Programme

IST-Africa 2013 Agenda

Updated: 2013-05-27 21:17:17

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Day 3: 31 May 2013

09:00

09:00	Workshop 9a: Mutually Beneficial Africa-EU ICT Research
	Chair: Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France
	Strengthening ICT research and Policy Links under the 8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France ICT Research and Innovation for Socio-economic Impact - Focus Areas and Futures Thinking Barend Taute, CSIR, South Africa Lessons from Innovation Success Stories Eunice Kariuki, Kenya ICT Board, Kenya Innovation Policy Considerations in Africa Inas Fateem, Ministry of Communications & IT, Egypt Practical Research Collaboration - Demonstrator Projects Bjorn Pehrson, KTH, Sweden

09:00	Session 9b: Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation
	Chair: Marlien Herselman, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
	Authentic Assessment of Programming Skills in Kenyan Universities Joseph Sevilla, Strathmore University , Kenya Defining the African Tech-Innovation System and Innovation Index Chrisostom Mwairumba, iHub Research, Kenya Assessment of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in Nairobi County, Kenya: A Case of Selected Organizations Peter Wanderi, Kenyatta University, Kenya A Three Level Research Gateway for African Renewable Energy Collaboration Kim Jansson, Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Ltd., Finland Utilization of Knowledge Management Tools in Software Development Samuel Kamunya, JKUAT Institute of Computer Science and Information Technology, Kenya

09:00	Session 9c: Leveraging Open Source Software
	Chair: Moses Rugutt, National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), Kenya
	Managing Open Source, Open Access Digital Libraries: Case of Pwani University Library, Kenya Wanyenda Chilimo-Muoki, Pwani University, Kenya Motivation for the Adoption of Open Source Software in Kenya Academic Libraries Michael Maua, Pwani University, Kenya Open Source Software Adoption in Mauritius Aneerav Sukhoo, Central Information Systems Division, Mauritius Surveying National Systems of Innovation(NSI) Using Free Open Source Software(FOSS): The Case of Ghana Ritin Koria, UNIDO, Austria Adoption and Diffusion of Open Source Software in Tanzania: A Way Forward George S. Oreku, TIRDO, Tanzania

09:00	Session 9d: ICT Regulatory Frameworks
	Chair: Zamokwakhe Dlamini, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
	Regulatory Convergence of ICT Sectors in the East African Community (EAC): Challenges for the Current Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks and Lessons from the European Union Experience Joseph Nyaga, InterDisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI), Belgium Spectrum Award Procedure in the Era of Convergence: A Key Towards Promoting Emerging Mobile Services Mahen Soobron, Ministry of ICT, Mauritius Broadband ICT Policies in Southern Africa: Initiatives and Dynamic Spectrum Regulation Thomas Olwal, CSIR, South Africa Policy-Based Radios for Spectrum Sharing Malcolm Brew, Mawingu, Kenya Assessing the Implications of SIM Card Registration Policy in the SADC Region Mbuyu Sumbwanyambe, University of South Africa, South Africa

09:00	Session 9e: Use of ICT in HEIs and Schools
	Chair: George Ombakho, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya
	Analysis of the Effect of Wireless Campus Networks on Internet Usage in Kenyan Universities Eric Sifuna, Kenya Education Network (KENET), Kenya Understanding the Implementation of Online Assessment in Public Universities in Kenya Robert Omulami Manaka, University of Nairobi, Kenya Information Security Management Systems in Public Universities in Kenya: A Gap Analysis between Common Practices and Industry Best Practices Philip Mutisya Kitheka, Technical University of Kenya, Kenya ICT Adoption Framework in Rural Secondary Schools: Case of Meru, Kenya Dorothy Bundi, Kenya Methodist University, Kenya Strategies for Wider Use and Access of Digital Libraries in Secondary Schools in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Uganda Gideon Wananda, University of Nairobi, Kenya

10:30

	Coffee Break : Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Workshop 10a: Strengthening Democracy in East Africa through ICTs - Challenges and Opportunities
	Chair: David Isaksson, Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, Sweden
	Part 1: Overall Situation CIPESA: ICTs for Participatory Civic Engagement Ashnah Kalemera, CIPESA, Uganda KHRC: How can We Fight Impunity? Grace Were, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenya CHRAGG: New Technology for Reporting Human Rights Abuse Wilfred Warioba, Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance, Tanzania Part 2: Building Capacity ToroDev: ICT4D tools as a Leapfrogging Process for Gender Equality Johnstone Baguma, Toro Development Network (ToroDev), Uganda Wougnet: Empowering Women in Democratic Processes through ICT Goretti Zavuga, Women of Uganda Network, Uganda Part 3: Hands on examples on the usage of ICT tools iHub, Mobile Technology in Water Governance Anne Salim, iHub Research, Kenya TI: ICT for Better Health Service Delivery Simon Peter Ogwang, Transparency International Uganda, Uganda

11:00	Session 10b: eInclusion
	Chair: Enock Mpenzwa, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania
	Auto-configuration through Cloud: Initial Case Studies for Universal and Personalised Access for All Evangelos Bekiaris, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece Making ICT Accessible for the Deaf Darelle van Greunen, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Evidence of Dyslexia in Special Schools in South Africa and a Proposal of Assistive Technology Mpia Ndombo, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa ICTs and Survival Tactics for the Day-labour Workers: Implications for Design Christopher Chepken, University of Nairobi, Kenya

11:00	Session 10c: Digital Libraries
	Chair: Toumane Doumbouya, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, Senegal
	i4Life: Standardising the World’s Biodiversity Catalogue Alastair Culham, University of Reading, United Kingdom Towards Digital Libraries in Kenyan Universities: Concretizing the Prospects Joseph Kavulya, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya The Development of a User-generated Digital Library: The Case of the Ulwazi Programme Niall McNulty, Cambridge University Press , South Africa The Role of ICT in Appreciating Tri-Axis Efforts of Research, Publications and Library Services in Higher Education Richard Omollo, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya Developing Digital Content and Services: Experiences from the Library of the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya Margaret Adeogun, University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

11:00	Workshop 10d: Probe-IT: The Internet of Things in Africa
	Chair: Sofiene Sghaier, CERT, Tunisia
	Current IoT landscape in Africa Hend Ben Hajji, CERT, Tunisia IoT demos from South Africa Louis Coetzee, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa

11:00	Session 10e: mBanking
	Chair: Phodiso Potesh Phole, Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services, Botswana
	Organizing Innovation to Deliver Financial Services to the Base of the Pyramid Bineke Posthumus, TNO, Netherlands ICT and Financial Inclusion: Adoption of Mobile Phone Banking Among Small Business Owners in Iringa, Tanzania Hosea Mpogole, Iringa University College, Tanzania Mobile Banking Influence on Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction for the Unbanked Jimmy Macharia, United States International University, Kenya Artificial Neural Network based Expert System for Loan Application Evaluation: Case of Kenya Commercial Bank Jane Juma, Rongo University, Kenya

12:30

	Lunch : Lunch

13:30

13:30	Closing Plenary 11a: Closing Plenary
	Chair: Harry Kaane, Higher Education, Science and Technology Secretary, Kenya
	Horizon 2020 Stephane Hogan, European Commission, Ethiopia African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) Moses Bayingana, African Union Commission, Ethiopia IEEE's Information Society Activities in Africa Vincent Kaabunga, IEEE Kenya Section, Kenya Future of Innovation and ICT Research in Kenya Shaukat Abdulrazak, National Council for Science and Technology, Kenya

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IST-Africa 2013 Conference & Exhibition

29 - 31 May, Nairobi, Kenya

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IST-Africa 2013 Agenda

Day 3: 31 May 2013