Programme

IST-Africa 2011 Agenda

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

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Day 3: 13 May 2011

09:00

09:00	Workshop 9a: eInfrastructures and the Sensor Web for Earth Observation and Simulation
	Chair: Ingo Simonis, iGSI GmbH, Germany Co-Chair: Anwar Vahed, CSIR, South Africa

09:00	Workshop 9b: IST-Africa - Linking European and African Researchers I
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

09:00	Workshop 9c: Networked Enterprises: Potential and Opportunities for Businesses in Africa
	Chair: Man-Sze Li, IC Focus, United Kingdom

09:00	Session 9d: Rural Innovation Systems
	Chair: Eric Mwangi, Ministry of Education, Kenya

09:00	Session 9e: Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation
	Chair: Kim Davis, Research Council of Norway, Norway

10:30

Coffee Break : Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Session 10a: Cloud Computing
	Chair: Fisseha Mekuria, CSIR, South Africa

11:00	Workshop 10b: IST-Africa - Linking European and African Researchers II
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Egypt Effat El Shooky, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Egypt ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Senegal Almamy Konte, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, des Universités et des Centres Universitaires Régionaux et de la Recherche Scientifique, Senegal ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Cameroon Njei Check, National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC), Cameroon ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Kenya Jacob Njagih, Ministry of Education, Kenya ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Burundi Augustin Nsabiyumva, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Burundi ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Tanzania Raphael Mmasi, COSTECH, Tanzania ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity in Uganda Loi Namugenyi, Uganda National Council for Science & Technology, Uganda EuroAfrica-ICT - Preliminary Results from ICT Research Priorities Study Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France

11:00	Session 10c: RFID and Networked Enterprise
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa

11:00	Session 10d: ICT for Environmental Risk Management
	Chair: Bernard Stevenot, SPACEBEL, Belgium

12:30

Lunch : Lunch

13:30

Closing Plenary 11a: Initiatives Supporting Development of Regional ICT and STI

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IST-Africa 2011 Conference & Exhibition

11 - 13 May 2011, Gaborone, Botswana

Programme

IST-Africa 2011 Agenda

Day 3: 13 May 2011