Programme

IST-Africa 2013 Agenda

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

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Day 2: 30 May 2013

09:00

09:00	Workshop 5a: IST-Africa – Research Capacities and Priorities III
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

09:00	Session 5b: Technology-Enhanced Learning - Case Studies
	Chair: Jacob Njagih, Ministry of Education, Kenya
	Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Sciences Through Creative Computing Cycles Vincent Ochieng, Agoro Oyombe Secondary School, Kenya Smart Running in Kenya Kenyan Runners´ Improvement in Training, Informal Learning and Economic Opportunities using Smartphones Per-Olof Hansson, Linköping University, Sweden Evidence Based Medicine in HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Research: Piloting Two Distance Learning Courses in Low-Resource Settings Maria Zolfo, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium The Reality and Rhetoric of eLearning In Higher Education in Kenya Harriet Kidombo, University of Nairobi, Kenya Experiences of Designing an E-Learning Training Program in a Collaborative Way Paula Linna, Aalto University, Finland

09:00	Session 5c: eHealth - Supporting Telemedicine
	Chair: Loi Namugenyi, Uganda National Council for Science & Technology, Uganda

09:00	Session 5d: ICT Initiatives in Kenya
	Chair: Daniel Obam, Ministry of ICT, Kenya

09:00	Session 5e: Mobile Applications
	Chair: Bruce Becker, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa

09:00	Workshop 5f: ICT for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
	Chair: Walter Mayer, Progis Software GmbH, Austria

10:30

Coffee Break : Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Workshop 6a: Supporting Skills Development in Africa
	Chair: Helena Tapper, GESCI, Kenya

11:00	Session 6b: Technology-Enhanced Learning in HEIs
	Chair: Koi Muchira Tirima, Inoorero University, Kenya

11:00	Session 6c: eHealth - Health Information Management Systems
	Chair: Ayub Manya, Ministry of Health, Kenya

11:00	Workshop 6d: AfricaConnect Extension
	Chair: Lishan Adam, ICT in Development, Ethiopia

11:00	Session 6e: Wireless Networks
	Chair: Vincent Kaabunga, IEEE Kenya Section, Kenya

11:00	Workshop 6f: ICT for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
	Chair: Walter Mayer, Progis Software GmbH, Austria

12:30

Lunch : Lunch

14:00

14:00	Panel Session 7a: Senior University Leadership Roundtable on ICT Education, Innovation and Research
	Chair: Harry Kaane, Higher Education, Science and Technology Secretary, Kenya Co-Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

14:00	Session 7b: Living Labs
	Chair: Marlien Herselman, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa

14:00	Session 7c: eHealth - Case Studies
	Chair: Noureddine Hamdi, Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Tunisia

14:00	Panel Session 7d: iMentors
	Chair: Vasilis Koulolias, eGovlab, Sweden

14:00	Session 7e: Mobile Applications - Leveraging SMS
	Chair: Lieketseng Tjokotsi, Department of Science and Technology, Lesotho

14:00	Session 7f: eAgriculture
	Chair: Moses Vusmuzi Zungu, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Swaziland

15:30

Coffee Break : Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Panel Session 8a: Roundtable on Supporting Entrepreneurship in East Africa
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

16:00	Session 8b: Living Labs to Support Skills Development
	Chair: Darelle van Greunen, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

16:00	Session 8c: eHealth
	Chair: Ayub Manya, Ministry of Health, Kenya

16:00	Workshop 8d: Exploiting the Potential of e-Infrastructures to Boost RTDI in Africa
	Chair: Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France

16:00	Session 8e: Mobile Applications
	Chair: Inas Fateem, Ministry of Communications & IT, Egypt

16:00	Session 8f: eAgriculture II
	Chair: Eric Mwangi, Ministry of Education, Kenya

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IST-Africa 2013 Conference & Exhibition

29 - 31 May, Nairobi, Kenya

Programme

IST-Africa 2013 Agenda

Day 2: 30 May 2013