Hopi saying: does this talk grow corn?

1. Hopi saying: does this talk grow corn?

2. Presentation Outline • 16 Years of ISTEC • The Next Challenge • ISTEC Restructuring • How we are doing it…

3. 16 Years of ISTEC

4. ISTEC Sharing the ISTEC experience: 16 years, over 28 countries; strategic alliance among academia, industry, government agencies, and multilateral organizations TRUST: transparency, efficiency, effectiveness, professionalism, competitiveness, knowledge

5. Process (1990) Explored Opportunities Does R&D play a role in development? Is S&T a priority? Identified Obstacles Status of Education: (graduate) programs Developed Recommendations ISTEC was born Status of S&T

6. Reasons/Challenges for Creating ISTEC • Lack of current information for planning and developing technology • Lack of expertise in the use of information • Lack of international cooperation in developing the critical mass needed for projects and joint efforts • Lack of interaction among academia, productive sector, governments and international agencies • Lack of availability of technology for social, cultural , and economic development ESTABLISH A GATEWAY FOR INFORMATION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, and ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE IBEROAMERICAN REGION Content, connectivity, software, policies, scalability, integration, languages, culture, hardware, change

7. Initiatives Digital Library Linkages (DLL) Response of ISTEC to challenges: Initiatives Information Technology Advanced Continuing Education (ACE) Los Libertadores (LL) R&D Laboratories

8. ISTEC Facts • Over 130 active members both in the IEEE Section 8 and 9 • Promote up-to-date curricula development through forums, seminars, and independent consulting to standardize engineer and science programs • Over 15 training events per year • 10 IT Challenge forums to create awareness, analyze existing IT models and develop an IT regional agenda • Development of five regional information networks (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina) • Over 60 libraries sharing information in real time within the ISTEC Digital Library Linkage Initiative • On average 12,000 documents are transferred annually within the DLL network, with an annual average savings of over $500K for the region

9. ISTEC Facts • ISTEC has served as catalyzer to promote strategic alliances between Academia, Industry, and Government to incentive social, cultural, political and economic development • Over 172 R&D labs in 17 countries (these facilities are mostly in the area of digital signal processing, microcontrollers, and embedded systems) and more than 600,000 undergraduate and graduate students have been trained in the past 10 years • Over 3000 equipment donations • Past 5 years, over $2.5 million on equipment donations from Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Nortel Networks, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, National Instruments, Xilinx, Intel. Promoting development of technology in developing countries

10. ISTEC Facts Promoting development of technology in developing countries

11. RESULTS: In summary • ISTEC rose to the Challenge and accomplished many things • Conferences, workshops, and forums were held with participation of high-ranking government officials, academia, industry, and international organizations to create awareness; analyzed existing IT models in other global regions • Helped in the creation of OAS Educational Portal • Began ISTEC-Salud ( TeleHealth ) Initiative with UNM • Initiated ICTSD/C3 ( Information Communication Technologies for Social Development ) • Initiated SEED/MoT ( Science & Technology Entrepreneurial ship for Economic Development ) • And many others…

12. The Next Challenge

13. 2005 RETROSPECTIVE • Where is Latin America Today? • Missed two Major Global Economic Development Waves: • Computer ( 1980’s ) • Telecommunications ( 1990’s ) • CANNOT Afford to miss the next new Waves! • When it comes to technology development, innovations come from USA, Japan, Europe, and ASIA ( PRC, Taiwan, S. Korea, India ) • IS THERE A STRATEGY TO CATCH THE NEW WAVE?

14. OPPORTUNITIES WITH EACH NEW TECHNOLOGY WAVE COMES CHANGE And OPPORTUNITIES Coming Waves: Bio-technology; Energy; Environment Engineering

15. OPPORTUNITIES • HOW DOES LATIN AMERICA RESPOND? • Leadership…for the Long Term! • Strategies: .A sound, aggressive, long-term, and flexible national policy in Science and Technology (S&T). Asian Countries have 25 to 100 year plans • Long Term strategic investments in Science, Technology, and Information and Communication infrastructures • International CO-OPERATION, ALLIANCES and PARTNERSHIP • TRUST (Culture of Quality, Ethics, Sustainability)

16. Benefits (Why do it?)Political, Social & Economic • Creation of NEW WEALTH • Opportunities for SOCIAL CHANGES • Better ECONOMIC and POLITICAL STABILITIES • More INFLUENCE in International Forums • A STRONGER Global Partner

17. ISTEC Restructuring

18. RESTRUCTURING (2005) ISTEC’S 10-year VISION ISTEC will be a vehicle to advance socio-economic and educational change for the creation of new wealth and improvement of the quality of life in Iberoamerica. ISTEC será un medio que promueva el desarrollo socioeconómico y educativo, para crear bienestar social, generar riqueza y mejorar la calidad de vida en Iberoamérica. ISTEC será um veículo para promover o avanco sócio-econômico e educacional, para criar o bem estar social, gerar riqueza e melhorar a qualidade de vida na Iberoamérica.

19. RESTRUCTURING (2005) • ISTEC’S NEW MISSION: • ISTEC’s members and stakeholders (academia, industry, governments, and non-governmental organizations) will: • Advance the state of higher education • Promote integration between local and international accreditation and certification initiatives in academia and industry • Create a forum to encourage joint international research and development • Provide tools, knowledge and environment for entrepreneurship • Provide a cost-effective vehicle for technology transfer. • To accomplish this, ISTEC will create an organization that is flexible, self-sustaining, transparent and effective, and will be responsible for carrying out the mission.

20. ISTEC NEW 2005 VISION • SUPPORT University Education: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional • DEVELOP New Entrepreneurs: Business and IP Education and Practices • CREATE New Business Opportunities: Identification of New Markets and Technologies • START New Businesses: Alliances, Partnerships, and Funding • INTEGRATE University R&D: Collaborative Partnerships • CATYLST for Social Changes: Create TRUST in Government, Business, and International Partners

21. Value • ISTEC Value is based on TRUST that has been obtained by • Knowledge • Transparency • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Professionalism • Competitiveness

22. How we are doing it… DD … to … DO IT!

23. ISTEC Four New Programs • ISTEC promotes scientific development by being sensitive to the region’s own cultural and social differences • Four Initiatives and Four new interdisciplinary programs: • Information Communication Technologies for Social Development (ICTSD) • Science and Technology Entrepreneurship for Economic Development (SEED) • ISTEC-Salud • GRANA Bringing the benefits of technology to people everywhere… Promoting development of technology in developing countries

24. ISTEC Four New Programs • Information Communication Technologies for Social Development (ICTSD): • To Bridge the Digital Divide and build Partnerships for Sustainable Community Development and Empowerment through the use of Information Communication Technologies to promote social development. • It focuses on the development of Human Indigenous Networks and the use of ICT to support organizing efforts from the bottom-up.  The objective of this program is to create strategic alliances between Indigenous Peoples, Multilateral organization, industry, and academia to promote social, economic, cultural, and political entrepreneurship to generate economic opportunities in marginalized communities.

25. ISTEC Four New Programs • Information Communication Technologies for Social Development (ICTSD): • In New Mexico: La Plazita Institute is a community-based effort concerned with the economic development of the Albuquerque South Valley Area by and for community members. • Network with Indigenous Peoples in the Region: Promote authentic sustainable opportunities for economic, educational, health and cultural practices for community development. • The objectives of this effort are: • (1) to rebuild our community by maintaining and promoting social and cultural values through education • (2) to strengthen the local economy by providing business opportunities and encouraging entrepreneurship • (3) to nurture homegrown leadership and youth education for community empowerment • (4) to create a sense of ownership in the community by promoting civic engagement and public service • (5) to strengthen agricultural practices based on an Earth Centered Business Practices to maintain the rural character of local NM communities.

26. ISTEC Four New Programs • Science and Technology Entrepreneurship for Economic Development (SEED) • The goal is to leverage ISTEC’s solid relationships and focus the program on a two-way exchange of S&T, human capabilities, capital, entrepreneurship, and product/service development • To generate economic development that helps all parties (WIN – WIN). • Incubation, start-ups, spin-offs • Inclusion, Information Society, Knowledge, Diversity, Multidisciplinary • Gridline – Gateway of the Americas

27. ISTEC Four New Programs • ISTEC-Salud: • Was conceived in 2002/2003 by an international group of medical doctors, health workers, and engineers interested in developing a collaborative program to share common experiences in the biomedical field. • The objectives are not only medical in nature; rather, the program aims at developing a new interdisciplinary space that integrates biomedicine, engineering, computer science, and other disciplines. • The Project seeks sustainable technological solutions to improve medical/health care access for underserved communities in the region, and to provide innovative ways to facilitate access to knowledge and services in these fields.

28. ISTEC Four New Programs • GRANA: • Was conceived as a program to aid ISTEC members and non-members in their process of accreditation/certification of undergraduate, graduate, and e-learning educational programs

29. How we are doing it ESTABLISHING GATEWAY(S) FOR INFORMATION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, and ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE AMERICAS AND THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

30. The Gateway Services IP Capital ($$) New Mexico (ISTEC Inc.) Gateway for S&T Special Tools R&D DealFlow Ibero-America & World Development: Economic, Social, Cultural, Political

31. The Gateway 2006….and Beyond CREATING A NETWORK FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL & CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (IT)

32. New Models - ISTEC University-Industry Relations.Why? • Access to pre-competitive research • Early warning of potential technology breakthroughs • Pursue industry-relevant research • Access to high-skill resources • Conduit for intellectual creativity • Branding and market development • Long-term partnerships • Curricula development • Accreditation • Internationalization

33. Strategic Alliances • AMD, Freescale • Texas Instruments • CEITEC (Brazil) • LNNE (Mexico) • COE-UDEM • CAF, OAS, IDB • Gridline Comm. • Brightstar • Thomson - Gale • Los Alamos • Mobiletec • YIP, FONE (VoIP) • PARQUESOFT • Intranets/WEBX • Sun Microsystems • Hewlett-Packard • Intel • Microsoft • Khoral Research • IEEE-ABET-DL • Nortel Networks • Motorola • National Instruments • CEOexpress • Xilinx • I2/NLR

34. Sun Microsystems Hewlett-Packard Bright Star Citibank Skype YIP Google WebEx CEOexpress Gridline Clipmarks ASI Group / Flycom LENC Interedge Piramide (Bolivia/Germany) Echostar Franklin Mining Corp DCC MobileTec Integrated Architectures Stratum Broadband Global IP Clearinghouse Native American Television Network Latin American Television Parquesoft FON American Broadband Group Hostopia CapeCodVentures Catholic Church CNRI EcoSystem Partners

35. Strengthened PartnershipWith ISTEC Not For Profit For Profit • Licensing • Technology ISTEC Entity XXX • IP • R&D • Business Development • Foundation • Consulting • Marketing • Services • EcoSystem • Funding Approach • Speed/Acceleration • Incubation/Spin-offs • Money/Stock/Inv. • Entrepreneurship • EducationNetwork • Economic, Social,Cultural, and • Political Development It’s not just an idea anymore! Generation of wealth!!!!!

36. www.istec.org DD … to … DO IT!!!! Digital Divide to Digital Opportunities with IT!!!