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Pays : Botswana  Langue(s) : anglais 

IST-Africa 2011 Conference and Exhibition


Date :  du 11-05-2011 au 13-05-2011

Lieu :  Gabarone

Organisation : 
accueilli par le gouvernement du Botswana (Ministère de la recherche, de la science et de la technologie) et soutenu par la Commission européenne, la Commission de l'Union africaine et l'IEEE

Programme : 
IST-Africa 2011 will focus on the Role of ICT for Africa's Development and specifically on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission's Information Communications Technologies (ICT) Theme of FP7. The Conference Programme combines strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an exhibition and social activities.


      IST-Africa directly supports the goals of the Africa-EU Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space, the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST) and the Consolidated Plan of Action for the African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE).

      In the context of focusing on the Role of ICT for Africa's Development, the Opening Plenary on Wednesday 04 May will feature a high level dialogue on Implementation of the Africa-EU Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space. The Closing Plenary on Friday 06 May will focus on Initiatives Supporting Development of Regional S&T.

      The core thematic areas are eHealth, eInfrastructures, Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills, Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content, Living Labs, Open Source Software, ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility, ICT for Environmental Sustainability, RFID and Networked Enterprise, eGovernment, Networked Media and Transformation of Research Results into Local Innovation.

      Agenda : Draft Final Paper and workshop proposals submitted by 22 November 2010

      URL :  http://www.ist-africa.org/.../

      Ressources mises à disposition à l'issue de la manifestation : 

      • articles :  http://www.ist-africa.org/.../default.asp?page=paper-repository

        L'accès à l'ensemble des communications requiert une inscription gratuite à la liste de diffusion du consortium. Celles regroupées sous le thème "Technology enhanced learning and ICT skills" retiennent particulièrement l'attention.
      Les actes sont également consultables depuis la bibliothèque numérique IEEE Xplore.


      mot(s) clé(s) :  enseignement et formation à distance, technologie éducative