Some recent examples of telematics activities in Georgia

L.Chobanyan, M.Khoshtaria and M.Kuchukashvili

The International Conference Telematics Caucasus

Telematics Caucasus

is a traditional forum for professionalsinvolved in the development of informationresources and methods of their application inthe networks.

Organizers:

Georgian Federation for Information and Documentation (GFID)

the Georgian Research Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (Techinformi)

with the support of the European Commissi-on/Directorate General Information Society.

The conference goals were to:

estimate the current state of telework in the Region

discuss practical ways of development of new methods of work

identify major technological, social and legal issues of e-commerce

Stimulate the use of e-business.

Participants: 33 foreign (from Armenia, Austria,

Azerbaijan, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Vietnam)

and over 120 Georgian participants took part in the conference

The INTERNET location of the conference site is http://www.tech.org.ge/telematics2001/

From left to right: Ms Gular Jabbarova, Baku Scientific and Training Centre (BSTC), Azerbaijan; Mr David Tarkhan-Mouravi, State Department of Information Technology, Georgia; Mr Oleg Shatberashvili, TECHINFORMI, Georgia; Ms Natia Turnava, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade, Georgia; Mr Zurab Yakobashvili, International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI), Russia.

Dr Wolfram Laaser from Centre of Distance Study Development (FernUniversit?t Hagen, Germany) during demonstration of technologies for distance learning

“Economy and Journalism”

regional project sponsored by Eurasia Foundation due to financial resources provided by USAID

Project is directed:

to teaching students of different colleges and universities journalistic methodologies and techniques

to development of qualification of journalists who cover economic issues concerning Armenia, Georgia and Azerbajan.

The main partisipants of the project are : NGO «TEAM Research Center» of

Armenia, Association of Women-Journalists of

Azerbaijan Union of Independent Journalists of

Georgia.

“Economy of the South Caucasus”.

In the beginning of 2002 the project participants started to issue in INTERNET of joint electronic weekly newsletter “Economy of the South Caucasus”.

newsletter “Economy of the South Caucasus” is devoted to enlightenment of main economic and financial processes of each of the three states, and to the perspectives of economic cooperation in the Caucasus region as a whole.

INTERNET publishing of the newsletter was implemented on the basis of the IDC-Tbilisi.

The INTERNET location of the project site is www.iaij.org.ge/ej/home.htm

For the listeners, within the frames of the project, on the basis of the IDC-Tbilisi. video-conferences were organized as well, where some prospects of economic cooperation of South Caucasus States were discussed.

The computerized telediagnostic system

was implemented in the department of andrology and sexology of Central Railway Clinic Hospital in Tbilisi

The hardware of the system consists of:

a luminiscense and phase-contrast microscope,

digital video camera, computer, TV screen, modem for INTERNET connection

There is a possibility of transmission via INTERNET the information :

on bacterial and virus microflora cell citology video pictures of moving objects freeze frames,

On the basis of teldiagnostic system were realized: holding the tele-consultations of

specialist doctors. Watching by patients the results of

diagnostics and treatment