Proposal for hosting 30 th APAN Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam National Center for Scientific & Technological Information (NACESTI) August 2010

ProposalProposalfor hosting 30for hosting 30thth APAN APAN

Meeting in Hanoi, Meeting in Hanoi, VietnamVietnam

National Center for Scientific & Technological Information (NACESTI)

August 2010

National Center for Scientific & Technological Information - NACESTIVietnam Research & Education Network - VinaRENhttp://www.vista.gov.vn – http://www.vinaren.org.vn

Applicant’s Information Applicant’s name: National Center for Scientific

& Technological Information (NACESTI), Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST)

Contact: Dr. Ta Ba Hung, Director Address: 24 Ly Thuong Kiet street, Hanoi,

Vietnam Tel: 844 9349123 Fax: 844 9349127 Email: [email protected] Website: www.vista.gov.vn


About NACESTI Established on 24

September, 1990.

Leading organization in Vietnam in providing S&T information services for research & development.

Will be upgraded to National Agency for S&T Information.

More strategy and policy making orientation.


About NACESTI NACESTI is carrying out following functions:

Central hub of the national network of STI services organizations

STI provision, dissemination and promote S&T achievements

Organize and manage Techmart Vietnam

Central Library on Science and Technology

Develop and manage Vietnam Information for Science & Technology Advance - VISTA Network

National coordinator of the Vietnam Research & Education Network (VINAREN) – a primary member of TEIN2, TEIN3 and APAN


About NACESTI International events successfully

organized by NACESTI:Techmart Vietnam 2003, 2005, 2007Korea Technomart 2002, 2004China Technomart 200310th International Conference on Asian Digital

Libraries – ICADL 2007Science and Technology Days in Vietnam

(with Germany, Thailand, Ucraina, etc.)


VinaREN April 2006, NACESTI was nominated as

national coordinator of TEIN2 in Vietnam Official launching in June 2006,

connecting to TEIN2 Feb 2007, VinaREN joined APAN in

Manila Conference April 2007, VinaREN’s phase 2

development project approved, NACESTI was assigned as national coordinatior


VinaREN Since 2007, VinaREN’s experienceing

rapid development 3 VinaREN National Forum held so far 50 member institutions, who are leading

R&D organizations in Vietnam 6 NOCs, including VNNOC (national

coordinator) located in NACESTI


Hanoi – Economic and Cultural Center of Vietnam 998 years old 1000th Anniversary will be in 2010 It is the capital city of 3 dynasties a city of rich historical, economic and cultural

heritage


Hanoi – Research & Education Center Over 100 national and regional R&D

institutions located in HanoiVietnam Academy of S&T (VAST)Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) Institute of Information Technology

Most of largest universities and colleges located in HanoiNational University of VietnamHanoi Uni. of Technology


Objectives APAN 30 will provide a forum for

researchers and practitioners in Asia Pacific region to meet and share knowledge and experience on developing network and application technologies.

The Meeting will feature tutorials, presentations and demonstrations covering advanced network technologies and applications


Co-organizers Vietnam National University, Hanoi

www.vnu.edu.vn

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technologywww.vast.ac.vn


Participants Researchers, practitioners, decision

makers, faculty members, students, etc. in the field of advanced network development and application

Expected number of participants: 350, including 150 foreign participants and 200 local participants


Conference venue Melia Hanoi Hotel 5-star hotel located in the

city center of Hanoi, inside the diplomatic and financial district and close to main tourist attractions, entertainment and shopping areas: most are in walking distance


Melia Hanoi Hotel Meeting rooms

High capacity Grand Ballroom, serving for up to 1,000 delegates; can be divided by movable partitions into 3 sections, each connects to a large foyer/exhibition area.

7 function rooms with capacities from 70 to 200 delegates for sessions or working group meetings

Reception and Banquet are available for up to 800 people.


Melia Hanoi Hotel Accomodation

Over 300 deluxe rooms fully equiped as a 5-star standard

Many other hotels in nearby areas ranging from 2 to 5-star standards

TransportationEasy to access to other

attractions by walking, bus, taxi, etc.


Initial meeting room estimation

DATE TIME EVENT SET UPNUMBER OF

GUESTSVENUE

06 days in August 2009

7:30 – 18:00Secretariat

room Table +

chairs 10 – 15

guestsFunction room

05 days in August 2009

8:00 – 17:0003 Breakout

rooms Classroom 50 guests Function rooms

08:00-17:00 Meeting Classroom

350 guests

Ballroom

10:00-10:3015:00-15:30

Coffee breaks Standing At the foyer

12:00-13:30 Buffet lunch Sitting Hotel restaurant


Preliminary budgetTotal budgets: 200,000 USD including:

Organizers: 50,000 USDSponsorship: 50,000 USDRegistration Fee: 100,000 USD

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Proposal for hosting 30 th APAN Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam National Center for Scientific & Technological Information (NACESTI) August 2010