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

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
	eI4Africa: Overview Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France The eI4Africa Science Gateway, its Applications and How people/organisations can Contribute to it Roberto Barbera, University of Catania and INFN and COMETA, Italy The eI4Africa Demonstrator Projects Bjorn Pehrson, KTH, Sweden The Knowledge Base of Open Access Document Repositories (OADRs) and How African Libraries can Contribute to it Roberto Barbera, University of Catania and INFN and COMETA, Italy Links between eI4Africa, AfricaConnect and CHAIN-REDS in the Region Margaret Ngwira, , Malawi Prospects for Extending Distributed Computing Infrastructure in Africa Bruce Becker, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa Discussion on Futures Thinking Research Priorities in the ICT Infrastructure Focus Area Barend Taute, CSIR, South Africa

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