Thematic Priorities

Core thematic priorities for IST-Africa 2006 are:

- eBusiness - Future forms of organisations, Technology and Applications

- eGovernment - Services to Citizens and Business, Organisational Transformation

- eHealth - Services to Citizens

- eLearning and ICT Skills

- ICT for Agriculture

Related themes include but are not restricted to:

- eAdoption and eInclusion - national, regional and sectoral case studies and policy issues

- Collaborative learning

- Culture and language - impact on eAdoption

- Digital Content & Digital Rights Management - issues, applications & technologies

- eDemocracy , eVoting, eParticipation

- Future Emerging Technologies

- GRID - issues, applications and technologies

- ICT for Development

- Interoperability and Standardisation

- Knowledge management and technologies

- Learning organizations

- Lifelong Learning

- Mobility - issues, applications & technologies

- Networked, Smart and Virtual Organisations

- Open Source Content

- Open Source Technologies and Applications

- Trust & Confidence

Related topics for papers or sessions may include:

- ASP solutions - markets, threats, opportunities

- Best Practice Models - Lessons Learnt

- Digital Ecosystems for SMEs

- eMarketplaces and eProcurement

- Identity Management and Authentication

- Innovation & Technology Transfer

- Legal and Regulatory Challenges for IST

- Measuring and Benchmarking

- New Working Environments

- Opportunities created by Globalization

- Payment Systems

- Sectoral, Regional and International Developments

- Security and Privacy Enhancing Methods

- Semantic web - applications & case studies

- Success factors for deployment of eServices and recent experiences of deployment