Programme

IST-Africa 2008 Agenda

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

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Day 3: 09 May 2008

09:00

09:00	Session 9a: eGovernment - Leveraging ICT for Governance
	Chair: Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University , Sweden
	Corporate and IT Governance in Local Municipalities - Towards a Best Practice Emile Kaselowski, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Arguing for Enhancing Public Service Efficiency and Effectiveness Through e-Government: The Case of Zimbabwe Ephias Ruhode, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa eGovernment Experiences in Mauritius Sooryanand Kurrumchand, State Informatics Limited of Mauritius, Mauritius Connecting Communities: Creating Access to the Citizen Paul Rowney, GijimaAst, Namibia Mobile Instant Messaging – The “Killer Application” for e(m)Government in Africa? Merryl Ford, CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa

09:00	Session 9b: eInfrastructures
	Chair: Carmen Mena Abela, European Commission, Belgium
	Creating and Operating a Grid Infrastructure: a Use Case from Latin America Bernard Marechal, CIEMAT, Spain South Africa's Investments in eInfrastructure to Support African Participation in Global R&D Johan Eksteen, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa The UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking: One More Piece in the Puzzle Margaret Ngwira, , Malawi Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa Universities: Recommendations and Monitoring Boubakar Barry, WACREN, Senegal Developing the National R&D information Management System for Science and Technology in Uganda: A Proposal Elisam Magara, Makerere University, Uganda

09:00	Workshop 9c: CAAST-Net: Coordination and Advancement of Africa-EU Science & Technology Cooperation
	Chair: Andrew Cherry, Association of Commonwealth Universities, United Kingdom
	Perspective from Africa of a Preliminary Analysis of S&T Cooperation between Africa and Europe under the Framework Programme Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa CAAST-Net: Network for the Coordination and Advancement of sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science & Technology Cooperation Eric Mwangi, Ministry of Education, Kenya Enhancing EU-Africa S&T Cooperation through a Joint Policy Dialogue Nadia Meyer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Practical Approaches to Identifying Areas of Potential Cooperation in S&T between Africa and Europe under the EU framework Programme Jean Albergel, IRD, Kenya

09:00	Session 9d: eInclusion - Using ICT to Support Rural Communities
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Towards a Modelling Framework for Information and Communication Technology Use in Commercial Agriculture: Significant Factors in South Africa Rachael Tembo, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Using ICTs for Managing Network Genebanks: The Case of SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre Barnabas Kapange, SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre (SPGRC), Zambia An ICT based Digital Content Information Access Framework in Developing Countries: the Case of Agricultural Informatics Access and Management in Uganda Raphael Aregu, Gulu University, Uganda Information & ICT as Enablers for Local Economic Development in Small-Town, Rural Africa Roger Layton, Roger Layton Associates (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Internet in Rural Areas of Zambia: A User Study Paula van Hoorik, TNO, Netherlands

10:30

	Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Session 10a: eGovernment - Applications & Case Studies
	Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, RMIT University, Spain
	Challenges and Barriers of Introducing ICT to Enhance Functioning of Parliaments Vasilis Koulolias, Gov2U, Greece Towards the Introduction of PDAs to Support Decision Making Process: Case of MPs in Tanzania Mikko Vesisenaho, University of Eastern Finland, Finland eGovernment in Namibia: A Records Management Perspective Cathrine Tambudzai Nengomasha, University of Namibia, Namibia A Proposed Implementation of SAML V2.0 in an e Government Setting Carina Wangwe, University of South Africa, Tanzania eGovernment and Sociotechnical Feedback Control System Lourino Chemane, INTIC, Mozambique

11:00	Session 10b: eInfrastructures 2: Leveraging Telecommunications
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa
	Hybrid Satellite-wireless Solutions for Broadband Coverage in Rural and Remote Areas: from TWISTER to NeT-ADDeD MARIA ZAPATA MARGELI, ASTRIUM SAS, France Towards a Viable Broadband Solution in Southern Africa: the Potential of WiMAX Technology Maghmuda Ockards, CPUT, South Africa 6DEPLOY: IPv6 Deployment Support Martin Potts, Martel, Switzerland To Over-come the Distance and Time Friction Theodorus Klein, Telecom Namibia, Namibia

11:00	Workshop 10c: Challenges & Opportunities for African-European ICT Partnerships in FP7
	Chair: Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	START Project Achievements Roseline Favresse, Orionis, France The EuroAfriCa-ICT Project Tshepang Mosiea, Meraka Institute - CSIR, South Africa Advancing Science and Technology through Partnerships Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa ST-EAP (Science Technology-Europe Africa Project) Zethu Mkhondo, CSIR, South Africa

11:00	Session 10d: ICT for Environmental Risk Management
	Chair: Guy Weets, University of Luxemburg, Belgium
	The TALOS Project: Disaster Management and Delivery of Urgent Information Manolis Stratakis, Innobatics, Greece Dynamic Geospatial Infrastructure for Forest Fires Karel Charvat, WirelessInfo, Czech Republic ICT for ERM - A Sustainable Approach for Africa Guy Weets, University of Luxemburg, Belgium Uniform Resource Management Karel Charvat, WirelessInfo, Czech Republic Humboldt for Forestry Data Harmonisation Otakar Cerba, HELP SERVICE - REMOTE SENSING, Czech Republic

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
	ARAPKE Flagship Projects Moses Bayingana, African Union Commission, Ethiopia Overview of the ICT Activities supported by NEPAD S&T and Flagship Projects John Mugabe, NEPAD S&T, South Africa UNECA's ICT and Science & Technology Programme Aida Opoku-Mensah, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia UNESCO Virtual Campus of Universities for Africa Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, UNESCO, France How SPIDER Makes Knowledge More Accessible to Developing Regions Magda Berhe, The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, Sweden Strengthening African - European Cooperation in ICT and S&T Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium Formal Closing of Conference Libertina Amathila, Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia, Namibia

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IST-Africa 2008 Conference & Exhibition

07 - 09 May 2008, Windhoek, Namibia

Programme

IST-Africa 2008 Agenda

Day 3: 09 May 2008