Concertation Meeting #6

10 December 2008

European Commission, DG INFSO, Brussels

Welcome Address

Karine Valin
Managing Director, Orionis & EuroAfriCa-ICT Project Coordinator

EU Policy perspectives on ICT research with sub-Saharan Africa

Pierrick Fillon-Ashida
Policy Officer, DG RESEARCH, European Commission
(on behalf of Claudio Bogliotti, Policy Officer, DG RESEARCH, European Commission)
EU-Africa cooperation in the 7th Framework Programme

Roland Zinzius
Head of Sector 'Pan-African Issues', DG DEV, European Commission
Implementation of the Africa-EU JSAP (Joint Strategy and Action Plan)

Thierry Devars
Policy Officer, International Relations, DG INFSO, European Commission
Recent developments and perspectives for EU-Africa cooperation on ICT

Opening Address

Jean-François Soupizet
Head Unit, International Relations, Directorate-General Information Society & Media (DG INFSO), European Commission

The EuroAfriCa-ICT Project - Support and Guidance

Roseline Favresse
Project Manager, Sigma Orionis & EuroAfriCa-ICT Focal Point for Europe

The EU-AU Partnership on Science, ICT and Space and its action plan (the 8th Partnership)

Ilari Lindy
Counsellor, Information Society for Development, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
An EU Member State Perspective

Andrew J. Cherry
CAAST-Net Coordinator, The Africa Unit, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), United Kingdom
CAAST-Net and support for the 8th partnership

Open Session: Strenghts and obstacles in developing ICT research cooperation with sub-Saharan Africa

Deem Vermeulen
Team Leader, International Programmes, International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), The Netherlands
How to integrate research in ICT4D projects: a different approach

Pierre-Alexandre Genillon
Chief Operating Officer, NetQi, Switzerland
The AÏDA Project (Advancing ICT for Disaster Risk Management in Africa)

Ineke Buskens
Research Director, Research for the future, South Africa
Gender Research in Africa into ICTs for empowerment: what did we learn from GRACE?

Bringing support to emerging projects in the perspective of FP7/ICT Call 4 - Discussions

Facilitator
Roger Torrenti, CEO, Sigma Orionis & Project Advisor, EuroAfriCa-ICT