[Rigf_program] Optional Tour Jul 20-21 - Straw Poll

[Keith Davidson]

Actually one really fantastic idea that came out of the Christchurch 
disaster recovery is the idea of an "ISP in a brief case". We saw the 
actual result of this at the NZNOG meeting this year, a clever set of 
cellular, sattelite and other connectivity modules, all linked to local 
wi-fi access points, using batteries and solar panels and a few little 
bits of smarts to link it all together.

Sadly, the briefcase is so intensely wired up that it would show up as 
probably being a bomb in airport security, otherwise I would have tried 
to bring it along to Japan.

It would be great to know if there were any similar concepts that came 
out from the Japan disaster that were similar?

Cheers

Keith

On 2/06/2012 2:37 p.m., Izumi AIZU wrote:
> Thanks Keith, please try your best.
>
> We plan to organize a site visit, to see the really devastated areas by Tsunami,
> with local people to guide.
>
> It might be similar to the Christchurch site, seeing is really believing.
> You become speechless.
> Yet, we also plan to provide some more direction if and how ICT can
> be of value to reconstruct local economy and society. Hope is there.
>
> izumi
>
>
> 2012/6/2 Keith Davidson<keith at internetnz.net.nz>:
>> This sounds very interesting, and I would be interested in
>> participating, but have to check if I can change my return flights from
>> Japan first. So for the straw poll, my answer is "probably".
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> On 2/06/2012 3:46 a.m., Izumi AIZU wrote:
>>> I am trying to organize the Conference/study Tour on ICT and Disaster
>>> Recovery in Sendai, July 20-21.
>>>
>>> I wonder how many of you are interested in joining this and appreciate
>>> if those who will come, or can consider to come, could tell me so.
>>> For logistics reasons, mainly.
>>>
>>> Additional cost will be:
>>> Bullet Train, Tokyo - Sendai:  21,000 yen
>>> Hotel in Sendai: 9,000/night
>>> Local transportation etc: 5,000 +
>>> Meal: your own
>>>
>>> So, some 35,000 yen, or around US$450.
>>>
>>> I understand it might be difficult to judge without much info,
>>> and here I attach the current plan, but it will be really helpful
>>> if even by straw poll we could know how many are at least coming.
>>>
>>> I will guarantee the overall quality.  Local people will give good stories.
>>> Sébastien Bachollet, ICANN Board, already indicated to me he will join.
>>> But we need some more, or many more!
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> izumi
>>>
>>> --
>>>                        >>    Izumi Aizu<<
>>> Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo
>>> Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
>>> Japan
>>> www.anr.org
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