Thematic Priorities

Core thematic priorities for IST-Africa 2011 are:

- eHealth - Health Information Systmes

- eInfrastructures

- Technology Enhanced Learning & ICT Skills

- Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content

- Living Labs

- Open Source Software - Applications

- ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility

- ICT for Environmental Sustainability

- RFID and Networked Enterprise

- eGovernment & eDemocracy - Secure Services for Citizens and Business

- Networked Media

- Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation

- Cloud Computing

- IPv6

Related themes include but are not restricted to:

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

- Collaborative Learning and Lifelong Learning

- Culture and language - impact on eAdoption

- Future Emerging Technologies

- GRID - issues, applications and technologies

- ICT for Development

- Interoperability and Standardisation

- Knowledge management and technologies

- Mobility - issues, applications & technologies

- Networked, Smart and Virtual Organisations

- Open Source Content

- Security and Identity Management

Related topics for papers or sessions may include:

- ASP solutions - markets, threats, opportunities

- Best Practice Models - Lessons Learnt

- eMarketplaces and eProcurement

- Identity Management and Authentication

- Innovation & Technology Transfer

- Legal and Regulatory Challenges for ICT

- 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