IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition

09 - 11 May 2007, Maputo, Mozambique

Programme

IST-Africa 2007 Agenda

Updated: 2007-05-29 11:47:59

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Day 1: 09 May 2007

08:00

	Registration & Coffee

09:00

09:00	Opening Plenary 1a
	Chair: Salomão Manhiça, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique
	Mozambique Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy - ICT the Enabling Technology Prof. Dr. Eng.Venâncio Massingue, Honourable Minister of Science & Technology, Mozambique The Impact of ICT Application and Research on Development in Botswana Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, Honourable Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, Botswana ICT Research Innovation in Zimbabwe and Opportunities for Cooperation with the EU Olivia Muchena, Honourable Minister of Science and Technology Development, Zimbabwe ICT Research Innovation in Tanzania and Opportunities to Co-operate with the EU Peter Msolla, Honourable Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania ICT Challenges to Enhance Socio-Economic Development and Regional Integration within SADC Tomaz Salomão, Executive Secretary, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Botswana EU-Africa Cooperation Perspectives in the ICT Sector Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium Partnering to bring down the walls of Digital Divide Phil Mjwara, Director-General, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa Supporting the ICT Research Community in the SADC Region Markku Kauppinen, Ambassador of the Embassy of Finland, Mozambique Partnering for Better Health Pascoal Mocumbi, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, Netherlands

11:30

	Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

12:00

12:00	Opening Plenary 2a
	ICT Programme: International Cooperation Opportunities Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium IST-Africa Initiative Paul Cunningham, IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

13:00

	Lunch: Exhibition & Networking

14:00

14:00	Session 3a: Networked Business for SMEs
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Integrated Design of Technology-Based Marketplaces for Agriculture in Developing Countries Mira Slavova, Leeds University Business School, United Kingdom Innovative, Agricultural Telediagnosis Services for Rural Areas Manolis Stratakis, Innobatics, Greece A Framework to Provide eBusiness Support for African SMEs Tom Kirkham, CCLRC, United Kingdom Risk Issues of Free, Open Source Software in Financially Restricted Scenarios Antão Moura, UFCG, Brazil A Research Agenda for the Application of ICT to Enhance the Success of SMMEs in Emerging Economies Segopotso Moshapo, SAP Research CEC Pretoria, South Africa

14:00	Session 3b: Interoperability & Change Management for Public Administration
	Chair: Harold Wesso, Meraka eSkills Institute, South Africa
	An Innovative Semantic-based Solution for eGovernment Interoperability María Pérez Ortega, GFI Informatica, Spain The Role of the Document Server in e-Government Juha Puustjärvi, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland ICT in the Service of Elected Representatives at National, Regional and Local Level: the eRepresentative Project Vasilis Koulolias, eGovlab, Sweden More with Less - The Oxymoron of Administrative Modernization in the Public Sector Luis Nobre, SINFIC, Portugal

14:00	Session 3c: Technology Enhanced Learning in Schools
	Chair: Enock Mpenzwa, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania
	Learning in a Web-based Environment – Outclass Project Antonio Jose Batel Anjo, Osuwela, Mozambique RED-p – Addressing the Resource Divide in Educational Development for Rural Areas of Tanzania Kenedy Greyson, Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT), Tanzania NEPAD e-Schools Initiative – An Example of an Innovative Partnership Jeanne Meta, NEPAD e-Africa Commission, South Africa The Success of the Romanian IT–based Educational System Alexandru Cosbuc, SIVECO Romania, Romania ICT in Educating Nomadic Children: Lessons Learnt Muriyankulangara Ananthakrishnan, ANJANA:THE EDUCATING PEOPLE, India

14:00	Workshop 3d: Challenges and Opportunities for African-European ICT Partnerships in FP7
	Chair: Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa & the European Union for ICT partnerships under FP7 - The EuroAfrica-ICT initiative Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France ESASTAP (European-South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme) Anneline Morgan, Southern African Development Community, Botswana Science Technology-Europe Africa Project (ST-EAP) Anneline Morgan, Southern African Development Community, Botswana

15:30

	Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

16:00

16:00	Session 4a: Collaboration Networks & Industrial Applications
	Chair: Jorge Grazina, European Commission, Belgium
	Recent Advances in Enterprise Reference Architecture (ERA) Zeljko Panian, Ekonomski fakultet Zagreb, Croatia Towards Industrial Applications of Wearable Computing Michael Lawo, TZI Universitaet Bremen, Germany Harnessing the Embedded Information Technology Revolution, An Industrialization Niche for the Developing World Nephas Mufutumari, SIRDC, Zimbabwe

16:00	Workshop 4b: Mozambique Government Electronic Network (GovNet) - Present and Future
	Chair: Salomão Manhiça, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique
	Centralized e-Mail System - Government Network Case Study Lourino Chemane, INTIC, Mozambique Mozambican Government Portal Case Study: Visitor Analysis Valter Cumbi, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique GovNet e-Mail System Capacity Planning - Case Study Sergio Mapsanganhe, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique Impact of the Introduction of ICTs into the Register in Mozambique – Sharing Initial Results Manuel Malunga, Ministério da Justiça, Mozambique International and National Multi-Stakeholder Government Network Frameworks Henry Alamango, COMNET-IT, Malta

16:00	Session 4c: Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education
	Chair: Wallace Taylor, TISI - The Information Society Institute, South Africa
	Building a Training Network for Sustainability in a Free Software e-Learning System James Njenga, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Implementing Course Description Metadata (CDM): A Relevant and Challenging Standard for Universities Maggy Pézeril, Pole de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur Montpellier Sud de France, France Intelligent Physical Blocks for Introducing Computer Programming in Developing Countries Andrew Cyrus Smith, CSIR, South Africa Launching e-Learning in Mekelle University, Ethiopia irene Chege, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

16:00	Workshop 4d: Expansion of European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) to Africa - Opportunities, Synergies, Benefits, Limitations
	Chair: Christian Merz, SAP AG, Germany
	“Marrying the ‘System of Innovation’ and Micro Enterprises in Real World Rural SADC”: An Overview of Collaborative SMME Incubation in the Rural Living Lab of Sekhukhune Johann (Rensie) Janse van Rensburg, CSIR, South Africa Collaborative Working Environments for Enterprise Incubation – The Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab Rudi de Louw, SAP, South Africa The Emerging Potential for Radical e-Enabled Improvements in Rural Collaboration and Accessibility Andries Naude, CSIR , South Africa Wireless Mesh Network For Rural Communities Tunde Kallai, University of Szeged, Hungary AMI@Work Family of Communities and European Network of Living Labs as Vehicles for Stimulating Innovation and Socio-Economic Development Adam Turowiec, ITTI, Poland Rural Living Labs for Collaborative eGovernance Petr Horak, Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic Discussion

17:30

	Exhibition & Networking

17:40

17:40	Tutorial 5a: Networked Enterprise: EU-funded projects & FP7
	Networked Enterprise: EU-funded projects & FP7 Jorge Grazina, European Commission, Belgium

17:40	Tutorial 5b: eInfrastructures: EU-funded projects & FP7
	eInfrastructures: EU-funded projects & FP7 Bernhard Fabianek, European Commission, Belgium

17:40	Tutorial 5c: Future Internet, IPV6 and Beyond, An Opportunity for Africa?
	Future Internet, IPV6 and Beyond, An Opportunity for Africa? Jacques Babot, -, Belgium 6Mandela - An Initiative by AfriNIC to Support IPv6 Adoption in the Africa Region Pierre Dandjinou, AFRINIC, Mauritius IPv6 is Good for Africa and Africa is Good for IPv6 Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum, Luxembourg

18:30

	Networking Reception

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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