2000-05-22/26
Information and training seminar on the communication network

Participants

Description

Agenda

Conclusions (.pdf 143 Kibit)

Location

• Rome (Italy)
  Centro di Istruzione Roma SELFIN
  Piazzale dell'Industria, 46
  00144 Roma 

Participants:

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts of the National Focal Points -NFP- (15 countries)·

• Experts

• Representatives of the EMWIS Technical Unit (TU)· 

Description

EMWIS preliminary study (carried out in 1997) has defined the main orientations to be chosen for organizing the communication network. Now, the specifications of communication equipment and procedures are going to be determined by a detailed study. The aim is to ensure the level of network quality between the main EMWIS operators (i.e. the T.U. and the NFP).
 This one-week seminar aims to present and validate the results of the study and to organize the training of NFP IT experts on the concepts and technologies selected. The main objectives are to:

• Present technical options chosen for the communication network;
• Validate the hardware and software recommendations;
• Standardize technical means of communication (Extranet, E-Mail, Videoconference);
• Present and validate the NFP website architecture and design;
• Provide additional technical training according to needs identified during the study;
• Discuss possible implementation difficulties in each country;
• Organize the following phase, i.e. the setting-up of connections and equipment of each NFP.

AGENDA

Monday 22 May

13 :00-14 :00 Participants registration
14 :00-14 :15 Welcoming speech
Walter Mazzitti (EMWIS Steering Committee President)
14 :15-15 :30 Seminar introduction and EMWIS progress
Eric Mino (Technical Unit)
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break
16 :00-17 :30 Basic concepts about the Internet
Juan Antonio Vera (Technical Unit)
17 :30-18 :30 Review of NFP's hardware, software and tools
Objectives, status and recommendations
Andrea Lazzari (SOGESID)

Tuesday 23 May

9 :00-10:30 Review of NFP's Internet connection
Objective, status and recommendations
Andrea Lazzari (SOGESID)
10 :30-11 :00 Coffee break
11 :00-12 :30 Internet Videoconference: objectives, state of the art and recommendations
Andrea Lazzari (SOGESID)
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch
14 :00-18 :00 Review of EMWIS technical architecture
Upgrade of national networks interconnections
Discussion and validation of the recommendation presented
E. Mino (Technical Unit )

Wednesday 24 May

9 :00-9 :30 Introduction to information/ training sessions
9 :30-12:30 Presentation of R-DBMS :
Platform Oracle Internet, WebDB, Intermedia and XML tools
Bruno Bottreau (ORACLE France)
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch
14 :00-16 :00 Discussion about R-DBMS utilization
16 :00-16 :30 Coffee break
16 :30-17 :00 An example of a Geographical Information System on the Web
Paolo Sgritta (Selfin IBM)
17 :00-18 :00 Utilization of a videoconference software (Microsoft NetMeeting)
Alessandro Pischedda (Technical Unit)

Thursday 25 May

9 :00-11:30 Presentation and discussion about existing systems within NFP
¨National Focal Points
11 :30-12 :30 Conclusions
E. Mino (Technical Unit)
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch
14 :00-15 :30 Content issues
Juan Antonio Vera (Technical Unit)
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break
16 :00-17 :30 Utilization of a HTML editor (Microsoft FrontPage 2000)
Application to the design of EMWIS web site 1/2
Alessandro Pischedda (Technical Unit)

Friday 26 May

9 :00-12:00 Utilization of a HTML editor (Microsoft FrontPage 2000)
Application to the design of EMWIS web site 2/2
Alessandro Pischedda (Technical Unit)
12 :00-12 :30 Seminar conclusions