IDLELO 2Idlelo 2, the Second African Conference on Digital Communications to be held in Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, 23rd - 25th February 2006From: John Mwangi Sales Co-ordinator, AITEC Kenya, P.O.
Box 13891-00800, Nairobi, Kenya Tel/Fax: +254 20 3749771, Cell:
+254 721 860 228 |
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IDLELO 2: THE DRAFT AGENDA (see attached doc for latest version, updated 16 Feb 2006) |
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8:30am -10:30am 11:00am -1:00pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm 5:00pm -7:00 pmThursday 23rd February ,2006SESSION 1 § Remarks by FOSSFA Secretariat (Nhanhla Mabaso (CSIR), Milton Aineruhanga (WOUGNET), Bill Kagai (Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd)§ Review of feedback from Mailing Lists (Nicholas Kimolo - FOSSFA Consultant) § Key note addresses by leading FOSS Activists (Pierre Ouedraogo- Francophonie, Fatimata Seye Sylla - DFI, § Rishab Ghosh-Maatricht University, Aida Opoku Mensah - UNECA) SESSION 2 § Keynote addresses (Mr. Abdulie Janneh- Assistant Secretary General, Executive Secretary,ECA, Sir John Daniel - Commonwealth of Learning, Mr. Mark Shuttleworth - Canonical/Ubuntu, Balthas Seibold - InWEnt), Dr. Richard Stallman- FSF, Dr. Juma Oketch, Secretary, eGovernment Directorate, Kenya§ Official opening by His Excellency The President of Kenya, Hon. Mwai Kibaki. § Plenary on Delegates Expectations (Moderated by Prof. Henry Thairu-Jomo Kenyatta University) SESSION 3 4 Break out sessions on: · FOSS & E-Government (Sponsored Session) (Dr. Juma Oketch-Egovt Kenya, Mr. David Sawe-E-Govt Tanzania, Mr. Nhlanhla Mabaso-CSIR, South Africa)· FOSS & Health (Sponsored Session) (MD, Kijabe Mission Hospital, Kurt Brauchli, Frere Hospital, Nicholas Kimolo, Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd, Margret Nyambura, Afri Afya) · FOSS & Education (Sponsored Session) (Ms Shafika Isaacs-Schoolnet Africa,Joris Komen-Schoolnet Namibia, Hilton Theunissen-Shuttleworth Foundation, Prof. Derek Keats-UWC, AVOIR, John Walubengo- KCCT) · FOSS & Local Entrepreneurship (Sponsored Session) (Mugge Van Staden-Obsidian, James Lunghabo-Linux Solutions-Uganda, Dimo Calovski-UNCTAD, Thierry Amoussougbo - UNECA) SESSION 4 § Feedback from Breakout sessions§ Plenary on the Way Forward (Moderated by Dorcas Muthoni-LinuxChix Africa, Ben Akoh- OSIWA) § Sponsored Dinner Friday 24th February ,2006SESSION 5 Perspectives on FOSS around the World § Latin America - (Brazil)§ Europe - (Germany/City of Munich) § Asia - (China/Thailand) § USA SESSION 6 § Africa Government's Best Practices on FOSS - Jill Matshana-CSIR, Andrew Gakiria-E-Govt Kenya,§ Constantine Bitwayiki-eGov Uganda, Mohammed Ouerghi- eGOV Tunisia) § Africa Local FOSS Companies (Joe Ruthven -IBM, Dr. Romain Tahouri - Mali, Edwin Okugbo-Nigeria,Sylvain Zogo (ZCP Burkina Faso) § Incorporating Gender in FOSS (Doris Muthoni, Anna Badimo - LinuxChix Africa, Edna Karamagi - Brosdi Uganda, Shafika Isaacs - SchoolNet Africa) SESSION 7 4 Break out sessions on cross cutting themes § FOSS Localisation (Dr. Twaakyondo- University of Dar-es-salaam, Dwayne Bailey- Translate.org, Hande Bayraktar-Ubuntu)§ Challenges on IPRs & Copyrights (Sponsored Session) (Heather Ford-Creative Commons, Denis Nicholson-Witwatersrand University) § Making Civil Voices Heard (Sponsored by Hivos) (Margreet Van Doodewaard - Hivos, Anriette EstherHuysen - APC, Caroline Nenguke-One World,Edna Karamagi - Brosdi Uganda) § Challenges on African FOSS Local Entrepreneurship (Sponsored by INWENT) (Christiane Weber - InWEnt,Ben Akoh-OSIWA, Makane Faye - UNECA, Roland Christian, President of CHALA) SESSION 8 § Plenary - Feedback from working groups - Moderated by Leopold Rweyemamu - Datacom Africa, Gideon Chonia, University of Zurich)Q&A § Sponsored Cultural Night Saturday 25th February,SESSION 9- Industry Morning § Presentations by Exhibitors: IBM- Joe Ruthven, Novell- Graham Hallworth,SUN Microsystems- John Gage, Intel-Danese Cooper.Q&A SESSION 10 § Presentation of IDLELO2 Report (Distribution on CD) - (Nicholas Kimolo-FOSSFA)§ Presentation of FOSSFA Action Plan (2006 - 2008) - (Gideon Chonia - FOSSFA/University of Zurich) § Official Hand over of FOSSFA Secretariat from Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd to CSIR/MERAKA - Bill Kagai, Kim Tucker § Closing Ceremony & Vote of Thanks (Ambassador Francis Muthaura, Secretary to the Cabinet, Kenya) SESSION 11 § Game Drive at Nairobi National Park (Optional)§ Exhibitors Afternoon |
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John Mwangi Sales Co-ordinator, AITEC Kenya, P.O. Box 13891-00800,
Nairobi, Kenya Tel/Fax: +254 20 3749771, Cell: +254 721 860 228
Email: john@aitecafrica.com
Email2: johnmwangi1@yahoo.com
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The FOSSFA Server experienced severe kernel panic errors possibly caused by
heavy traffic during the registration for the Idlelo2 conference. We have
procured a more powerful server and the portal has since been restored. We
apologise for the inconveniences caused.
www.fossfa.net
The Kenya E-Government Directorate has joined UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and InWent (Capacity Building International - Germany) as collaborators for the Idlelo2 Conference. The E-Govt Secretariat will take the lead role in coordinating thematic input for the FOSS & E-Government Break Out Session. www.kenya.go.ke
Google Inc will talk about the Summer of code program. Its impact to open source code/projects and communities. The impact to Students who participated, providing ideas for open source education, the value of mentoring to enable developers around the world to be better open source coders and community members. Google says that this program is a great example of shared learning by connecting developers in the emerging markets to the more experienced open source developers around the world.
Ubuntu has procured the Bronze Sponsorship for Idelo2 with a financial contribution of Euro 4,750. Over and above this, Mr. Mark Shuttleworth has accepted to deliver the key note speech during the Conference.
The FLOSSWorld Project funded by the European Union will hold a parallel event on FLOSS impact. During the event the FLOSS Project of Extremadura, Spain will also be presented. Visit www.flossworld.org for more details.
FOSSFA will organise a Civil Voices Workshop supported by its key partner Hivos during Idlelo2. The workshop will seek to get views on how FOSS can be used to increase Civil Society voices on the internet. Hands on examples on practical solutions will be discussed including hosting Civil Society Websites within the FOSSFA infrastructure. For more details please visit the project website at http://www.fossfa.net/tiki-index.php?page=Making+Civil+Voices+Heard+-+Supported+by+Hivos
The almost 'final' version of the 3 day Idlelo2 Conference is now complete and has been posted to the conference website for your information. For a sneak preview please visit http://www.fossfa.net/idlelo2/programme.htm
The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (Fossfa) secretariat will move from Kenya to the Meraka Institute in South Africa this year. The official handover is due to take place at Idlelo 2, the Second African Conference on Digital Commons to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, in late February.
"The taking over of the FOSSFA secretariat is a natural progression of things," says Nhlanhla Mabaso, head of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Open Source Centre, which is based at the Meraka Institute. "The Nguni translation of 'Idlelo' means the same as 'Meraka' - common grazing ground - so it comes as no surprise that the announcement of the collaboration of Fossfa and Meraka will happen at Idlelo 2," says Mabaso.
► Page created 15th Jan 2006, amended 16 Feb 2006 Eric Johnston
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