Dear Colleagues,

Collaborate, Create, Communicate..

The month of October has been extremely eventful with the preparation for the CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2005.

The ICT-KM Program activities will feature in a number of events at the AGM: from the launch of cgXchange at Centers’ and Members Day on Monday 5th December, to a lunch session on Knowledge Sharing in Research on Monday 5th December, to scheduled tours of cgXchange during coffee breaks and luncheons at the System Office Booth on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th December. In addition, the Program is jointly organizing the CGIAR Women’s Networking Event with the CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program on 4th December.   

Report of ICT-KM activities for 2005 will be presented to the Center Deputy Director Generals Committee (CDDC) prior to the AGM 2005.

At a glance…..

Palais des Congres:

4 Dec 19:00 – CGIAR Women’s Networking Event at Al Bahja Restaurant, Hotel Mansour Eddahbi

5 Dec 11:00 - cgXchange Launch at Reda 4

5 Dec 12:30 - Knowledge Sharing in Research Lunch Session at Reda 5

6 & 7 Dec Coffee Breaks and Lunch breaks - Scheduled Tours of cgXchange at System Office Booth, Salle Royale

If you attend the AGM: Do not miss them!

First Scheduled Access Grid Conference

In October 2005 IRRI scientists Dr. Graham McLaren and Dr Richard Bruskiewich and IT Head, Paul O'Nolan, participated in IRRI's first scheduled Access Grid-based video conference.

Enterprise Security and Business Continuity Project holds Regional Workshops at IRRI  

The Enterprise Security and Business Continuity Project holds Regional Workshops at IRRI from 8 to 18 November on business continuity planning (BCP) and on CGIAR IT security.    

New Partnership with Microsoft and NASSCOM Foundation

ICRISAT in collaboration with the Microsoft Corporation and NASSCOM Foundation jointly launched the networking of the VASAT Hub for South Asia - Adakkal into a Rural Knowledge Centre (RKC), under the Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential (UP) Program, better known as Project ‘Jyoti’, on 30 September.  

Utilization of Intelligent Systems for Plant Protection Workshop 25-26 October

A workshop was organized at the Central Laboratory for Agricultural Expert Systems, Agricultural Research Center, Cairo, Egypt as part of the Utilization of Intelligent Systems for Plant Protection Project from 25-26 October 2005.  

Active Directory deployment and Exchange 2003 Upgrade Project

All the 15 CGIAR Centers have successfully migrated to Microsoft Active Directory and upgraded to Exchange 2003.  

Upcoming Events

CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2005 and Associated Events coming up next...   

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Collaborate, Create, Communicate...

this is the motto of the ICT-KM Program. We believe that by expanding the CGIAR's opportunities to work together and communicate we will produce better science to help poor in developing countries.

Your comments are especially welcome. Please visit the Website, http://ictkm.cgiar.org/ or write to ictkm@cgiar.org with comments and/or ideas for the next monthly update.

Working together for a better future,

Enrica