1. Ｎ ETWORKING ISLAND SOCIETIES UNDER THE GLOBALIZING WORLD THE CASE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Hiroshi KAKAZU INSULA AND UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS

2. WHAT IS NETWORKING? DEFINITION: PHYSICAL LINKAGES TO CARRY HUMAN, COMMODITIES, ENERGY AND INFORMATION STAR NETWORK AND LONG DISTANCE NETWORK NETWORK EXTERNALITIES

3. WHAT IS NETWORKING?

4. INTENSITY OF NETWORKING GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY CULTURE, HISTORY & LANGUAGE ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDECNE POLITICAL ALLIANCE INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

5. INTENSITY OF NETWORKING

6. ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE (ISLAND SOCIETIES) GLOBALIZATION & OPEN ECONOMIES ENGINE OF GROWTH HIGH DEPENDENCY ON TRADE HIGH DEPENDENCY ON ODA HIGH DEPENDENCY ON REMITTANCES SMALL INTRAD-ISLANDS TRADE

7. INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE

8. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) COLLABORATE (INTERNET) OR DIE? DESTROY THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE? CREATE “DIGITAL DIVIDE”? HIGH INFORMATION COST PREVALENCE OF THE INTERNET

9. INTERNET PREVALENCE

10. INTERNET ACCESS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

11. THE CASE OF OKINAWA ISLANDS (Overseas Okinawans)

12. WORLDWIDE UCHINANNCHU NETWORKS

13. MIGRATORY NETWORKS WITHIN OKINAWA

14. GLOBAL ISLAND WEBSITES

16. PIDO ACTION PLANS Information sharing and joint content development for human capacity building; Develop and promote e-Health and Tele-center projects; Utilize wireless LAN technology to reduce costs of networking; Promote “one island one product” projects Strategic approach utilizing ICT for tourism industry development; Group study and collaboration among school teachers; Utilize existing network interconnection for education, training, and conference.

17. CONCLUSIONS TO AVOID DIGITAL DIVIDE: ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION & RESOURCE SHARING STRAGEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE