IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition

09 - 11 May 2007, Maputo, Mozambique

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
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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
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Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
14:00
Session 3b: Interoperability & Change Management for Public Administration
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Chair: Harold Wesso, Meraka eSkills Institute, South Africa
14:00
Session 3c: Technology Enhanced Learning in Schools
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Chair: Enock Mpenzwa, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania
14:00
Workshop 3d: Challenges and Opportunities for African-European ICT Partnerships in FP7
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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
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Chair: Jorge Grazina, European Commission, Belgium
16:00
Workshop 4b: Mozambique Government Electronic Network (GovNet) - Present and Future
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Chair: Salomão Manhiça, ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit (UTICT), Mozambique
16:00
Session 4c: Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education
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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
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Chair: Christian Merz, SAP AG, Germany
“Marrying the ‘System of Innovation’ and Micro Enterprises in Real World Rural SADC”: An Overview of Collaborative SMME Incubation in the Rural Living Lab of Sekhukhune
Johann (Rensie) Janse van Rensburg, CSIR, South Africa
Collaborative Working Environments for Enterprise Incubation – The Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab
Rudi de Louw, SAP, South Africa
The Emerging Potential for Radical e-Enabled Improvements in Rural Collaboration and Accessibility
Andries Naude, CSIR , South Africa
Wireless Mesh Network For Rural Communities
Tunde Kallai, University of Szeged, Hungary
AMI@Work Family of Communities and European Network of Living Labs as Vehicles for Stimulating Innovation and Socio-Economic Development
Adam Turowiec, ITTI, Poland
Rural Living Labs for Collaborative eGovernance
Petr Horak, Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic
Discussion

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

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