IST-Africa 2012 Conference & Exhibition

May 2012, Tanzania

IST-Africa 2012 Agenda



Updated: 2012-04-30 18:11:20

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Day 3: 11 May 2012

09:00
09:00
Session 9a: Business Processes and M-Business
Chair: Dan Faugoo, National Computer Board, Mauritius
Subcontracting software development: case Tanzania
Heli Jussila, Softvisio Ltd, Finland
Challenges of Mobile Money Services focusing on Vodacom M-Pesa System in Tanzania
Bukaza Chachage, Tumaini University of Iringa, Tanzania
Co Creation Shared Value Business Ecosystems With ICT
Karoli Njau, NM-AIST, Tanzania
Towards Adopting Business Process Analysis and Design Techniques in Business Organizations in Transitional Countries
John Paul Kasse, MUBS, Uganda
Towards A Participatory User Requirements Elicitation Approach for Information Systems Development in Developing Countries
Mkhululi Tyukala, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University , South Africa
09:00
Session 9b: 8th Africa-EU Partnership - Joint Expert Group III
09:00
Session 9c: Living Labs
Chair: Maxwell Otim Onapa, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation , Uganda
A Qualitative Analysis to Determine the Readiness of Rural Communities to Adopt ICTs: A Siyakhula Living Lab Case Study
Sibukele Gumbo, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Proposing a Context-Sensitive Financing Model for Sustainability of ICT4D Initiatives
Sikhumbuzo Ngwenya, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Emerging New Institutions for Innovation – Living Labs and Development Labs
Kristiina Lahde, Saliens Ltd, Finland
Iringa Living Lab
Martin Yesaya, Ukombozi School, Tanzania
Collaborative Relationship Practices for Living Labs, Universities and Business
Minna Takala, Aalto University, Finland
09:00
Workshop 9d: A User-centric Way to Change Management for Rural Community Development
Chair: Darelle van Greunen, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
09:00
Session 9e: RFID and Networked Enterprise
Chair: Peter Mokube, Agence Nationale des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, Cameroon
Case Study on Livestock Identification and Traceability in Southern Africa
Chino Monyatsiwa, Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana
Using the Internet of Things to Enable Electrical Load Optimisation
Laurie Butgereit, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Towards Managing Consumer Energy Demand with the Aid of the Internet of Things
Andrew Cyrus Smith, CSIR, South Africa
09:00
Workshop 9f: Public – Private Cooperation for ICT Supporting Africa’s Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Risk-management
Chair: Walter Mayer, Progis Software GmbH, Austria
Agriculture Information System for Uganda
Benedict Oyo, Gulu University, Uganda
ICT Adoption and Use by Emerging Farmers in the Western Cape Wine Industry to Support their Decision Making
Godwishes Simbanegavi, Cape Peninsula University Of Technology, South Africa
Habitats Community Building Experiences within the Framework of Living Lab Approach: A Key for Supporting Future EU-African Research Cooperation
Karel Charvat, WirelessInfo, Czech Republic
Solution Supporting Building of Global Earth Observation Systems of Systems Building (GEOSS)
Premysl Vohnout, Czech Centre for Science and Society, Czech Republic
10:30
Coffee Break : Coffee Break
11:00
11:00
Session 10a: Open Source Software
Chair: Eric Mwangi, Ministry of Education, Kenya
Free Open Source Software (FOSS) and Survey Methodologies: The Case of the Ghana National System of Innovation Survey
Ritin Koria, UNIDO, Austria
The Use of Open Source Communication Platform to Deliver Access-Technology Agnostic Services
Ishmael Makitla, CSIR, South Africa
An Assessment of Open Source Promotion in addressing ICT Acceptance Challenges in Tanzania
Josephat Kinyondo, Millicom Tanzania, Tanzania
11:00
Session 10b: 8th Africa-EU Partnership - Joint Expert Group IV
11:00
Session 10c: Living Labs - Case Studies
Chair: Ilari Lindy, SAIS II, Belgium
From Research & Design Milieu to a Living Lab: Ukombozi School in Tanzania
Mikko Apiola, Tumaini University, Iringa University College, Tanzania
Enhancing Information and Communication Technology Solutions for Rural Communities
Nombulelo Twele, Fort Hare University, South Africa
Log`EL Project - An Emerging Solutions Platform for Addressing Community Wide Challenges in Uganda and Beyond
Lwanga Herbert, LOG`EL PROJECT / IEEE SIGHT, Uganda
Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) Case Study
Rene Parker, RLabs, South Africa
Micro-Entrepreneurship and Local ICT Innovation Ecosystem in Iringa, Tanzania
Hannes Toivanen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
11:00
Session 10d: ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility
Chair: Njei Check, National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC), Cameroon
CARARE: Connecting Archaeology and Architecture in Europeana
Kate Fernie, MDR Partners (Consulting) Ltd, United Kingdom
Communicating in Designing an Oral Repository for Rural African Villages
Nicola Bidwell, Meraka-CSIR, South Africa
E-commerce Acceptance by Small Tourism Enterprises (STEs) in Tanzania
Mawazo Ramadhani, National Museum of Tanzania, Tanzania
11:00
Session 10e: Cyber Security
Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
Improving the Security and Usability Properties of a Graphical Authentication System
Borka Jerman-Blažic, Institute Jožef Stefan, Slovenia
Global Cyber Trends A South African Reality
Innocentia Dlamini, CSIR, South Africa
Network Security Enhancement Through Honeypot: A Case Study of University of Dodoma
Tabu Kondo, The University of Dodoma, Tanzania
State of Information Security in Zanzibar’s Public Sector
Hussein Shaaban, University of Bedfordshire, Tanzania
11:00
Workshop 10f: Public – Private Cooperation for ICT Supporting Africa’s Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Risk-management
Chair: Karel Jedlička, UWB, Czech Republic
ICT Supporting Agriculture-Forestry-Environment incl. Smallholder Farmers
Walter Mayer, Progis Software GmbH, Austria
Alert System in Case of Excess Drawing of Ground Water
Maris Alberts, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Latvia , Latvia
New Tools for Data Accessibility and Decision Support
Zbynek Krivanek, Ceske centrum pro Vedu a Spoplecnost, Czech Republic
12:30
Lunch : Lunch
13:30
13:30
Closing Plenary 11a: Closing Plenary
Chair: Peter Ulanga, Universal Communications Access Fund, Tanzania
Plenary Speakers include

International Cooperation with Africa & Horizon 2020
Fadila Boughanemi, European Commission, Belgium
African Internet Exchange System (AXIS)
Moses Bayingana, African Union Commission, Ethiopia
African Leadership in ICT (ALICT)
Jerome Morrissey, GESCI, Kenya
TANZICT Programme
Kristiina Lahde, Saliens Ltd, Finland
World Bank Initiatives
Philippe Dongier, World Bank, Tanzania
Entrepreneurship and ICT Incubation
George Mulamula, DTBi, Tanzania

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.

To view presentations within individual sessions, click on View papers assigned to individual session. icon.
To collapse papers in all sessions, click here.
To print the full programme, click Printable Version