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IST-Africa 2006 Agenda

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

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Day 2: 04 May 2006

09:00

09:00	Session 6a: eBusiness 3: Security
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa
	Authentication - The Final Frontier Karen Renaud, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Biometrics and Banking Systems in the African Context Serestina Viriri, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa SecurIST: The Application Security Initiative James Clarke, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Research Requirements for Security and Dependability for Services Paulo Verissimo, FC/UL - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

09:00	Session 6b: eGovernment 4: Issues and Case Studies
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
	Greenfields & Brownfields : The Global Landscape for ICT4D Puvan J. Selvanathan, Global Knowledge Partnership, Malaysia Rethinking E-government Development: Issues, Lessons and Future Prospects for the Cape Gateway Portal in South Africa Katherine de Tolly, Provincial Government of the Western Cape, South Africa MCDM Framework and the Selection of Network Topologies: GovNet Case Study Lourino Chemane, INTIC, Mozambique

09:00	Session 6c: eLearning & ICT Skills in Higher Education
	Chair: Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria, South Africa
	Implementing Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education in Tanzania Mikko Vesisenaho, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Capacity Development supported by ICT in Higher Education Keetie Roelen, University Maastricht, Netherlands Socially Aware Software Engineering for the Developing World Edwin Blake, University of cape Town, South Africa Assessing the Assessors: Training Web-Based Learning and Teaching Practitioners at the Durban Institute of Technology Charl Fregona, Durban Institute of Technology, South Africa

09:00	Session 6d: eHealth 3: Applications & Services
	Chair: Kgomotso Moahi, University of Botswana, Botswana
	ICTs for Ageing, Disabilities and Independance (ADI) Mounir Mokhtari, Institut National des Télécommunications (INT/GET), France Towards Grid-enabled Telemedicine in Africa Vincent Breton, CNRS/IN2P3, France An ICT-based Diagnosis Procedure and Toolset for Early Detection of Cervix Cancer Gil Gonçalves, University of Porto, Portugal Investigating Simple ICT to Better Patients Health Outcomes Letsholo Mojanaga, Medical Research Council of South Africa, South Africa

10:30

	Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Session 7a: eBusiness 4: Networked Organisations
	Chair: James Clarke, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
	Managing Cross-Organizational Business Processes Timo Kahl, DFKI GmbH, Germany On the Management of Collaborative Networked Organizations Martin Ollus, VTT, Finland Empowering SMEs to Design and Operate Interlinked Logistic Networks Flavio Bonfatti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy “From Technologists to Business Developers” - the Evolution of ICT4Dev Practitioners in South(ern) Africa Johann (Rensie) Janse van Rensburg, CSIR, South Africa

11:00	Session 7b: eGovernment 5: Case Studies
	Chair: Henry Alamango, COMNET-IT, Malta
	Integrating National eGovernment Programmes with Regional Development Interventions Jussi Hinkkanen, Nokia Middle East and Africa , South Africa Botswana e-Government Initiatives Bambi Vubu, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology - Government of Botswana, Botswana eGovernment: Enhancing Capacity through eLearning Yohannes Kassahun, The International Development Law Organization, Italy An Assessment of Factors Influencing Rural eAdoption: A Case of South Africa Wallace Chigona, University of Cape Town, South Africa

11:00	Session 7c: eLearning 5: ICT Skills Issues
	Chair: Enock Mpenzwa, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania
	An e-Learning Strategy for Africa based on Open Source Experience in Europe Alex Didier Essoh, FernUniversitaet in Hagen, Germany eLearning for Language Learning Gerhard van Huyssteen, North-West University, South Africa eLearning in Africa: Building the Infrastructure and Providing the Services Leopold Reif, Hoffmann & Reif Consultants, Germany Business Process-driven Learning Martin Gunnar, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany

11:00	Workshop 7d: eHealth 4: ICT Healthcase Solutions in Africa
	Chair: Danny Naidoo, Microsoft, South Africa
	Paperless Hospital Amjad Abu Shadi, Shadi Systems, Egypt RTMG - Fighting AIDS by the numbers in Africa Harvey Stewart, RMTG, United States e-Health Advances in Distribution of Drugs to Health Centres Zealous Nyabadza, National Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Zimbabwe CRADLE: Capturing Integrated Medical Data to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality Gavin Warrener, Microsoft, South Africa

12:30

	Lunch

14:00

14:00	Session 8a: eBusiness 5: Mobility Issues
	Chair: Daniel Annerose, Manobi, Senegal
	Mobile Communications - the Requirements of Emerging Economies Ali Mufuruki, MOCCA ThinkTank, Tanzania Rural Area Networks (RANETs) for Bridging the Digital Divide Phumzile Malindi, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa Applying Network Intelligence on Future Generation Network by using IP Multimedia Subsystem Testbed Yang Li, University of Cape Town, South Africa

14:00	Session 8b: eGovernment 6: eDemocracy & eParticipation
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Working Towards Interoperability in African Parliamentary Information Systems Fabio Vitali, University of Bologna, Italy EPRI Development of a Political Framework for eDemocracy Initiatives Marco Langhof, Teleport Sachsen Anhalt GmbH, Germany A Decade of eGovernment – Who Has Won? Jari Seppälä, City of Tampere, Finland

14:00	Session 8c: eLearning 6: ICT Skills Case Studies
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
	A Developing Country Perspective on Strategic and Quality Issues for Engaging in Cross Border Delivery and Open Source Initiatives Rachel Prinsloo, UNISA, South Africa Towards Sustainable Implementation of Computers in Schools Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria, South Africa Romanian IT-based Educational System Alexandru Cosbuc, SIVECO Romania, Romania The Golden Link - A Good Practice Model for Organisational Learning and Experience-sharing across Age Divides and Distances Anne Inga Hilsen, Work Research Institute, Norway

14:00	Workshop 8d: eHealth 5: New Strategies in HIV/AIDS Prevention
	Chair: Pieter van der Bijl, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
	An Overview of the EMPRO (European Microbicides Project) Pieter van der Bijl, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Emergence of the HIV-1 Subtype C Epidemic Estrelita Janse van Rensburg, NHLS & University of Pretoria, South Africa Applying Mobile Devices to Promote Evidence-based Practices for HIV/AIDS in Resource Deprived Environments Graham Woods, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Open Source Software for Management of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in South Africa and Neighbouring Countries Calle Hedberg, UWC / HISP-21, South Africa

15:30

	Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Session 9a: eBusiness 6: Mobility Applications
	Chair: Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium
	wearIT@work - Empowering the Mobile Worker by Wearable Computing – the First Demonstrators Peter Knackfuss, InfoConsult GmbH, Germany A Living Lab for Location Based Services: Windmills, Tulips and Innovators in the Leiden Area Jan-Marc Verlinden, Vivici BV/ZorgGemak, Netherlands A Hierarchical Approach to Joint Call Admission Control in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Kamil Suleiman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Leveraging Digital Terrestrial Television to Extend Broadband Access to Dispersed Locations Evangelos Pallis, Centre for Technological Research of Crete, Greece

16:00	Workshop 9b: eGovernment 7: GUIDE - Development of an Identity Management Architecture for Europe
	Chair: Jacqueline Clitheroe, BT, United Kingdom
	Process Management in eGovernment: Approaches and Methodologies Philip Seltsikas, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Cross-border Identity Management Trials Implementation Gerrit Ros, BT, United Kingdom Certification and Standardisation: Vision of the Future Pasi Lindholm, Modirum, Finland A Research Protocol for Studying Organizational Affordances for Identity Management in Europe Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

16:00	Session 9c: eLearning 7: Tools
	Chair: Matti Sinko, -, Ethiopia
	Developing a Web-based Visualized Vocabulary Juha Puustjärvi, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Hybrid Ontology-Based Feedback E-Learning System for Mobile Computing Ahmed Sameh, The American University in Cairo, Egypt Turning BalkaNet’s Inter-Lingual Index to a Powerful Ontology Dimitris Christodoulakis, University of Patras, Greece openAdap.Net: A Technical Perspective Alessandro E.P. Villa, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, France

16:00	Workshop 9d: Finland - South Africa Cooperation on Information Society: Women and the Information Society
	Chair: Anja-Riitta Ketokoski-Rexed, Department of Foreign Affairs, Finland
	Stimulating the Participation of Women in ICT in South Africa Tina James, Trigrammic, South Africa WomenIT - Women in Industry and Technology Eija Leinonen, University of Oulu, Finland Government Strategies for Increasing the Participation and Position of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology - the UK Perspective Karen Sadler, UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, United Kingdom

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IST-Africa 2006 Conference & Exhibition

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

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IST-Africa 2006 Agenda

Day 2: 04 May 2006