IST-Africa 2009 Conference & Exhibition

06 - 08 May 2009, Uganda

IST-Africa 2009 Agenda



Updated: 2009-04-26 13:20:24

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Day 1: 06 May 2009

08:00
Registration
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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Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
12:15
Lunch
14:00
14:00
Workshop 3a: ICT Initiatives in Uganda
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Chair: Patrick Masambu, Uganda Communications Commission, Uganda
14:00
Session 3b: eGovernment - Models, Measurement and Implementation Challenges
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Chair: Hon. Edward Baliddawa, Parliament of Uganda, Uganda
14:00
Workshop 3c: ICT for Disaster Management in Africa
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Chair: Bernard Stevenot, SPACEBEL, Belgium
14:00
Workshop 3d: UNESCO-HP Brain Gain Project: Pilot Solutions
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Chair: Martin Antony Walker, Martin Antony Walker SARL, France
The UNESCO-HP Brain-Gain Project: Context and Development
Martin Antony Walker, Martin Antony Walker SARL, France
The EPIKH Project
Roberto Barbera, University of Catania and INFN and COMETA, Italy
The South African National Compute Grid
Bruce Becker, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
15:30
Coffee Break
16:00
16:00
Workshop 4a: Digital World Forum
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Chair: Stephane Boyera, Web Foundation, France
16:00
Workshop 4b: Use of ICT in African Parliaments
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Chair: Vasilis Koulolias, Gov2U, Greece
16:00
Workshop 4c: ICT for Disaster Management in Africa II
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Chair: Bernard Stevenot, SPACEBEL, Belgium
16:00
Workshop 4d: UNESCO-HP Brain Gain Project: Pilot Solutions II
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Chair: Martin Antony Walker, Martin Antony Walker SARL, France
16:00
Workshop 4e: eSkills - Policy Approaches & Path to South African eSkills Summit
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Chair: Wallace Taylor, TISI - The Information Society Institute, South Africa
17:30
End of Parallel Sessions
18:00
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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