BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2140535:Event:27248 DTSTAMP:20260516T215605Z SUMMARY:International Conference on ICT for Africa 2010 DESCRIPTION:International Conference on ICT for Africa 2010\nIt is qui te opportune that Africa has something to contribute to the informatio n age. First, with innovations like mobile phones, we can say that Afr ica has not been left out. Africa is reported to be the world's single fastest-growing regional mobile market. Second, some researchers have noted that there tends to be mismatch between the realities for devel oping economies and assumptions of Western models of enterprise, thus as business practices evolve with their changing business environments , more research is needed to redefine existing knowledge to be consist ent and applicable with the dynamic nature of the environment.\n\nThes e developments draw attention to a number of questions. What role can we play in the information age? Is Africa going to be only consumers o f the information age or can Africa join the producers of ICT knowledg e, products and services? What could be emergent patterns of ICT knowl edge transfer in development? Is there an opportunity for unique contr ibution from Africa in this information age?\n\nIf there is, then let us tell the story of what we have in this conference. With support fro m the National Science Foundation (NSF), The National Aeronautic and S pace Administration (NASA) and The Louisiana Board of Regents, we are pleased to announce The International Conference on ICT for Africa 201 0. The International Conference on ICT for Africa 2010 (ICIA 2010) is themed ‘ICT for Development – Contributions of the South’.\nThis conference will bring together a fine mix of practitioners and academ icians in the area of ICTs for sustainable development. The conference will explore the contributions of Africa to the global ICT for develo pment discourse and efforts. The objective is to highlight the synergy of collaboration between African countries and other developing count ries, and between African countries and the developed countries toward s development solutions. Discussions and panel debates will therefore question how ICTs become the process for South-to-South knowledge tran sfer and South-to-North knowledge transfer in both research and practi ce. Workshops will explore international grantseeking opportunities fo r ICT research and projects, elearning for African universities and ne w frontiers in telemedicine and tele-neonatology research and practice in Africa.\n\nFor more information visit https://medtechiq.ning.com/e vents/international-conference-on DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100328T190000 CATEGORIES:conference LOCATION:Djeuga Palace - International Conference on ICT for Africa 20 10 Conference Hotel WEBSITE:http://www.ictforafrica.org/2010-conference.html URL:http://www.ictforafrica.org/2010-conference.html CONTACT:Richard Boateng ( richard@ictforafrica.org) ORGANIZER:Conference Management, ICIA ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2562005601?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="CC-Conra d Clyburn-MedForeSight":https://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTech IQ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR