William Luther from NASA: Lecture - "Telecommunications Impact on Developing Countries."

Mr. William gave a basic overview of ICT policies. He also gave discussed the impact of wealth on the digital divide. The lecture also covered trends in the spread of telecommunication service over the past several years.

Giving a Lecture on WiMax

After the break E.Pietrosemoli gave a lecture entiled "Introduction to WiMax." The lecture basically gave an introduction to the IEEE 802.16 and 802.16a standards which are the standards for WiMax. There was also a basic comparison of WiFi and WiMax.

After the lecture we got an overview of a activity that was carried out over the weekend by members of the lecturer team. For more information see [long distant link]

A picture of Venezia

Introducing Giovanni Cecconi

Giovanni Cecconi from the Consorzio Nuova presented a interesting lecture on "Environmental Monitoring in the Venice Lagoon."
He pointed out the the historic importance and value of the city and how foolding affects this city.
He also discussed the measures being taking by the country to protect and preserve the city of Venice.

Looking on the profile of Consorzio just before his lecture

Consorzio Venezia gives a lecture on the background of Veneizia, the flooding problem and proposed methods of dealing with flooding should the tides rise.

Explation of how to read data from a graph as captured from monitoring stations one hour before lecture.