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

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
	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

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

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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