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
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
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Chair: Américo Muchanga, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
09:00
Session 6b: eGovernment - Policy Issues
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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
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Chair: Zauria Saifodine, National Institute for ICT, Mozambique
09:00
Session 6d: eHealth 1: Telemedicine Applications & Case Studies
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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
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Chair: Luciano Milanesi, CNR, Italy
11:00
Session 7b: eGovernment - Case Studies
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Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, RMIT University, Spain
11:00
Session 7c: Technology Enhanced Learning Leveraging Mobile Devices
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Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
11:00
Session 7d: eHealth 2: ICT & HIV/AIDS
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Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
12:30
Lunch: Exhibition & Networking
14:00
14:00
Session 8a: eInfrastructure 3: Leveraging Telecommunications
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Chair: Lourino Chemane, INTIC, Mozambique
14:00
Session 8b: eGovernment - Applications
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Chair: Richard Stevens, -, Italy
14:00
Session 8c: Technology Enhanced Learning & Lifelong Learning
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Chair: Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria, South Africa
14:00
Session 8d: eHealth 3: Health Information Systems
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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
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Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa
16:00
Workshop 9b: Complexity of e-Government in Africa
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Chair: Roberta Bernardi, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
16:00
Workshop 9c: Technology Enhanced ICT Training
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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?
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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
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Chair: Martin Antony Walker, Hewlett Packard, Switzerland
09:00
Session 10b: Environmental Risk Management
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Chair: Ralf Denzer, Environmental Informatics Group, Germany
09:00
Session 10c: eAdoption & eInclusion - Addressing the Digital Divide
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Chair: Paulo Maculuve, Banco de Moçambique, Mozambique
09:00
Workshop 10d: Community-owned Wireless Networks
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Chair: Chris Morris, Internet Society, South Africa
10:30
Coffee Break: Exhibition & Networking
10:45
10:45
Session 11a: Trust & Security
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Chair: Ilari Lindy, HAUS The Finnish Institute of Public Management, Finland
10:45
Workshop 11b: ICT for Environment and Security in Africa
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Chair: Bernard Stevenot, SPACEBEL, Belgium
Co-Chair: Ralf Denzer, Environmental Informatics Group, Germany
10:45
Workshop 11c: Active Age
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Chair: Richard Ennals, Kingston University, United Kingdom
10:45
Workshop 11d: Tools and Methods in North/South Partnership for Research
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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
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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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