The Conference will be hosted in London this year from the 25th July to the 2nd August. For more information visit www.idcas.org/conference2011. Main email address for paper and comment submission is agm2011@idcas.org
Jun
16
2011
16
2011
Jun
12
2011
12
2011
Placement Scheme 2011
Online application form is operational. Submission deadline is 6PM 15th November 2011. Scheme selection process will occur between late Novemeber and December.
May
28
2011
28
2011
Sheep Market Outlook, May 2011
Further tightening of supplies provides optimistic outlook for medium term outlook by Margaret McCarthy, Bord Bia The low carryover of hoggets got 2011 off to a strong start and the market environment for sheep meat for the short to medium term is set to remain positive. And, although all indications are that flocks in the [...]
May
1
2011
1
2011
Policy Process Steering Committee Termination
January 2009 marked the formation of two Steering Committees by the GNSO. These were the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC). Purposes of aforementioned where to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements to GNSO operations. Two work teams [...]
Mar
3
2011
3
2011
More choice for users on Education 3D Grid
A few weeks ago it was reported that AtMeeting Industries had been sub-contracted by Littlehall Corporation to provide backbone network services for the IDCAS virtual environment, Education 3D Grid (Edu3DGrid.com). One of the roles which AtMeeting obtained through this contract was the administration of the grids authorization service framework. First a little background: Each user [...]
Feb
24
2011
24
2011
IDCAS February Donations
This month the International Development Council for Academic Studies (IDCAS) has generously released a significant amount of additional funding to a number of non-profit organisations. These organisations include the International Health Research Institute (IHRI) and the 3D Grid Association. Today the 3D Grid Association has issued a press release stating that a portion of these [...]
Feb
22
2011
22
2011
Education 3D Grid (Edu3DGrid) Beta Servers
It has been announced today that both the AtMeeting and Education 3D Grid administration intend to release a beta land development scheme. The principle behind this move is to drive forward an initiative to increase the number of developers and testers on both grids. As part of this initiative there will be an allowance made for colleges, [...]
Jan
21
2011
21
2011
IDCAS Quarterly Executive Conference
IDCAS Quarterly Executive Conference (Jan 2011, Dublin)
Jan
19
2011
19
2011
ICANN Post-Cartagena
Interview with ICANN’s CEO & President, Rod Beckstrom, and Chairman of the Board, Peter Dengate Thrush, following the close of ICANN 39 in Cartagena, Colombia. ICANN Press Conference, 6th December 2010. ICANN CEO & President, Rod Beckstrom, and Chairman of the Board, Peter Dengate Thrush.
Oct
29
2010
29
2010
Microsoft PDC10 – HTML 5
PDC10 proved to be informative yesterday. Several issues were addressed during this event including a presentation of HTML 5. In geek terms this looks promising and from the outset appears to be a step in the right direction. Some very cool features although noted a few things I have doubts about. How can we put this [...]