In an effort to increase the human resource capability  of key  CISCAI partner agencies  in the area  of information and communications technologies  (ICT), in support  to  the on-going project Communication and Information Systems for the Control of Avian Influenza (CISCAI), the 2nd CISCAI  WIMAX Engineering Workshop was held from   25 – 29  January 2010 at the National Electronics and Computer  Center (NECTEC) WiMAX site in  rustic  Mae Hong Son Province of  Thailand.

 

The 2nd  CISCAI WIMAX Engineering Workshop aimed  at providing advanced knowledge and techniques in WIMAX technologies, for implementing and administering securely and effectively, the core CISCAI wireless network systems that are currently being put in place by the CISCAI Project (in Laos Peoples’ Democratic Republic and Vietnam), including servers and computer networks. 

The two-day CISCAI Meeting had the following objectives:

- To discuss with partners and determine the final and doable network configuration of CISCAI-Vietnam in view of the legal and technical impediments posed by the use of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX) and IPSTAR satellite in Vietnam;
- To determine and agree on the most systematic way for technology transfer and localization of the developed GIS platform (server and mobile components) from the CISCAI-Vietnam to the CISCAI-Laos counterparts; and
- To determine and harmonize/synchronize the schedules for the actual conduct of the series of table-top exercises.