This project will support the sharing of domain specific lessons learned and best practices across Atlantisacademic consortia that offer dual degree education programs. Apart from the Atlantis Conference,currently no program or process exists to capture lessons learned or evolved best practices of trans-Atianttc academic consortia. To encourage collaboration and knowledge exchange we will analyse existingvirtual collaboration requirements, specify and develop an online community platform, and deploy thatsystem to test the specifications and design solution. As Atlantis domain specific academic communitiesare composed of overlaping national, professional and organizational cultures, the project will address thecommunication gaps inherent in these communities that can become barriers to sharing and platform use,We will not just promote and encourage use of the platform, but will support the community to become aself-sustaining system, from a technology use perspective, from a knowledge sharing perspective, andfrom a cross cultural perspective.