IST Africa 2008

Created By Leonce on 1-May-2008 4:31 AM

Location: Windhoek, Namibia
Date(s): 7-May-2008 to 9-May-2008

IST-Africa 2007 was very successful, over 460 delegates from 51 countries and four continents. It also featured an Exhibition with demonstrations from African and European research and governmental organisations. IST-Africa 2008 will focus on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission’s Information Communications Technologies (ICT) programme. The programme combines strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an exhibition and social activities. The scientific programme for IST-Africa 2008 is based on an open Call for Papers The core thematic areas are eHealth, Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills, Digital Libraries and Content, Open Source Software, ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility, eInfrastructures, ICT for Environmental Sustainability, Networked Enterprise and eGovernment. Interested presenters are encouraged to prepare an 8 page paper (4,000 - 5,000) words following the IST-Africa 2008 paper guidelines and paper template for submission online. An extended deadline up to 20 December is available for those who have not submitted their full papers to date. For more information, click here IST-Africa 2008 is supported by the European Commission through the ICT Programme and the Government of Namibia through the Ministry of Education, the Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE. The goals of the IST-Africa Conference Series are Community Building to facilitate EU-African research cooperation and successful exploitation of research results, to stimulate take-up of RTD results by industry, Small and Medium Sized Businesses and the public sector, to promote knowledge sharing between commercial organizations, government agencies and the research community, to exchange experiences about the current state of eAdoption at a sectoral, national or regional level, support International Cooperation and open up the European Research Area (ERA) to Africa. The IST-Africa Conference will provide a collegiate setting for presentations and discussions of national and regional developments, issues of concern and good practice models. It will also provide an excellent networking environment for delegates to discuss problems, share knowledge, obtain feedback, and learn more about opportunities to participate in ICT Calls under Framework Programme 7 (FP7). For further information, please visit IST Initiative web site

Organizer: IST-Africa Intitiative, supported by the European Commission under the IST Programme of Framework Programme 6

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