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Telematics Conference: Provisional Program

Telematics Conference: Provisional Program

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (UNECA),

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) and

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU)

in partnership with

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2- 7 April 1995

AFRICAN REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TELEMATICS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Provisional Programme

SUNDAY, 2 APRIL (16:00- 18:00)

Meeting of the Scientific Committee, Committee Room 10, UNECA

MONDAY, 3 APRIL

MORNING SESSION (8:30- 13:00)

(8:30 - 10:00) Registration, Plenary Hall

Opening addresses: (10:00- 11:15)

Mr. Makha D. Sarr, Acting Executive Secretary, UNECA

Mr. Asrat Bulbula, Deputy Commissioner, Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission

Mr. G. Biorci, Chairman, UNESCO/Intergovernmental Informatics Programme Mr. Johan Ernberg, ITU

Mr. David Balson, IDRC

COFFEE BREAK (11:15- 11:30)

Election of Officers

Telematics for Africa in a Global Context - (document E/ECA/ARSTM/1) (Mr. Michael R. Jensen)

Report on "Africa Face to Information Superhighway" - Roundtable, Tunis, March 1995 (Mr. M. Masmoudi)

LUNCH BREAK (13:00- 14:30)

AFTERNOON SESSION (14:30- 18:00)

African Telematics Initiatives (first part):

RINAF

RIO (Mr. A. Corenthin and Mr. E. Fianyo)

Sustainable Development Networking Programme/United Nations Development Programme (Mr. Raoul Zambrano)

COFFEE BREAK (16:15- 16:30)

African Telematics Initiatives (continuation):

REFER (Ms. Mireille Yamajako and Mr. Jean- Pierre Denis)

CABECA (Mr. Lishan Adam)

Internet demonstration

EVENING (18:30- 20:00)

Reception (All participants invited, Ethiopia Lounge, first floor, UNECA New Building)

TUESDAY, 4 APRIL

MORNING SESSION (9:00- 13:00)

African Telematics Initiatives (continuation):

PTO Packet Switching

Commercial Value- added Services (Ms. T. Tounkara, Senegal)

The Internet in Africa (Ms. Nashwa Abdel- Baki, Egypt)

COFFEE BREAK (11:00- 11:15)

User Groups and Needs (first part):

Education (Mr. David Walker)

Health (Mr. Alex Brown, HealthNet)

Agriculture (Ms. E. Porcari, CGNET and Mr. David Dion, FAO)

LUNCH BREAK (13:00- 14:30)

AFTERNOON SESSION (14:30- 18:00)

User Groups and Needs (continuation):

Libraries and other Information Centres (Mr. Justin Chisenga)

News media (Mr. Peter da Costa, InterPress Service)

Trade (Mr. Bruno Lanvin, UNCTAD)

COFFEE BREAK (16:15- 16:30)

Panel #1: Consolidation of Demand and Sharing of Resources

WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL

MORNING SESSION (9:00- 13:00)

Panel #2: Rural Access, Telecentres and Community Networks

(Chair: Mr. Johan Ernberg, ITU)

COFFEE BREAK (11:00- 11:15)

Panel #3: Going without Cable - Radio Access Options (immediate opportunities and future horizons)

Terrestrial radio communications

VSAT

LEO

LUNCH BREAK (13:00- 14:30)

AFTERNOON SESSION (14:30- 18:00)

The Regulatory Framework - Implications for Telematics: Introductory presentation

* Panel #4: Radio Licensing and Spectra (Chair: Mr. Gary Garriott, VITA)

* Panel #5: Tariffs - A Win- Win Situation (Chair: Mr. J. Gilbert)

COFFEE BREAK (16:15- 16:30)

* Panel #6: Terminal Equipment - Experimentation, Accreditation, Importation, Production

* Panel #7: Regulation - Constraints, Reform and Cooperation

THURSDAY, 6 APRIL

MORNING SESSION (9:00- 13:00)

Panel #8: Broadband Perspectives, Video and Multimedia Applications

(Chair: Mr. Seydou Diallo)

Panel #9: Role of Users, PTOs, Private Industry and Public Authorities in Telematics Infrastructure Planning and Development - Potential Partnerships

COFFEE BREAK (11:00- 11:15)

Panel #10: Training for Telematics Network Management, Development and Use

LUNCH BREAK (13:00- 14:30)

AFTERNOON SESSION (14:30- 18:00)

Panel #11: Network Interconnection and Promotion - the Coordination of Regional and International Efforts

COFFEE BREAK (16:15- 16:30)

Meeting of the Scientific Committee to draft strategy recommendations and follow- up project proposals (free time for other participants)

FRIDAY, 7 APRIL

MORNING SESSION (9:00- 13:00)

Working Groups on Planning of Follow- up Projects

AFTERNOON SESSION (14:30- 18:00)

Reports of the sessions (Panel Chairpersons)

COFFEE BREAK (16:15- 16:30)

Discussion and Adoption of Strategy Recommendations

CLOSING: (17:30- 18:00)

Mr. H. Yuskiavitshus, UNESCO Assistant Director- General for Communication, Information and Informatics

Mr. Makha D. Sarr, Acting Executive Secretary, UNECA


Editor: Dr. Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.
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