Framework Programme (FFP), which will be discussed in more detail. This scheme can fund or facilitate co-operative research projects executed by business and research institutes and which can also be joined by organisations based in CIS countries.
Training course 2: Information Society Technologies Programme
One of the subjects of the FFP focuses on Information Technologies for Society. A work programme has been developed by the European Commission, where action items are described, which contribute to the objectives of the Commission. Companies and research organisations are invited to propose projects that can contribute to the realisation of the action items. The different lectures (5) give an overview of the action items (Key Actions), requirements for eligibility of a project, how to prepare a proposal and how to execute an awarded proposal. Special attention will be given to the role and opportunities of CIS countries.
Accommodation
The Workshop will take place in Kishinev - the capital of Moldova. A variety of accommodations in different hotels will be available with prices ranging from 15 to 150 Euro. Organizing Committee plans to book rooms in two hotels located near from the Workshop venue.