Programme

IST-Africa 2007 Agenda

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Day 2: 10 May 2007

09:00

09:00	Session 6a: eInfrastructure 1: Towards Next Generation Networks
	Chair: Américo Muchanga, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
	Open Source IP Multimedia Subsystem Core and Testbed Exploration Areas Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Design of a QoS Enabled WLAN in an IP Multimedia Subsystem Network Samuel Senkindu, University of Cape Town, South Africa Gridge Toolkit - Enterprise Grid Solutions From PSNC Jarek Nabrzyski, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAN, Poland

09:00	Session 6b: eGovernment - Policy Issues
	Chair: Henry Alamango, COMNET-IT, Malta
	eGovernment Policy Development in South Africa: Current Status, Distributional Issues and Future Prospects Blessing Maumbe, West Virginia University, United States eGovernment for Development: Are Developing Countries Ready? Collins Mwange, Spencon, Kenya Using eGovernment/ICT's to Curb Corruption in Government Vanessa Phala, Department of Public Service and Administration, South Africa Best Practices for ID Verification of Vulnerable Children Darelle van Greunen, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Mapping eParticipation Worldwide Vasilis Koulolias, eGovlab, Sweden

09:00	Workshop 6c: Curriculum Development for ICT4D: The Case of Mozambique
	Chair: Zauria Saifodine, National Institute for ICT, Mozambique
	Factors leading to Success or Failure of Technology-based Education Projects Alexander Romiszowski, Syracuse University, School of Education, United States Design of Curricula and Courses for ICT-based Learning: A Systems Approach Alexander Romiszowski, Syracuse University, School of Education, United States Curriculum Development for ICT4D: The Case of Mozambique Ernesto Mandlate, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

09:00	Session 6d: eHealth 1: Telemedicine Applications & Case Studies
	Chair: Maurice Mars, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
	Medical-Knowledge Management System for Distributed Health care in Africa: ICT to Harness Medical-knowledge Sharing in a Remote Clinic Desk Richard Silumbe, Zambia Research and Development Centre, Zambia Health Information Systems for Community Based Health Workers: A Case for Mobile and Wireless Technologies Adesina Iluyemi, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom Tele-homecare Supported by the DITIS Collaborative Platform Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Postgraduate Medical Education: Videoconferencing a Possible Solution for Africa? 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
	e-Infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America: the EELA Project Leandro Ciuffo, INFN - Catania, Italy Grid Training and Dissemination Facilities: the GILDA experience Leandro Ciuffo, INFN - Catania, Italy Bioinformatics Challenges in Life Science Luciano Milanesi, CNR, Italy Grid-enabled Simulation of the Impact of Exploitation Uncertainty on the Seawater Intrusion of the Korba Aquifer (Tunisia) Giuditta Lecca, CRS4, Italy

11:00	Session 7b: eGovernment - Case Studies
	Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, RMIT University, Spain
	e-Government as Perceived by the Populace of South Africa: An Eastern Cape Study Jan Meyer, Monash University (South Africa), South Africa The Angolan Electoral Census – A Biometric Paperless Solution António Carvalho, Sinfic, Angola Conceptualization of eGovernment as an Information Infrastructure: A Case Study from Mozambique Gertrudes Macueve, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique A Framework for a Municipal Information Society in South Africa Udo Averweg, Information Services, eThekwini Municipality and University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

11:00	Session 7c: Technology Enhanced Learning Leveraging Mobile Devices
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
	MobilED – An Accessible Mobile Learning Platform for Africa? Merryl Ford, CSIR, South Africa A Practical Look at Results from Two Mobile Learning Pilots in South Africa Madelein van den Berg, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa Up Close and Very Personal - A Proposed Conceptual Framework for Mobile Technology as a Participant Adele Botha, CSIR, South Africa An Open Source Model Using Wireless Devices for Teaching Environments James Mutuku, University of Namibia, Namibia Managed Mobile Messaging and Information for Education John Traxler, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

11:00	Session 7d: eHealth 2: ICT & HIV/AIDS
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Virtual Environments to Support People Living with HIV Edwin Blake, University of cape Town, South Africa Integration of Viral Genomics with Clinical Data to Predict Response to Anti-HIV Treatment Francesca Incardona, Informa s.r.l., Italy The Delivery of ARV Dispensing Software: Lessons Learnt from Four Pharmacies in South Africa Sarah Brown, Cell-Life, South Africa Space Based Technologies for Supporting HIV/AIDS Treatment in Guinea Bissau Giacomo Colombatti, CISAS - Università di Padova, Italy

12:30

	Lunch: Exhibition & Networking

14:00

14:00	Session 8a: eInfrastructure 3: Leveraging Telecommunications
	Chair: Lourino Chemane, INTIC, Mozambique
	The Mobile Web to bridge the Digital Divide? Stephane Boyera, Web Foundation, France Video-on-demand over Satellite Kobus Roux, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa NREN Initiatives in Central Asia and the Caucasus Robert Janz, Computing Centre, University of Groningne, Netherlands Mozambique Research and Education Network - Connecting National Research and Education Institutions to a Common Knowledge Network Jussi Hinkkanen, Nokia Middle East and Africa , South Africa

14:00	Session 8b: eGovernment - Applications
	Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
	Legal Information Access: A Social Need to Be Addressed Roberta Nannucci, ITTIG/CNR, Italy Digitalising Public Records in Mozambique Antonio Teixeira, Pandora Box, Lda, Mozambique Instituting an Information and Knowledge Management System in Rural areas: Twicking a Tiger's Tail or Tickling an Elephant - A Case Study of the National University of Science and Technology Project in South West Zimbabwe Lindela Rowland Ndlovu, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe Rebag-Ware: Reputation-based Governance of Public Works Lucio Picci, University of Bologna, Italy Information Technology for Service Delivery: Case Studies in Southern African Capacity Initiative Countries Roland Msiska, UNDP/RSC Johannesburg, South Africa

14:00	Session 8c: Technology Enhanced Learning & Lifelong Learning
	Chair: Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria, South Africa
	Designing Educational Games for t-Learning Linda Napoletano, ORT, France An Efficient e-Learning Environment in Supporting Lifelong Learning Borka Jerman-Blažic, Institute Jožef Stefan, Slovenia Information Technology Degree Curriculum in Tanzanian Context Mikko Vesisenaho, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Using Open Source Software Contribution in an Internship Program Laurie Butgereit, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Use of Structural Communication to Automatically Assign Participants to Discussion Groups in Online Learning Robinson Vida Noronha, UTFPR/ITA, Brazil

14:00	Session 8d: eHealth 3: Health Information Systems
	Chair: José Leopoldo Nhampossa, Eduardo Mondlane University , Mozambique
	Innovative Health Information Systems to Support Health Service Delivery in Africa: The Uganda Health Information Network Frederick Kintu, Information Society Foundation of Uganda [ISF], Uganda Health Data Integration: A Data Warehouse Architecture Model for the Ministry of Health in Mozambique Teotónio Fumo, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique An Intuitive Annotation Toolbox for Open-source Imaging Diagnosis Sidi Mohamed Farsi, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Technology Management for Global Development - A Field-Based Context Edward Friedman, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States

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
	XML- and Policy-based QoS Management Ntanzi Machungo Carrilho, University of Cape Town, South Africa Business Models Design in Location-based services Elena Tavlaki, University of Aegean, Greece Quality of Service for Rural Telemedicine Systems Phumzile Malindi, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

16:00	Workshop 9b: Complexity of e-Government in Africa
	Chair: Roberta Bernardi, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
	Failure in the Design and Implementation of Government ICT Projects in Africa. A Complexity Theory Perspective Roberta Bernardi, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom eGovernment Implementation in Rwanda: Practitioners Lessons Aoife Hegarty, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda Government Informatics: Challenges of Laying the Foundation for eGovernment David Gichoya, Moi University, Kenya A Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Effects of e-Government Gertrudes Macueve, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

16:00	Workshop 9c: Technology Enhanced ICT Training
	Chair: Amany Atef, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
	Blended Learning for Knowledge Professions: The ITI Experience Amany Atef, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt VITI4kids: Edutainment and Cultural Emphasis for Arab Children Marwa elSherif, Information Technology Institute, 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
	Health Information Systems and Open Source Software Development: Need for Cross-country Collaboration in Africa – Experiences from the HISP/BEANISH Network Jørn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway Developing HIS in Botswana: The Challenge of Integrating Different Systems Omprakash Chandna, Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, Botswana Designing and Implementing Hospital Management Information Systems: Experiences from Zanzibar Faraja Igira, University of Oslo, Tanzania The Health District: Aren’t the Operational Challenges for Policy Implementation Being Ignored? Humberto Muquingue, University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique Implementation of ICTs in Health and Management Information System for Zanzibar Juma Lungo, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Health Information Systems Training: University of Dar es Salaam Implementation Experience Nima H. Shidende, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

17:30

	Exhibition & Networking

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IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition

09 - 11 May 2007, Maputo, Mozambique

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IST-Africa 2007 Agenda

Day 2: 10 May 2007