IST-Africa 2008 Conference & Exhibition

07 - 09 May 2008, Windhoek, Namibia

Programme

IST-Africa 2008 Agenda

Updated: 2008-04-27 18:41:07

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Day 1: 07 May 2008

08:00

Registration & Coffee

09:00

09:00

Opening Plenary 1a

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09:50

Coffee Break

10:15

10:15

Plenary Session 2a: High-level Round Table on the Implementation of the Africa-EU Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space

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12:15

Lunch

14:00

14:00	Workshop 3a: Innovation in Namibia
	Chair: Alfred Ilukena, Ministry of Education, Namibia

14:00	Workshop 3b: eHealth - Integrated District Health Information Systems in Africa
	Chair: Jørn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway

14:00	Session 3c: Using Mobile Devices & Language to Support Technology Enhanced Learning
	Chair: David Cook, C4ideas Ltd, United Kingdom

14:00	Workshop 3d: Converging Technical and Non-Technical Consumer Needs in ICT Trust, Security & Dependability across Disciplines
	Chair: Ilari Lindy, SAIS II, Belgium

15:30

Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Workshop 4a: Harnessing ICT within the SADC Region
	Chair: Maseqobela Williams, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Lesotho

16:00	Workshop 4b: eHealth - Integrated District Health Information Systems in Africa II
	Chair: Jørn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway

16:00	Session 4c: Technology Enhanced Learing for Adult Learners
	Chair: Johan van Wyk, Ministry of Education, Namibia

16:00	Workshop 4d: Converging Technical and Non-Technical Consumer Needs in ICT Trust, Security & Dependability across Disciplines II
	Chair: Ilari Lindy, SAIS II, Belgium

18:30

Day 2: 08 May 2008

09:00

09:00	Workshop 5a: IST-Africa - Linking European & African Researchers I
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

09:00	Session 5b: eHealth - Managing Health Information
	Chair: Vincent Shaw, Health Information Systems Programme, Namibia

09:00	Session 5c: Integrating Technology Enhanced Learning in Tertiary and Educational Training
	Chair: Ilari Lindy, SAIS II, Belgium

09:00	Session 5d: eInclusion & eAccessibility
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy

09:00	Workshop 5e: Building a Research Network Infrastructure - Policy and Infrastructure
	Chair: Carmen Mena Abela, European Commission, Belgium

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Workshop 6a: IST-Africa - Linking European & African Researchers II
	Chair: Anneline Morgan, Southern African Development Community, Botswana

11:00	Session 6b: eHealth - Evaluating Health Delivery Systems
	Chair: Jørn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway

11:00	Session 6c: Technology Enhanced Learning Case Studies
	Chair: Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University , Sweden

11:00	Workshop 6d: eInclusion - Leveraging Low Cost Technologies in Rural Communities
	Chair: Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium

11:00	Workshop 6e: Building a Research Network Infrastructure - State of the Art of Research Networking in Africa
	Chair: Carmen Mena Abela, European Commission, Belgium

12:30

Lunch

14:00

14:00	Session 7a: Digitial Content & Digitisation
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

14:00	Session 7b: eHealth - Telemedicine Applications & Case Studies
	Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, RMIT University, Spain

14:00	Session 7c: Open Source Software - Applications
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa

14:00	Workshop 7d: African Network of Living Labs I
	Chair: Adam Turowiec, ITTI, Poland

14:00	Workshop 7e: Building a Research Network Infrastructure - Applications
	Chair: Carmen Mena Abela, European Commission, Belgium

15:30

Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Session 8a: Networked Enterprise
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy

16:00	Workshop 8b: eHealth Systems in Low Resource Settings: Proven Practise
	Chair: Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town, South Africa

16:00	Workshop 8c: FlossInclude
	Chair: Karsten Gerloff, UNU-MERIT, Netherlands

16:00	Workshop 8d: African Network of Living Labs II
	Chair: Adam Turowiec, ITTI, Poland

16:00	Workshop 8e: Building a Research Network Infrastructure - Round Table
	Chair: Carmen Mena Abela, European Commission, Belgium

Day 3: 09 May 2008

09:00

09:00	Session 9a: eGovernment - Leveraging ICT for Governance
	Chair: Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University , Sweden

09:00	Session 9b: eInfrastructures
	Chair: Carmen Mena Abela, European Commission, Belgium

09:00	Workshop 9c: CAAST-Net: Coordination and Advancement of Africa-EU Science & Technology Cooperation
	Chair: Andrew Cherry, Association of Commonwealth Universities, United Kingdom

09:00	Session 9d: eInclusion - Using ICT to Support Rural Communities
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Session 10a: eGovernment - Applications & Case Studies
	Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, RMIT University, Spain

11:00	Session 10b: eInfrastructures 2: Leveraging Telecommunications
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa

11:00	Workshop 10c: Challenges & Opportunities for African-European ICT Partnerships in FP7
	Chair: Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa

11:00	Session 10d: ICT for Environmental Risk Management
	Chair: Guy Weets, University of Luxemburg, Belgium

12:30

Lunch

13:30

13:30	Closing Plenary 11a: Initiatives Supporting Development of Regional S&T
	Chair: Libertina Amathila, Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia, Namibia

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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