Apologies for multiple posting Registration is now open for the CIRN 2005 conference which forms part of Information Society Week to be held in Cape Town from 22- 30 August. Confirmed keynote speakers for CIRN 2005 'Building Partnerships for the Information Society' 24-26 August include: - Prof Wideman Nkuhlu, the Chair of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), Africa - Dr Satyanarayana, CEO of the National Institute of Smart Government at the International Institute of IT in Andhra Pradesh,India - Mr Flavio Zeni, Department of Public Admininstration and Development Management, UN, New York, USA - Mr Adama Samessekou, President of the Geneva WSIS preparatory process, President African Academy of languages (ACALAN), Mali - Professor Stewart Marshall, University of the West Indies The CIRN conference will include more than 90 selected presentations, workshops and panels relevant to the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit (Community Informatics). Major topics to be covered include: - Policies and strategies for successful Community Informatics - The practice of Community Informatics - Ethnographic and empowerment issues in Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a critical component of successful e-Service delivery - Evaluation and assessment of Community Informatics interventions - Infrastructure and systems for Community Informatics - Education as a critical component of Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a foundation for Government Partnerships Registration details on CIRN can be found at http://www.cirn2005.org or by contacting info@cirn2005.org CIRN 2005 and the www conference (http://infow3@cput.ac.za) which are being hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology form part of Information Society Week being conducted under the patronage of - Mr Ebrahim Rasoul (Premier of the Western Cape) - Nomaindia Mfeketo (Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town) - Dr Marcus Balintulo (Interim Vice Chancellor, CPUT) and - Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (South African Minister for Communications) Information Society Week in the Western Cape Province of South Africa will focus on what the Information Society can do for small business, civil society, youth and government. It will consist of: - a series of workshops, training sessions, - demonstrations for all groups in civil society - a Civil Society Colloquium which will advance South African issues for the Tunis phase of the WSIS - three major conferences (CIRN2005, WWW and ICT for Women) -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou@wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005