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Symposium at a Glance
The PROGRAM
Text Box: The symposium will be held simultaneously at three sites:  One will be located at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, USA;  The second site will be located at University of Cyprus, in Nicosia, Cyprus;  The third site will be located at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, in Lima, Peru. The symposium sites will be connected through video-conference equipment for simultaneous broadcast of the sessions.  Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Cyprus, and Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, have Internet connectivity through the United States, European and South American international backbone networks. This will allow us to interact with our distance learning technology using Internet-based videoconferencing systems. This will allow real-time audio and video communication between the three locations.   The program has been tailored taking into account the time zones for the three sites:  North America (Richmond, VA): - 5:00 GMT South America (Lima, Peru): - 6:00 GMT Europe (Nicosia, Cyprus): + 2:00 GMT    The plenary / global sessions (that will be broadcast live to the three sites) are scheduled for the morning in North America (NA) and South America (SA) and for the afternoon in Europe (EU). The parallel sessions of regional interest and the workshops are scheduled for the afternoon in North and South America, and for the morning in Europe. Poster sessions will be held on Saturday at the NA site. Exhibitors are scheduled for Thursday, June 1 2006,  14:00 - 17:00, and Friday, June 2 2006, 14:00 - 17:00, for the NA site.     Symposium Sites

North American Site

Europe Site

South America Site
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Text Box:   South America (SA) North America (NA) Europe (EU) Wednesday May 31 16:00-19:00 Registration 16:00-19:00 Registration 16:00-19:00 Registration 18:00-20:00 Reception 18:00-20:00 Reception 18:00-20:00 Reception   Thursday June 1 7:00-19:00 Registration 8:00-19:00 Registration 10:00-19:00 Registration         Morning Regional activities 7:00–7:30 Breakfast 8:00-8:30 Breakfast 14:00-15:30 Lunch 7:30-8:00   8:30-9:00   15:30-16:00   Welcome and introductions from the three locations 8:00 – 8:45   9:00 – 9:45   16:00-16:45   NA site invited speaker 8:45-9:30   9:45-10:30   16:45-17:30   EU site invited speaker 9:30-9:45   10:30-10:45   17:30-17:45   Refreshments  break 9:45-10:30   10:45-11:30   17:45-18:30   SA site invited speaker 10:30-11:50   11:30-12:50   18:30-19:50   Selected SA presentations broadcast to the NA and EU sites 11:50-12:00   12:50-13:00   19:15-20:00   Closing remarks from the SA site 12:00-13:30   13:00-14:30   20:00-21:30   Lunch (NA and SA)/Dinner (EU) and invited speaker from the NA 13:30- Regional activities 14:30- Regional activities       Friday June 2 7:00-19:00 Registration 8:00-19:00 Registration 10:00-19:00 Registration         Morning Regional activities 7:00–8:00 Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 14:30-16:00 Lunch 8:00 – 8:45   9:00 – 9:45   16:00-16:45   EU site invited speaker 8:45-9:30   9:45-10:30   16:45-17:30   SA site invited speaker 9:30-9:45   10:30-10:45   17:30-17:45   Refreshments  break 9:45-10:30   10:45-11:30   17:45-18:30   NA site invited speaker 10:30-11:50   11:30-12:50   18:30-19:50   Selected EU presentations broadcast to the NA and SA sites 11:50-12:00   12:50-13:00   19:15-20:00   Closing remarks from the EU site 12:00-13:30   13:00-14:30   20:00-21:30   Lunch (NA and SA)/Dinner (EU) and invited speaker from SA 13:30- Regional activities 14:30- Regional activities       Saturday June 3 7:00-19:00 Registration 8:00-19:00 Registration 10:00-19:00 Registration         Morning Regional activities 7:00–8:00 Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 14:30-16:00 Lunch 8:00 – 8:45   9:00 – 9:45   16:00-16:45   SA site invited speaker 8:45-9:30   9:45-10:30   16:45-17:30   NA site invited speaker 9:30-9:45   10:30-10:45   17:30-17:45   Refreshments  break 9:45-10:30   10:45-11:30   17:45-18:30   EU site invited speaker 10:30-11:50   11:30-12:50   18:30-19:50   Selected NA site presentations broadcast to the SA and EU sites 11:50-12:00   12:50-13:00   19:15-20:00   Closing remarks from the NA site 12:00-13:30   13:00-14:30   20:00-21:30   Lunch (NA and SA)/Dinner (EU) and invited speaker from EU 13:30- Regional activities 14:30- Regional activities