PPT Slide
I strongly regret that I am not able to join you this morning in Dusseldorf. A matter of paramount importance to WorldSpace Corporation requires my immediate and direct attention. Please know, if there were any way I could be with you, I would make it happen.
In a conference impressive for its scope and depth, Jan Visser had assembled a panel of unique importance. For months, I have been anticipating the opportunity to take part in Jan's panel on Ethics in Distance Education. In particular, I had been looking forward to raising the ethical concept of providing "the greatest good to the greatest number of people." This idea is at the core of our work at WorldSpace. Although I cannot be with you, I hope the concept of providing education to the greatest possible population - and doing so in a way that provides practical and economic access - will be one of the subjects the panel considers.