IST-Africa 2013 Conference & Exhibition

29 - 31 May, Nairobi, Kenya

IST-Africa 2013 Agenda



Updated: 2013-05-27 21:17:17

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Day 2: 30 May 2013

09:00
09:00
Workshop 5a: IST-Africa – Research Capacities and Priorities III
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Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
09:00
Session 5b: Technology-Enhanced Learning - Case Studies
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Chair: Jacob Njagih, Ministry of Education, Kenya
09:00
Session 5c: eHealth - Supporting Telemedicine
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Chair: Loi Namugenyi, Uganda National Council for Science & Technology, Uganda
09:00
Session 5d: ICT Initiatives in Kenya
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Chair: Daniel Obam, Ministry of ICT, Kenya
09:00
Session 5e: Mobile Applications
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Chair: Bruce Becker, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
09:00
Workshop 5f: ICT for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
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Chair: Walter Mayer, Progis Software GmbH, Austria
10:30
Coffee Break : Coffee Break
11:00
11:00
Workshop 6a: Supporting Skills Development in Africa
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Chair: Helena Tapper, GESCI, Kenya
11:00
Session 6b: Technology-Enhanced Learning in HEIs
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Chair: Koi Muchira Tirima, Inoorero University, Kenya
11:00
Session 6c: eHealth - Health Information Management Systems
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Chair: Ayub Manya, Ministry of Health, Kenya
11:00
Workshop 6d: AfricaConnect Extension
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Chair: Lishan Adam, ICT in Development, Ethiopia
11:00
Session 6e: Wireless Networks
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Chair: Vincent Kaabunga, IEEE Kenya Section, Kenya
11:00
Workshop 6f: ICT for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
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Chair: Walter Mayer, Progis Software GmbH, Austria
12:30
Lunch : Lunch
14:00
14:00
Panel Session 7a: Senior University Leadership Roundtable on ICT Education, Innovation and Research
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Chair: Harry Kaane, Higher Education, Science and Technology Secretary, Kenya
Co-Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
14:00
Session 7b: Living Labs
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Chair: Marlien Herselman, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
14:00
Session 7c: eHealth - Case Studies
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Chair: Noureddine Hamdi, Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Tunisia
14:00
Panel Session 7d: iMentors
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Chair: Vasilis Koulolias, eGovlab, Sweden
14:00
Session 7e: Mobile Applications - Leveraging SMS
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Chair: Lieketseng Tjokotsi, Department of Science and Technology, Lesotho
14:00
Session 7f: eAgriculture
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Chair: Moses Vusmuzi Zungu, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Swaziland
15:30
Coffee Break : Coffee Break
16:00
16:00
Panel Session 8a: Roundtable on Supporting Entrepreneurship in East Africa
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Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC / IST-Africa Institute, Ireland
16:00
Session 8b: Living Labs to Support Skills Development
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Chair: Darelle van Greunen, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Utilising Living Lab Principles to Model and Create a Collaborative Education Environment – The CAT Schools Programme
Ulza Wassermann, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Developing Educational Assessment Tools for ICT Education – a South African Living Lab Approach
Paul Johannes Retief, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
E-Skills Training on Communal, Fixed Infrastructure as an Activator of Personal Use of Mobile Internet
Sibukele Gumbo, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Maputo Living Lab Summer School of ICTs: An Experience Report
Pietro Benedetto Molini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Improving Students Achievement in Maths and Science – A Living Lab Approach
Lebohang Kompi, Science & Mathematics Educators' Federation - Lesotho National Commission for Unesco, Lesotho
16:00
Session 8c: eHealth
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Chair: Ayub Manya, Ministry of Health, Kenya
16:00
Workshop 8d: Exploiting the Potential of e-Infrastructures to Boost RTDI in Africa
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Chair: Karine Valin, Sigma Orionis, France
16:00
Session 8e: Mobile Applications
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Chair: Inas Fateem, Ministry of Communications & IT, Egypt
16:00
Session 8f: eAgriculture II
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Chair: Eric Mwangi, Ministry of Education, Kenya

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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