Awareness Workshop #4

26 & 27 July 2007

Nairobi, Kenya

Opening session

Chair: Professor Timothy Waema
University of Nairobi, School of Computing & Informatics, Kenya

Ibrahim Laafia
Head of section, Macroeconomics, Governance and private sector
The Delegation of the European Commission in Nairobi, Kenya

Assistant Minister David Were
Ministry of Information and Communication, Kenya

Introduction to the EuroAfrica-ICT Project

Roger Torrenti
CEO, Orionis, France
EuroAfrica-ICT Project Advisor

Keynote Addresses – Importance of R&D on ICT in East Africa

Chair: Pierre Dandjinou
e-Governance and ICT for Development
UNDP/SURF, West & Central Africa, Senegal

Importance of R&D on ICT in East Africa
Dr Eric Mwangi
Ministry of Science & Technology, Kenya

ICT R&D for African Development: an opportunity Africa cannot miss
Dr Respickius Casmir
Deputy Director, University Computing Centre, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Examples of successful Euro-Africa S&T Partnerships

Chair: Harry Hare
Director, African eDevelopment Resource Centre, Kenya

The DICTS Software Incubator Initiative: a collaborative partnership for Development Associate Professor Tusubira
Makerere University, Uganda

AC and EC Regional ICT Support Programme
Sarah Batua
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania

Introduction to FP7/ICT and to Call 2

Roger Torrenti
Managing Director, Orionis, France
EuroAfrica-ICT Project Coordinator

Presentation of Proposal Ideas

Chair: Muriuki Mureithi
Summit Strategies, Kenya

Establishment of multi-disciplinary research centres on ICT for development
Timothy Waema
University of Nairobi, School of Computing & Informatics, Kenya

Harnessing Opportunities for ICT led development in Uganda through Research & Development
Frederick Kintu
Information Society Foundation, Uganda

Using ICTs to facilitate learning in rural schools
Samuel Omoding
Science Education Communications Video, Uganda

Achieving Sustainable Development Through Improved Access to Electronic Resources in Agricultural, Environmental & Health Sciences at Research and Academic Institutions of Higher Learning
Dr Pamela Marinda
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), East Africa

SchoolNet Zambia
Ugo Vallauri
Technical R&D Officer
Computer Aid International

Localization of Software into TWI – an aspect of Semantics
Joan Portia Antwi-Danso
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Introduction to the ST-EAP (Science and Technology – Europe Africa Project) EC Project

Chair: Zethu Mkhondo
ST-EAP Communications Officer, CSIR, South Africa

FP7 Overview (All themes except ICT)
Geoff Meese
ST-EAP Coordinator, CSIR, South Africa

Introduction of ST-EAP
Dr Iba Kone
Ag. Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya

Sub-Saharan Africa's success stories - participation in FP7
Moses Mengu
Chief Consultant (FP7 Advisor), Danish Technological Institute, Denmark

On-going Initiatives addressing EU-Africa Cooperation

Chair: Vincent Waiswa Bagiira
Director, CIPESA, Uganda

GARISECURE - Garification Technology in the Improvement of Food Utilization of Cassava in Kenya
Professor Samuel Mbugua
University of Nairobi – Department of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, Kenya

Kenya AGRIS Network
Victor Ngatiri
Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya

How to Build a FP7/ICT Proposal?

Johan Eksteen
Manager, Technology Research Programme, the Meraka Institute of CSIR, South Africa EuroAfrica-ICT Project Partner

Presentation of Expressions of Interest

Chair: Dr Sunday Ojo
Senior Lecturer, University of Botswana, Botswana

Cyber School Technology Solutions (CSIS)
Fatma Bashir
Chief Marketing Officer, Kenya

Youth in Media and Computer Technology (YMCT)
Damaries Malimu
Project Coordinator, YMCT, Kenya

Project Discovery
Barrack Otieno
Project Manager, Kenya

Ikhonza Musanda Self Help Group
Francis Anyona
Executive Director, Ikhonza Musanda Self Help Group, Kenya

Lab visit

School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi