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PROGRAMME - AFRICOMM 2009
Day 1:  03 December 2009
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 Opening Plenary Session 1a  Chair: Dr. Lourino Chemane
Official Opening & Welcome Address
Dr. Salomão Manhiça, Director UTICT
Dr. Alessandro Zorer, General Chair, CREATE-NET Vice President

Keynote Address: ICT Development Initiatives in Africa
Dr. Pierre Dandjinou, Regional Advisor for Africa, ICT for Development

Keynote Address
Prof. Muhammadou Kah (The Gambia)

Opening Keynote
Dr. Venancio Massingue, Minister of Science and Technology, Mozambique
 
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 Plenary Session 2a Chair: Dr. Alessandro Zorer
Theme: High-level Round Table on ICTs in the policy cycle: innovating policy making by mainstreaming ICTs into the current policy agenda

Panel Participants include:
  • Prof. Anthony J. Rodrigues (Kenya)
  • Emmanuel Edet (DIPLO Foundation, Nigeria)
  • Dr. Tomaz Salomão (Secretary General, SADC)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 Paper Session 1a Chair: Darelle van Greunen
Theme: eServices for Developing Countries - e-Learning

1. Nikos Karacapilidis: Fostering Learning Through the Use of Argumentative Serious Games
2. Laurie Butgereit: Using Cell Phones to improve Language Skills: The Hadeda Project, a preliminary report
3. Raymond Mugwanya: Mobile Learning Content Authoring Tools (MLCATS): a Systematic review.
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 Paper Session 2a   Chair: Gertjan van Stam

Theme: Information and Communication Infrastructures for Developing Countries – Real world deployment

1. Ralph Ankri (invited speaker): Findings from the Digital World Forum
2. Backens (invited speaker): A rural implementation of a 52 node mixed wireless mesh network in Macha, Zambia
3. Mwesiga et al: Low Cost Broadband Access and Infrastructures: The CWRC example		 16:00 Paper Session 2b   Chair: Darelle van Greunen

Theme: eServices for Developing Countries - e-Services

1. Fredrick Edward Kitoogo: e-Justice Implementation at a National Scale: The Ugandan Case
2. Aaron Ciaghi et al: Supporting Public Administration with an Integrated BPR Environment
3. Christian Fuhrhop et al: SAMBA project experiences
4. Johan van Niekerk: E-voting: A South African Perspective
17:30 End of paper sessions
18:00 Dinner function

 

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Day 2:  04 December 2009
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 Opening Plenary Session 3a  Chair: Dr. Darelle van Greunen
Keynote Address: Contextual Innovation in developing countries
Dr. Apalah Lahiri, Human Factors International, India

Keynote Address: e-Governance in Africa
Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba, Dean Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Makerere University, Uganda

Keynote Address
Mr Mark Harris, Vice President IBM CEEMEA Business Development and Africa Geography Expansion
 
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 Plenary Session 4a Chair: Prof Dr Karl Jonas
Theme: High-level Round Table on Public administration and public investment priorities: ICTs and basic service delivery for marginalized populations

Panel Participants include:
  • Mr. Eran Davidson (Hasso Plattner)
  • Chris Morris (South Africa)
  • Raffaele de Amicis (Italy)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 Paper Session 3a   Chair: Mathias Kretschmer

Theme: Information and Communication Infrastructures for Developing Countries – Real world deployment

1. Catusian et al: BoulSat project: Low-cost wirless metropolitan network implementation in Burkina Faso
2. Enowbi Batuo Michael: The Role of Telecommunication Infrastructure in the Regional Economic Growth of Africa
3. Mulweli Rebelo: The KNYSNA OPEN ACCESS experience		 14:00 Paper Session 3b   Chair: Eran Davidson

Theme: eServices for Developing Countries - e-Health

1. Fernando Santiago Costa: Telemedicine as a tool for Europe-Africa cooperation: a practical experience
2.Tiwonge Davis Manda: Implementing Mobile Phone Solutions for Health in Resource Constrained Areas: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges
3. Patrick Albert Chikumba: Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Drug Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) at District Level in Malawi: Opportunities and Challenges
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 Plenary Session 5a  Chair: Prof. Dr. Karl Jonas
Theme: High-level Round Table on Mobile technologies, Communication Infrastructures, and development policies: reaching the unreached on a sustainable basis

Panel Participants include:
  • Gertjan van Stam (Zambia)
  • Adele Botha (South Africa)
  • Irina Zlotnikova (Uganda)
  • Mulweli Rebelo, UniNet Communication (South Africa)
  • Ralph Ankri, Orange (France)
  • Juha Zidbek, VTT (Finland)
17:00 Closing Plenary
Chair: Prof Dr Karl Jonas

Keynote Address: Mr Danie Kok, Director SAP CEC Research, South Africa

Closing Address Conference chair