IST-Africa 2011 Conference & Exhibition

11 - 13 May 2011, Gaborone, Botswana

Programme

IST-Africa 2011 Agenda

Updated: 2011-06-22 08:58:35

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Day 1: 11 May 2011

08:00

Registration : Registration

09:00

09:00

Opening Plenary 1a: Opening Plenary

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10:30

Coffee Break : Networking and Exhibition

11:00

11:00	Plenary Session 2a: High-level Round Table on the Implementation of the Africa-EU Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Keynote Address Zoran Stancic, European Commission, Belgium Panel Participants include Mr Nkatla C. Morupisi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure Science and Technology Mr Mabua L. Mabua, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Communication Mr Zoran Stancic, Deputy DG, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Dr Ahmed Hamdy, Deputy Director, HRST, African Union Commission Prof Luis Magalhães, President, UMIC, Portugal, European Chair of the Africa-EU 8th Partnership Dr Hannes Toivanen, VTT, Finland, European Co-Chair Information Society, Africa-EU 8th Partnership Dr Tomaz Augusto Salomão, Executive Secretary, SADC (tbc) Ilari Lindy, Global Information & Communication Technologies, The World Bank Group Jose Vieira Couceiro, Chief Executive Officer, Mascom, Botswana Mr Pele Moleta, Chief Executive Officer, BotswanaPost Mr John Connell, Education Business Development Manager, CISCO Michelle Makaroff, Co-chair, Europe Africa Business Forum ICT Working Group

12:30

Lunch : Lunch

14:00

14:00	Session 3a: eInfrastructures
	Chair: Joseph Chuma, University of Botswana, Botswana

14:00

Session 3b: 8th Africa-EU Partnership - Information Society Implementation Group I

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14:00	Workshop 3c: African IPv6 Deployment Roadmap
	Chair: Latif Ladid, SnT University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Co-Chair: Jacques Babot, -, Belgium

14:00	Session 3d: Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content
	Chair: Sue Pendell, Colorado State University , United States

14:00	Workshop 3e: Living Labs - Experiences from ENOLL
	Chair: Alvaro Oliveira, Alfamicro, Lda, Portugal

14:00	Session 3f: eGovernment - Issues and Case Studies
	Chair: Vasilis Koulolias, eGovlab, Sweden

15:30

Coffee Break : Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Workshop 4a: The Brain Gain Initiative – Next Steps towards an African e-Infrastructure for Education and Research
	Chair: Luc Rukingama, UNESCO Office in Harare, Zimbabwe

16:00

Session 4b: 8th Africa-EU Partnership - Information Society Implementation Group II

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16:00	Session 4c: Mobile Applications
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa

16:00	Session 4d: Open Source Software - Applications and Case Studies
	Chair: Maxwell Otim, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Uganda

16:00	Session 4e: Living Labs - Case Studies
	Chair: Kristiina Lahde, Saliens Ltd, Finland

16:00	Session 4f: eGovernment Developments in East Africa
	Chair: Enock Mpenzwa, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania

17:30

End of Parallel Sessions

18:00

Reception : Networking Reception

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