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DEVELOPING IT expertise to enable Africa to compete
effectively in the international marketplace. •
CONTRIBUTING towards Africa's drive for Internet connectivity,
electronic commerce and web-based training. •
FACILITATING commercial links between suppliers and users
of information technology. •
ENABLING the continent's computing and communications
professionals to enhance their skills and knowledge of international
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OUTLINE
PROGRAMME 29
August 2000 Web Development
Workshop Part I Exhibition
Opening
30
August 2000 9am
- 6pm - Day One of Main Conference 7pm
- Game Reserve
Drive and Traditional Fireside Dinner 31
August 2000 9am
- 6pm - Day Two of Main Conference 8pm
- ACT Gala Dinner - Sun City Superbowl 1
September 9am
- 1pm - Day Three of Main Conference 2pm
onwards - Workshop Sessions Coach services back to Johannesburg and airport |
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TRAVEL
DETAILS As the
official Carrier for ACT, South African Airways is offering special
fares for delegates. Delegates
wishing to book on SAA flights at these reduced rates or delegates requiring
additional accommodation or other travel requirements before or following
the Summit should contact the official ACT 2000 Travel Agency: Functions
& Travel Inc, Johannesburg tel: +27-11-886 609 Fax: +27-11-787 8377.
They have secured room options in a wide range of Johannesburg hotels. A FREE shuttle coach service will operate from Johannesburg Airport to Sun City throughout the day on 29 August and return on the afternoon of 1 September, with stops in Johannesburg. |
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THE
ACT 2000 EXHIBITION Conference
programme co-ordinators: John Spencer,
Projects Director, AITEC South Africa Paul Booth, Consultant, South Africa |
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PROGRAMME DAY 1
- Tuesday 29 August 2000 2pm onwards
- Delegate registration, exhibition viewing, training workshops 6pm
Opening Ceremony - Sun City Amphitheatre The Hon Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Minister of Communications,
South Africa Sean Moroney, Group Chairman, AITEC 7pm Group
Photograph, followed by Beach Party, Valley of the Waves DAY 2
- Wednesday 30 August 2000 PLENARY
1 - ECOMMERCE: TURNING THE HYPE INTO REALITY Discussion
Leader: Antonie
Roux, CEO, M-Web, South Africa •
Lessons from South Africa's eCommerce Policy formulation process Andile
Ngcaba, Director-General, Department of Communications, South Africa •
The role of the Internet in worldwide economic development Richard
Lawson, CEO, Lawson Software, USA •
E-business:
The new corporate agenda Bill
Weber, General Manager, Cisco South Africa •
Africa’s ecommerce
revolution Ayisi
Makatiani, CEO, Africa Online, Kenya TEA
BREAK STREAM
1: FORMULATING YOUR ORGANISATION'S eCOMMERCE STRATEGY - I •
Developing the right eBusiness strategy for your company John
Berry, Joint Managing Director, e.com institute, South Africa •
How to avoid
losing money in the eCommerce craze S. H.
Ramakrishnan, MD, LanBit Technologies, United Arab Emirates •
Huxley's Books
goes online: A case study in moving from retail to etail Matthew
White, MD of Huxley's Books and Editor, Telecommunications in Africa •
All aboard
the e-procurement express! Rob Monteith,
Client Delivery Executive, E-solutions, EDS, South Africa STREAM
2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Discussion
Leader: Paul Booth,
Independent Consultant, South Africa •
Certification or lifelong learning? Deon
Botha, Managing Director, Ambassador Training, South Africa •
Women in IT:
Breaking through the glass ceiling Ann Richardson,
International Business Development Manager, NCC Services, UK •
Professional
education in IS: Essential or an outmoded irrelevance? Geoff
Blackwell, African Manager, Institute for the Management of Information
Systems (IMIS), UK LUNCH PLENARY
2: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION - WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR ORGANISATION Discussion
Leader: Matthew White, Editor, Telecommunications in Africa, South Africa •
The impact of telecommunications liberalisation: Opportunities for MNCs Ian Gordon-Cumming,
General Manager, BT Southern Africa •
The
impact and potential of wireless technology Dave
Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Motorola Southern Africa •
Monopoly, liberalisation,
technology - Finding the right formula for Africa's telecommunications
revolution Barry
McGuire, Director, MCIWorldCom Southern Africa •
Key regulatory
trends for satellite services and systems: Opportunities for Africa David
Hartshorn, General-Secretary, Global VSAT Forum, UK TEA
BREAK STREAM
1: TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Discussion
Leader: Roger
Dawes, GM, Marketing, Strategy & Business Development, Alcatel Altech
Telecoms, South Africa •
End-to-end telecommunications and IT solutions in Africa Karel
van der Lecq, System Consulting Manager, Integration Solutions &
Services, Siemens Telecommunications, South Africa •
Voice over
the Internet Dr Tomas
Vagoun, Director Product Development, American Tower Corporation (ATC),
USA •
Internet conferencing
solutions Heinz
Ettinger, Director MMEA Region, Logitech, Switzerland •
VSAT Networks:
Narrow band to wide band - Leapfrogging Africa into the 21st
Century Andre
du Toit, Manager International Business, Transtel, South Africa STREAM
2: FORMULATING YOUR ORGANISATION'S e-COMMERCE STRATEGY - II Discussion
Leader: Kwami Ahiabenu II, Executive Director, AITEC Ghana •
Tim Ellis,
MD, South African Certification Agency •
Mark
Gilfilan, MB Worksoft, South Africa •
ECommerce:
Effective planning Angus
Peacey, Sales Director, Lucent South Africa •
E-service:
Beyond e-commerce and e-business Lenore
Kerrigan, District Manager, Communication Industries Business Unit,
Hewlett-Packard, South Africa •
How
to achieve real value through e-business Mike
Fairon, E-business Executive, ICL Africa, South Africa 7pm
Game Reserve Drive and Traditional Fireside Dinner DAY 3
- THURSDAY 31 AUGUST 2000 PLENARY
3: eGOVERNANCE: REINFORCING DEMOCRACY & GOOD GOVERNMENT IN AFRICA Discussion
Leader: •
eGovernment: Tranforming government processes using the Internet and
Internet related technologies Vernon
Hart, General Manager, IBM Africa •
Online government
support for democracy Steven
Clift, Publicus, USA •
Government
identification projects Wim Tappij
Gielen, MD, Datacard, UK •
How governments
can gain without the pain Jim Nowicki,
Director, EDS, South Africa TEA
BREAK STREAM
1: EGOVERNANCE IMPLEMENTATION Discussion
Leader: •
Enterprise information architecture in government Donald
Lim Fat, Consultant, Mauritius •
Towards
and Information Society: Progress in South Africa Dr Jonathan
Miller, Miller, Esselaar & Associates, South Africa •
Implementation
of the Nigerian national identification system Professor
Segun Olunloyo, MD, Tekcon Nigeria Ltd •
Lessons from
developing South Africa's national ICT strategy Neville
Nicholas, Project Director, SAITIS Project & Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Canada STREAM
2: MOBILE TELEPHONY Discussion
Leader: Roger Dawes, GM, Marketing, Strategy & Business Development,
Alcatel Altech Telecoms, South Africa •
The impact of XML and WAP on the future of e-business Grant
Thiselton, E-Business Manager, Software AG - SPL, South Africa •
Mobile
Internet solutions Greg
Cress, System Consultant, Integration Solutions & Services, Siemens
ICN, South Africa •
Towards
the mobile information society Jiri
Batek, Country Manager, Nokia Networks, South Africa •
Mobile
radio goes digital – The implications for Africa Dr Angus
Hay, Manager Technology, Transtel, South Africa •
Hyperphone
solutions in an ecommerce environment Thami
Radebe, MD, M & S Technologies, South Africa LUNCH PLENARY
4: THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES Discussion
Leader: •
Technology renaissance - The future of Africa Richard
Fearon, Director - Business Development, Venture Computer, South Africa •
The
role of new technology in Africa's economic development Pedro
Viudez, Partner, and John Croswell, Arthur Andersen, South Africa •
The
evolution of the Internet: The lessons for Africa Pat Chapman-Pincher,
Senior Vice-President EMEA, UUNET, UK
STREAM
1: CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT Discussion
Leader: Vincent
Waiswa Bagiira, General Manager, AITEC Uganda •
Online customer communications (eCRM) John
Berry, Joint Managing Director, e.com institute, South Africa •
Electronic
Relationship Management (eRM): Bridging the gap between selling and
service Greg
Reis, MD, Business Systems Group, South Africa •
The
retail digital exchange: Bringing all your systems and suppliers together
under one roof Robert
Toatley, Vice-President, Retail Business Unit, Lawson Software, USA •
CRM
– An act of faith or a measurable investment? Mike
Ettling, Client Executive, Business Process Management, EDS Europe &
Africa •
CRM:
A holistic approach Bill
Hoggarth, Sales Director, Softworx, South Africa STREAM
2: INTERNET DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Discussion
Leader: •
Building and maintaining an ISP in Africa Gary
Cousins, Business Development Manager, Integration Solutions & Services,
Siemens ICN, South Africa •
Maximising
the positive impact of the Internet on Africa's youth Ashiek
Manie, Deputy MD, Intekom, South Africa •
Mike
Jensen, Internet Consultant, South Africa •
Africa
and the Internet: Getting beyond the first generation - content, users
and access Russell
Southwood, Balancing Act, UK 8pm
Gala Dinner - Sun City Superbowl SPONSORED
BY IBM DAY 4
- Friday 1 September PLENARY
5: ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Discussion
Leader: •
The impact of the Internet on business processes Mohamed
Madhi, CEO, CyberKnowledge Systems, South Africa •
The networking
nervous system: Enterprise services and customer services Peter
Davies, General Manager, AT&T Global Network Services, South Africa •
David
Cannon, Chairman, IT Service Management Forum, South Africa •
Turning
information management into an exact science Russell
Swanborough, Chairman, Atio Consulting Group, South Africa & Executive
Director, Absolute Information, UK TEA
BREAK STREAM
1: IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Discussion
Leader: •
Operational Resource Management - The sweet spot of ecommerce Paddy
Gray, Marketing Director, ECNet, PQ Africa, South Africa •
Integrating
the supply chain Callum
Russell, Business Marketing Manager, Microsoft South Africa •
The
Internet as a business tool - to communicate and to redefine your business
processes Neil
Williams, Manager, Business Intelligence, SAP •
Paul
Kotschy, Chairman, Linux Professional Association of South Africa and
MD, Seven C, South Africa LUNCH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON: Workshops continue; coaches leave for Johannesburg and Airport |
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SPECIAL
EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS AT ACT 2000 FORUM
1: * Report-back on the work done since last year's
African Development Forum * Recommendations being prepared for the Heads
of State Summit on ICT in September * Feedback from the ACT Summit on this programme Held
under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Africa Presenter:
Kate Wild, Economic Commission for Africa FORUM
2: A special
forum for Africa's telecommunications regulators and users hosted by
AITEC in association with the Economic Commission for Africa and the
South African Department of Communications to share knowledge, develop
a common best practice code and lay the groundwork for future co-operation
and communication across the continent. Lead
speaker: The Head of South Africa's new regulator,
the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Convergence
regulation: Satellite, terrestrial and everything in between David
Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum, UK FORUM
3: An opportunity
for operators, service providers and users of bandwidth in Africa to
exchange views on the future development of satellite services in the
continent. Speakers
include Lare Atcha-Oubou, Director, Africa, Intelsat, USA WORKSHOP
1: Effective
management of a well connected business: Web, security, service level,
automation, message systems - And keeping it going without it falling
over or needing to invest in still more expensive equipment Frank
Appun, MD, Sourcetech, South Africa WORKSHOP
2: Security
in eCommerce I: Creating an environment of trust, with support from
the legal profession Tim Ellis,
MD, South African Certification Agency, Trevor Coppen, MD, Lawyers Access
Web (L@W), South Africa & Grant Christianson, Legal Representative,
South African Certification Agency WORKSHOP
3: Security
in eCommerce II: Setting security standards in Africa - The SET Protocol Gerda
Venter, Marketing Executive, South African Certification Agency WORKSHOP
4: Security
in eCommerce III: Secure wireless eCommerce with Public Key Infrastructure
(PKI) and Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) Maeson
Maherry, Professional Services Division, South African Certification
Agency WORKSHOP
5: Virtual
Reality - An opportunity for education in Africa David
Lockwood, Virtual Reality Solutions Centre, Council for Scientific &
Industrial Research, South Africa WORKSHOP
6: Implementing
Linux solutions for your company Hosted
by the Linux Professional Association of South Africa TRAINING
WORKSHOP 1 Web site
design and creation Site
planning; site mapping; web coding/languages; graphics; building your
site; FTP A detailed
workshop running over three afternoons of the Summit, aimed at providing
delegates with the basic knowledge they need to launch their own web
sites. (Limited
spaces; extra booking fee.) Co-ordinated
by The Southern African Nongovernmental Organisation Network (SANGONet),
who have extensive experience of providing Internet training in Africa TRAINING
WORKSHOP 2 Advanced
Web Training Marketing
your web site; taking advantage of Internet interactive features; increasing
sales through your web site. (Limited
spaces; extra booking fee.) A detailed
workshop on optimising the returns from your web site, co-ordinated
by SANGONet VSAT
WORKSHOP: Satellite-Based Broadband & Internet in Africa: An Introduction
Hosted
by the Global VSAT Forum, this workshop will provide participants with
detailed knowledge of VSAT technology and how it can be implemented
in their organisations. From
South African rural telecentres, to Nigerian offshore oil rigs, to Tanzanian
Internet service provision, to Botswanan corporate networks, VSAT-based
systems are delivering mission-critical services throughout the African
continent, providing cost-effective solutions where they are most needed
- today. Attend
this one-day Global VSAT Forum seminar to hear the latest on how, when,
where and why VSAT-based services are being used by public- and private-sector
organisations. More than a million one- and two-way VSATs are being
used throughout the world. Explore the wide range of applications being
served and understand why VSATs are often the most cost-effective communications
solution. ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE AFRICAN IT EDUCATION TRUST The African IT Education Trust was launched at ACT 1999. Its Head Patron is Graca Machel and its Trustees are from a range of African countries, as well as Europe. AITEC acts as Secretariat of the Trusts. At their annual meeting, Trustees will be reviewing the Trust’s activities and future direction. |
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ACT
2000
Delegate Registration Form |
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DELEGATE
DETAILS
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Please register the above as a delegate/delegates to the 2000 African
Computing & Telecommunications Summit at a delegate registration
fee of $560 / R3,500. The fee includes all meals, tea breaks, the ACT
2000 Gala Dinner and all documentation.) Team discounts: 2 delegates
10%; 3 delegates 15%; 4 or more delegates 20%.
He
/ She / They require the following hotel accommodation as indicated
below: ACCOMMODATION
- Single @$330/R2,000 per person
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Twin @ $220/R1,370 per person
2.
CABANAS (price for 3 nights) -
Single @$250/R1,600 per person -
Twin @$150/R940 per person Prices
are for the three nights of 29, 30 and 31 August 2000. Delegates wanting
extra nights should contact the official travel agent.
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Payment of my fee and accommodation costs is enclosed (Dollar, Sterling
or Rand cheque or banker's draft made out to AITEC.) -
Please invoice the above organisation
Card
holder's name:_______________________________ An
electronic version of this registration form is available on the AITEC
web site: www.aitecafrica.com Four
easy ways to register: 1.
Via the Web: www.aitecafrica.com
2.
E-mail: ACT2000@aitecafrica.com 3.
Fax: +44-(0)1480-831131 OR +27-11-789 5312 4.
Post in the UK:
All delegate fees and accommodation charges must be paid in full before the Summit. There will be a 20% administration charge on delegate registration and accommodation cancellations received before 30 July 2000. There will be no refund on cancellations received after 30 July 2000. |