IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition

09 - 11 May 2007, Maputo, Mozambique

Thematic Priorities

Core thematic priorities for IST-Africa 2007 are:

- eHealth - Services to Citizens, Personalised Healthcare

- Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills

- Open Source Software - Applications

- ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility - case studies and policy issues

- eInfrastructures - issues, applications and technologies

- ICT for Environmental Risk Management

- Networked Enterprise - Future Forms of Organisations & Applications

- eGovernment & eDemocracy - Services to Citizens & Business

Related themes include but are not restricted to:

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

- Collaborative Learning and Lifelong Learning

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

- Future Emerging Technologies

- ICT for Development

- Interoperability and Standardisation

- Knowledge management and technologies

- Mobility - issues, applications & technologies

- Networked, Smart and Virtual Organisations

- Open Source Content

- 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 services and recent experiences of deployment