IST-Africa 2012 Conference & Exhibition

May 2012, Tanzania

Programme

IST-Africa 2012 Agenda

Updated: 2012-04-30 18:11:20

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Day 1: 09 May 2012

08:00

Registration : Registration

09:00

09:00	Opening Plenary 1a: Opening Plenary
	Chair: Innocent Mungy, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, Tanzania

10:30

Coffee Break : Coffee Break

11:00

11:00	Plenary Session 2a: High-level Round Table on the Implementation of the Information Society Track of the 8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
	Panelists include Dr Florens Turuka, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, Tanzania Dr Hassan Mshinda, Director General, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology Prof John S Nkoma, Director General, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Moctar Yedaly, Head of Information Society Division, African Union Commission Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit GEANT & e-Infrastructures, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Dr Rached Hamza, DG, CERT & African Co-chair JEG8 Prof. Luis Magalhães, European Co-chair of JEG8, Portugal Ambassador Lennarth Hjelmåker, Embassy of Sweden, Tanzania Dr Jyrki Pulkkinen, Senior Adviser, Information Society & STI for Development, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Prof. Samuel Wangwe, Executive Secretary, Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Tanzania Mr. Anthony Maduekwe, Program Specialist, UNESCO, Tanzania Jussi Hinkkanen, Vice President, Corporate Relations and Business Environment, Nokia Middle East and Africa Catherinerose Barretto, Pamoja Initiatives, Tanzania

12:30

Lunch : Lunch

14:00

14:00	Session 3a: Cloud Computing
	Chair: Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria, South Africa

14:00	Workshop 3b: ICT Initiatives in Tanzania
	Chair: Hassan Mshinda, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Tanzania

14:00	Session 3c: eHealth - Telemedicine & Supporting Capacity
	Chair: Maxwell Otim Onapa, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation , Uganda

14:00	Session 3d: Technology-Enhanced Learning
	Chair: Kristiina Lahde, Saliens Ltd, Finland

14:00	Session 3e: eGovernment
	Chair: Isaac Maredi, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa

14:00	Workshop 3f: Accessible Mobile Phone Applications and Developers Tools for All
	Chair: Maria Panou, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

15:30

Coffee Break : Coffee Break

16:00

16:00	Workshop 4a: Finnish - African Cooperation Programmes
	Chair: Kristiina Lahde, Saliens Ltd, Finland

16:00	Workshop 4b: IST-Africa - Linking European and African Researchers I
	Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland

16:00	Session 4c: eHealth - Health Information Systems
	Chair: Harry De Backer, EU Delegation to the African Union, Ethiopia

16:00	Session 4d: Technology-Enhanced Learning & ICT Skills
	Chair: Gift Kadzamira, National Commission for Science and Technology, Malawi

16:00	Session 4e: eGovernment – Case Studies
	Chair: Edephonce N. Nfuka, University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre, Tanzania

16:00	Session 4f: eInfrastructure
	Chair: Zaipuna Yonah, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania

17:30

End of Parallel Sessions

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