ACROSSWORLD TO PRESENT NANOTECHNOLOGY GLOBAL DIALOGUE FOR EMERGING MARKETS

(Santa Clara, CA – 4 August 2003) – AcrossWorld, the leading provider of technology solutions and services designed especially for the needs of emerging markets, will present “Catching the Nanotechnology Wave - The Tiny Revolution,”  a Global Dialog session in conjunction with the World Bank Global Development Learning Network. The dialogue will take place on August 6, 9-11 AM EDT, by videoconference from AcrossWorld’s Silicon Valley offices. Global participants will include delegates in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Indian and Pakistan, as well as experts from Silicon Valley.

The panel of nanotechnology experts, moderated by Scott Mize, will lead a dialogue on the field of nanotechnology, sources of government, private and corporate investment, emerging regional areas of expertise around the globe and what policy makers need to know to attract nanotechnology investment to their regions.

About Scott Mize
Scott Mize is a co-founder of AngstroVision, Inc., an early-stage company focused on creating a breakthrough nano-imaging device.  He is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™, the first comprehensive global report on the near-term commercial opportunities in nanotechnology.

About AcrossWorld
AcrossWorld, founded in 1998 with a mission to share knowledge in emerging markets using video conferencing and Internet technologies, is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

AcrossWorld works as program partner of the World Bank’s Global Developing Learning Network on its knowledge-sharing program; and as a project developer with international agencies, local project leaders and specialist organizations in industry, trade associations and academic settings. Among its consulting activities include assisting the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank,) to create The Internet Economic Toolkit for African Policy makers' and the creation of the Sri Lanka/ Silicon Valley Advisory Group to provide specialist advice to participants in the World Bank ICT programs in Sri Lanka.

About the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)
GDLN links the world through learning. Distance Learning Centers (DLCs) worldwide are part of an exchange of learning activities, through courses, seminars, workshops, and discussions on key development issues.

Governments, international civil and private sector organizations, academia, and research institutions participate as members of GDLN on its knowledge-sharing program in support of sustainable development.

GDLN connects decision-makers and agents of change to partners who face similar challenges in other parts of the world.

GDLN uses videoconferencing to enable people to learn in their home countries minimizing costly travel and work disruptions. GDLN captures expertise in a wide variety of disciplines and connects knowledge centers around the world to bridge the knowledge gap worldwide

For information contact:

Margarita Quihuis
margarita@acrossworld.com

Francine Hardaway
francine@acrossworld.com  

Rosa Lawley
rosa@acrossworld.com

AcrossWorld Communications Inc
1601 Civic Center Drive, Suite 102
Santa Clara, CA 95050 USA

http://www.acrossworld.com

Phone: +1 408 519 6420
Fax: +1 408 519 6453
Email: gdln@acrossworld.com

Activity # 03-0036

Date: August 6, 2003
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 EST