Programme

IST-Africa 2015 Agenda

Updated: 2015-03-06 16:21:51

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Day 3: 08 May 2015

09:00

09:00	Session 9a: eAgriculture
	Chair: Loi Namugenyi, Uganda National Council for Science & Technology, Uganda
	Electronic Voucher System: Leveraging Efficiency in Farm Input Subsidy Programme Implementation Chrispin Namwera, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, Malawi Utilization of ICT for Agriculture: A Case Study of Kakamega County, Kenya Moses Thiga, Kabarak University, Kenya Bioacoustic Approaches to Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation in Kenya Ciira Maina, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya

09:00	Session 9b: ICT Supporting Innovation
	Chair: Leulseged Alemie, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ethiopia
	Rethinking Girl Data: The Girl Impact Map Kecia Bertermann, Girl Hub Rwanda, Rwanda Leveraging FIWARE to Develop Innovative Applications Pierre-Yves Danet, Orange Labs, France Business Process Adoption in Organisations: A Case Study from an Insurance Company in South Africa Judy Van Biljon, University of South Africa, South Africa The Adoption of Crowdsourcing Platforms in South Africa Jabu Mtsweni, CSIR, South Africa

09:00	Session 9c: Digital Libraries
	Chair: Gift Kadzamira, National Commission for Science and Technology, Malawi
	Physical Security Measures for Computer-Based Information Systems: a Case Study of Selected Academic Libraries in Kenya Rose Njoroge, Kenyatta University, Kenya Design of an Open ICT4D Knowledge Repository Melanie Platz, University of Siegen, Germany Utilization of Digital Spaces in Information Management Work - A Case of Kenya Human Rights Commission Resource Centre Grace Were, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenya

09:00	Session 9d: eInfrastructures
	Chair: Tiwonge Msulira Banda, UbuntuNet Alliance, Malawi
	Enabling Intercontinental e-Infrastructures – a Case for Africa Ognjen Prnjat, GRNET S.A, Greece Surveying Clouds in a Global Environment Bruce Becker, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa eInfrastructure: Next Generation Wireless Broadband Networks for Uganda 2020 Geoffrey Mark Kagarura, Makerere University, Uganda Modeling the Exposure of Services within Next Generation Telecommunication Networks Mosiuoa Tsietsi, Rhodes University, South Africa Design of a Low Cost Television White Space Z Antenna Jonathan Pinifolo, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

10:30

	Coffee Break : Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Session 10a: eAgriculture & Environmental Sustainability
	Chair: Ebony Msikawanthu, National Commission for Science and Technology, Malawi
	Heterogeneous Wireless Network Based on Wi-Fi and ZigBee for Cattle Monitoring Patrick Nkwari, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Scientific Verification of Weather Lore for Drought Forecasting – The Role of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Solomon Mwagha, Central University of Technology, South Africa Weather Observation via Stratospheric Platform Stations Sihle Sibiya, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

11:00	Session 10b: eInclusion
	Chair: Ebenhezer Kauhonina, National Commission on Research,Science and Technology, Namibia
	Factors Determining Digital Divide in Ghana’s Basic Schools James Sunney Quaicoe, Tallinn University, Estonia Rethinking Network Connectivity in Rural Communities in Cameroon Jean Louis Fendji Kedieng Ebongue, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon The e-Services Provisioning as Part of the Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs): Initiative of Addressing Digital Divide in Rural and Marginalized Communities Mfundo Shakes Scott, University of Fort Hare, South Africa An Analysis of Current ICT Trends for Sustainable Strategic Plan for Southern Africa Nobert Jere, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

11:00	Session 10c: Next Generation Computing
	Chair: Jonathan Pinifolo, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
	Learning from Nowhere, preliminary experiments Bruno Apolloni, University of Milano - Italy, Italy A Maker-Community-Friendly Implementation of a Smart and Green Office Environment: Lessons Learned Andrew Cyrus Smith, CSIR, South Africa A Conceptual Framework for Cloud-Computing Management: An End-user Environment Perspective Likhwa Mlotshwa, University of Pretoria, South Africa Using Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Winners in Horseraces: A Case Study at the Champs de Mars Sameerchand Pudaruth, University of Mauritius, Mauritius Interdependent Enterprise Resource Planning risks in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in developing countries Carrington Mugove Mukwasi, University of Cape Town, South Africa

12:30

	Lunch : Lunch

13:30

13:30	Closing Plenary 11: Innovation and Research Capacity Building in Malawi
	Panelists confirmed to date include: Prof. John D. Kalenga Saka, Vice Chancellor, University of Malawi Dr. Robert Ridley, Vice Chancellor, Mzuzu University Prof. George Kanyama Phiri, Vice Chancellor, LUANAR Martin B. Thawani, Malawi University of Science and Technology Dr Charles Mwansambo, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health Stella Kamkwamba, Director of Agriculture Extension Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

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IST-Africa 2015 Conference

06 - 08 May 2015, Lilongwe, Malawi

Programme

IST-Africa 2015 Agenda

Day 3: 08 May 2015