1. 1 APAN and South Asia Shigeki Goto APAN

2. 2 APAN is a coordinating body. APAN does not have any links. APAN members have many links. APAN APAN members

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4. 4 APAN Members Primary Members –AU, CN, JP, KR, MY, TH, TW, PH, BD, HK, IN, SL, VN, PK, NZ, SG Associate Members –ID, MOST(TH), NP, TransPAC/IU(US), US Pacific Consortium (US) Liaison Members –CANARIE(CA), CLARA(Latin America), DANTE(EU), Internet2(US), TERENA(EU) http://www.apan.net/

5. 5 APAN meetings twice a year http://www.apan.net/meetings/past.html http://www.apan.net/meetings/past.html 2007 Jan. 22-26 Manila 2006 Jan. 22-26 Tokyo, Jul. 17-21 Singapore 2005 Jan. 24-28 Bangkok, Aug. 23-27 Taipei 2004 Jan. 25-30 Honolulu, Jul. 2-7 Cairns 2003 Jan. 20-25 Fukuoka, Aug 24-29 Busan 2002 Jan. 22-25 Phuket, Aug. 26-28 Shanghai 2001 Feb. 1-2 Hawaii, Aug. 20-22 Penang 2000 Feb. 15-18 Tsukuba, Aug. 22-25 Beijing 1999 Feb. 19-21 Osaka, Sep. 21-24 Canberra 1998 Mar. 2-3 Tsukuba, Jul. 1-3 Seoul 1997 Jun. 2-3 Tokyo, Oct. 20-21 Singapore 1996 Aug. 23-24 Seoul, Nov. 8-9 Tokyo

6. 6 South Asia (1) South Asia Network Group meeting Pre-APAN meeting in Nepal January 22 and 23, 2005 http://master.apan.net/meetings/bangkok2005/pre-apan.htm http://master.apan.net/meetings/bangkok2005/pre-apan.htm

7. 7 South Asia (2) APAN Working Group Activities India has participated in the telemedicine demos at Manila 14:00-15:30, January 25, 2007. Live demonstration of endoscopic gastric surgery for early gastric cancer Chairperson: Ho-Seong Han (Seoul NationalUniversity Bundang Hospital, KR) Moderators and discussants at each station: 1. Manila venue, Philippines 2. Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Bundang, Korea) Operator: Hyung-Ho Kim 3. Tata Memorial Hospital (Mumbai, India): Parul Shukla 4. Malaysia NOC (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia): Ali Y Jasmi/ B Badrulhisham

8. 8 South Asia (3) AIII satellite coverage Plan for the future, possibilities TEIN3 JAXA winds satellite (Part 3 of APAN slides) http://www.jp.apan.net/meetings/0701-manila/Higuchi.ppt other future plans… http://www.jp.apan.net/meetings/0701-manila/Higuchi.ppt

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