As part of its  2010 outreach activities,  CISCAI  will hold the “1st INCITE-AI Summit - First Summit on  INformation & Communication Technology-Enabled Resources  for the Control of Avian Influenza”  at the  Inna Kuta Beach Hotel in  Bali, Indonesia from  7-9 June 2010  (NOTE:The 1st INCITE-AI Summit was  previously dubbed,  "First CISCAI Partners Meeting").

Since its inception, the CISCAI has initiated a number of activities to jumpstart the establishment of a   robust  Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure in Hanoi, Vietnam and Vientiane in Laos PDR to support the immediate monitoring and efficient management of  Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks in these two pilot sites. Among the IC technologies that are  currently  being  employed include a  combination of Geographical Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Worldwide  Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technologies and the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) data service such as Short Message Service (SMS), and Global Packet Radio  System (GPRS).  A key component of the project is the effective and immediate conveyance of AI outbreak data from the field workers, as well as the dissemination of processed information among   different stakeholders and the general public at large.

In view of this current milieu, CISCAI   aims to showcase the  many accomplishments and achievements  of the Project,   and to plan  the next  steps  in pursuit of the project’s completion.

The maiden meeting has the following objectives:

• To showcase the achievements and accomplishments of the CISCAI Project  primarily  among its different country partners, namely Vietnam Laos PDR and Thailand in an en banc session, and secondly, among other similar international  organizations and entities, working in the area of Avian Influenza surveillance, management and control;

 

• To know the state-of the-art technologies being implemented by different international organizations (apart from the CISCAI collaborators)   and  stakeholders in the  surveillance, monitoring and management of  AI, as well as other related environmental  health  and vector-borne  diseases, and harmonize  CISCAI’s  activities  with  these initiatives;

• To share best practices and lessons learned in the use and application of   information and communications technologies (ICT) and related communications  technologies (such as but not  limited to space/satellite information and communications, GIS/Geo-informatics, etc.)  in the  surveillance, monitoring and management  particularly of Avian Influenza (AI), and in general, for  other related environmental  health and  emerging infectious diseases  (EIDs) ;

• To identify  technology efforts   and technology gaps in the implementation of AI-related activities and harmonize these efforts which use ICT and related communications technologies;

• To identify  common areas of possible technical (ICT-based) cooperation  among  different   AI stakeholders, in pursuit of a shared goal of lessening the ill effects of AI  and other  EIDs.

 

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The Organizing Committee of 1st INCITE-AI  wishes to invite prospective  co-sponsors/co-organizers  for the event.  If you  or your  organization would like  to partner with us on this event, please send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  (CISCAI-PCU)