IST-Africa 2006 Conference & Exhibition

03 - 05 May 2006, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa

Programme

IST-Africa 2006 Agenda

Updated: 2006-04-28 20:03:06

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Day 1: 03 May 2006

08:00

	Registration & Coffee

09:00

09:00	Opening Plenary 1a
	Chair: Phil Mjwara, Director-General, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	A Strategic African-European IST partnership: Knowledge and Innovation for Sustainable Development Honourable Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa Bringing Government Services to the Citizens - The Mozambique Approach: Sharing our early Results, Challenges and Opportunities Prof. Dr. Eng.Venâncio Massingue, Honourable Minister of Science & Technology, Mozambique Information Society : New Perspectives for EU-Africa Partnership Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium Information Society and Development in South Africa Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Director General, Department of Communications, South Africa Information Society as a Sector in Finnish Development Policy Heikki Tuunanen, Ambassador of Finland to South Africa, South Africa e-Government and the Advent of Shared Services and Shared Source Ingo Juraske, Hewlett-Packard Europe, Germany

11:30

	Coffee Break

12:00

12:00	Opening Plenary 2a
	Chair: Phil Mjwara, Director-General, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	IST Programme: International Coooperation Opportunities Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium IST-Africa Initiative Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

13:00

	Lunch

14:00

14:00	Session 3a: eBusiness 1: Case Studies
	Chair: Kgomotso Moahi, University of Botswana, Botswana
	ICT Usage and its Impact on Profitability of SMEs: A Case of 8 African Countries Christoph Stork, ResearchICTafrica.net, South Africa Infrastructural and Behavioural Influences on the Adoption of eCommerce in Developing Countries Faith-Michael Uzoka, Mount Royal University, Canada eAdoption: Italian Case Study Michela Serrecchia, Institute for Informatics and Telematics – Italian National Research Council (IIT-CNR), Italy Nurturing Entrepreneurship in Mozambique - The Case of MICTI Jamo Macanze, MICTI - Mozambique Information and Communication Technology, Mozambique

14:00	Session 3b: eGovernment 1: Planning Issues
	Chair: Harold Wesso, Meraka eSkills Institute, South Africa
	National ICT Policies for Poverty Reduction and Gender Mainstreaming: Emerging Trends and Issues in Africa K M Baharul Islam, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia Keeping up with the Joneses: Questioning the Pace of e-Government in the Developing World Helen Alexander, Provincial Government of the Western Cape, South Africa Economic Benefits of Outsourcing in Government Arindam Bose, Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, Botswana Issues and Challenges to be Addressed in e-Government from an Information Security Point of View Jabiri Kuwe Bakari, Stockholm University/KTH, Sweden

14:00	Session 3c: eLearning & ICT Skills in Schools
	Chair: Marco Marsella, European Commission, Luxembourg
	Implementation of the NEPAD e-Schools Initiative Lesiba Sandy Malapile, NEPAD , South Africa Computer Use in Typical South African Schools Sue Cohen, SAIDE/Mindset, South Africa PENSAS@MOZ Jeremias Correia , Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique, Mozambique On the Selection of ICT and Multimedia Based Learning Content for Secondary Schools in a Developing Country Tapani Jussila, Kanki International, Finland

14:00	Workshop 3d: Challenges and Opportunites for African-European IST Partnerships in FP7
	Chair: Daan du Toit, Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	Opportunities for African Participation in FP7 Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium Lessons from African Participation in the IST Activities of FP6 Johan Eksteen, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa European Development Cooperation to Support IST Development in Africa: the Finnish example Ilari Lindy, SAIS II, Belgium ICT Research Agenda of Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action Sibusiso Manzini, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa France’s Bilateral Networks to Support ICT Cooperation with Africa Samuel Elmaleh, Embassy of France, South Africa

15:30

	Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Session 4a: eBusiness 2: Tourism/Cultural Heritage
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Electronic Business Survey on South African Tour Operators Pascal Verhoest, DISC, Belgium Research in Turkey on Tourism - GIS and Province Municipals H.Suavi Ahipasaoglu, Anadolu University, Turkey Making Culture Rich - World's Best Practice in Digital Cultural Contents Thomas Biebl, ICNM - International Center for New Media, Austria

16:00	Session 4b: eGovernment 2: Service Provision
	Chair: Salomão Manhiça, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique
	The Hops Project: Developing Transformational Government Services Muntsa Padro, UPC, Spain Speech Technology for Accessing Government Information Services Mmope Lephoto, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho Enabling Viable m-Government Thomas Rose, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

16:00	Tutorial 4c: eLearning 2: From Vision to Reality in Northern Ireland: Empowering Schools for eLearning through Public/Private Cooperation
	Introduction: C2k and the N. Ireland Context Paddy Maguire, C2k, United Kingdom “Relevant, Reliable and Risk-free” - ICT provision in N. Ireland’s schools in 2006 Mary Kane, C2k, United Kingdom Getting to Where We Are – Lessons Learnt over the Last 5 Years Mary Kane, C2k, United Kingdom The Future Paddy Maguire, C2k, United Kingdom

16:00	Workshop 4d: eHealth 1: Medical Export
	Chair: Peter Laing, FIR at Aachen University of Technology, Germany Co-Chair: Tomaso Forzi, FIR at Aachen University of Technology, Germany
	Technology Enhanced Internationalisation of Medical Services of German Health Care Institutions for African Patients Tobias Rhensius, FIR at Aachen University of Technology, Germany Transfer of European Technologies and Services for a Decentralised Healthcare System in Southern African Countries Dimitri Dimitrov, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

17:30

17:30	Tutorial 5a: eInfrastructures: EU-funded Projects & FP7

17:30	Tutorial 5b: eLearning 3: EU-funded Projects & FP7
	Technology-enhanced Learning - Research, Activities and Future Directions Marco Marsella, European Commission, Luxembourg

Disclaimer: This is the Advance Programme, which is subject to change. The Final Programme will be published in March, following receipt of all final papers.

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