Dr. Yousuf M Islam, Director, Research and Advisory Services, BU, participated in a workshop on 'Bridging the Divide' on May 04, 2005 in UC Berkeley, USA. After the presentation, Dr. Islam was invited by the CIDA Foundation (South Africa) and the Studyhall Educational Foundation (Delhi). He repeated the presentation at Stanford in front of Professor Larry J Leifer, Dr Ade Mabogunje and Reinhold Steinbeck. In UT Austin, he repeated the presentation in front of various people, including the Phi Theta Kappa Society. Dr Robert G. Bruce, Assistant Director of the Distance Education Center was also present.