In an effort to increase the human resource capability  of key partner agencies,  in the area  of ICT in support of the on-going project Communication and Information Systems for the Control of Avian Influenza (CISCAI), the First CISCAI  WIMAX Engineering Workshop will be  held from 16-20 March  2009 at the National Electronics and Computer  Center (NECTEC) in Bangkok, Thailand.

The maiden Workshop aims to provide the necessary background knowledge on WIMAX for implementing and administering securely and effectively, the numerous CISCAI wireless systems that will be put in place during the implementation of the project,  including servers and computer networks. WIMAX means  Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, and is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access. The technology provides up to 72 Mbit/s symmetric broadband speed without the need for cables.

Target participants are engineers, network administrators, and technical person from the Information Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Laos PDR and  NetNam Corporation of Vietnam, who are in charge of testing and administrating the CISCAI system.

The workshop will be led and facilitated by the NECTEC-Thai Computer Emergency Response Team (ThaiCERT). The workshop will include  lectures as well as hand-on training exercises.  Participants will have the chance to perform  equipment configuration, customization and  a number of computer network experiments. 

(CISCAI-PCU, February 2009)