IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition

09 - 11 May 2007, Maputo, Mozambique

Programme

IST-Africa 2007 Agenda

Updated: 2007-05-29 11:47:59

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Day 1: 09 May 2007

08:00

Registration & Coffee

09:00

09:00	Opening Plenary 1a
	Chair: Salomão Manhiça, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique

11:30

Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

12:00

12:00

Opening Plenary 2a

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13:00

Lunch: Exhibition & Networking

14:00

14:00	Session 3a: Networked Business for SMEs
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

14:00	Session 3b: Interoperability & Change Management for Public Administration
	Chair: Harold Wesso, Meraka eSkills Institute, South Africa

14:00	Session 3c: Technology Enhanced Learning in Schools
	Chair: Enock Mpenzwa, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania

14:00	Workshop 3d: Challenges and Opportunities for African-European ICT Partnerships in FP7
	Chair: Mmboneni Muofhe, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa

15:30

Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

16:00

16:00	Session 4a: Collaboration Networks & Industrial Applications
	Chair: Jorge Grazina, European Commission, Belgium

16:00	Workshop 4b: Mozambique Government Electronic Network (GovNet) - Present and Future
	Chair: Salomão Manhiça, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique

16:00	Session 4c: Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education
	Chair: Wallace Taylor, TISI - The Information Society Institute, South Africa

16:00	Workshop 4d: Expansion of European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) to Africa - Opportunities, Synergies, Benefits, Limitations
	Chair: Christian Merz, SAP AG, Germany

17:30

Exhibition & Networking

17:40

17:40

Tutorial 5a: Networked Enterprise: EU-funded projects & FP7

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17:40

Tutorial 5b: eInfrastructures: EU-funded projects & FP7

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17:40

Tutorial 5c: Future Internet, IPV6 and Beyond, An Opportunity for Africa?

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18:30

Networking Reception

Day 2: 10 May 2007

09:00

09:00	Session 6a: eInfrastructure 1: Towards Next Generation Networks
	Chair: Américo Muchanga, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

09:00	Session 6b: eGovernment - Policy Issues
	Chair: Henry Alamango, COMNET-IT, Malta

09:00	Workshop 6c: Curriculum Development for ICT4D: The Case of Mozambique
	Chair: Zauria Saifodine, National Institute for ICT, Mozambique

09:00	Session 6d: eHealth 1: Telemedicine Applications & Case Studies
	Chair: Maurice Mars, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

10:30

Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

11:00

11:00	Workshop 7a: eInfrastructures as "Bridges" across the Digital Gap
	Chair: Luciano Milanesi, CNR, Italy

11:00	Session 7b: eGovernment - Case Studies
	Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, RMIT University, Spain

11:00	Session 7c: Technology Enhanced Learning Leveraging Mobile Devices
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy

11:00	Session 7d: eHealth 2: ICT & HIV/AIDS
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

12:30

Lunch: Exhibition & Networking

14:00

14:00	Session 8a: eInfrastructure 3: Leveraging Telecommunications
	Chair: Lourino Chemane, INTIC, Mozambique

14:00	Session 8b: eGovernment - Applications
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy

14:00	Session 8c: Technology Enhanced Learning & Lifelong Learning
	Chair: Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria, South Africa

14:00	Session 8d: eHealth 3: Health Information Systems
	Chair: José Leopoldo Nhampossa, Eduardo Mondlane University , Mozambique

15:30

Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

16:00

16:00	Session 9a: Quality of Service & Business Models
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa

16:00	Workshop 9b: Complexity of e-Government in Africa
	Chair: Roberta Bernardi, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom

16:00	Workshop 9c: Technology Enhanced ICT Training
	Chair: Amany Atef, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt

16:00	Workshop 9d: HIS in Africa: How to Ensure Sustainable Information Systems and Technologies in Health?
	Chair: Jørn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway

17:30

Exhibition & Networking

Day 3: 11 May 2007

09:00

09:00	Workshop 10a: Piloting Solutions for Reversing Brain Drain into Brain Gain for Africa
	Chair: Martin Antony Walker, Hewlett Packard, Switzerland

09:00	Session 10b: Environmental Risk Management
	Chair: Ralf Denzer, Environmental Informatics Group, Germany

09:00	Session 10c: eAdoption & eInclusion - Addressing the Digital Divide
	Chair: Paulo Maculuve, Banco de Moçambique, Mozambique

09:00	Workshop 10d: Community-owned Wireless Networks
	Chair: Chris Morris, Internet Society, South Africa

10:30

Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking

10:45

10:45	Session 11a: Trust & Security
	Chair: Ilari Lindy, SAIS II, Belgium

10:45	Workshop 11b: ICT for Environment and Security in Africa
	Chair: Bernard Stevenot, SPACEBEL, Belgium Co-Chair: Ralf Denzer, Environmental Informatics Group, Germany

10:45	Workshop 11c: Active Age
	Chair: Richard Ennals, Kingston University, United Kingdom

10:45	Workshop 11d: Tools and Methods in North/South Partnership for Research
	Chair: Bernard Philippe, INRIA/IRISA, France Co-Chair: Mohamed Jaoua, University of Nice, France

12:15

Lunch: Exhibition & Networking

13:00

13:00	Closing Plenary 12a
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

Disclaimer: This is the Advance Programme, which is subject to change. The Final Programme will be published in March, following receipt of all final papers.

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