Concertation Meeting #4

31 January 2008

Borschette Centre, European Commission, Brussels

Welcome Address

Jean-François Soupizet
Head of the International Relations Unit, DG INFSO, European Commission

Opening Address

Peter Zangl
Deputy Director General, DG INFSO , European Commission

Keynote Addresses from ACP organisations

Santhi Kumaran
Head, Dept. of Computer Engineering & Information Technology
Kigali Institute of Science & Technology, Rwanda

Johan Eksteen
Manager, Technology Research Programme
The Meraka Institute of CSIR, South Africa

Tara Dasgupta
Professor
Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS), Jamaica

Beza Belayneh
Director of ICT4Dev, Development Policy Associates, Botswana

Venansius Baryamureeba
Dean, Faculty of Computing & IT, Makerere University, Uganda

Keynote Addresses from European organisations

Christine Leurquin
Vice-Chairman, Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI), European Technology Platform

Serge Ferré
Vice-President, Nokia Europe

EU-Africa cooperation on ICT: the context after the Lisbon Summit

Ola Sohlstrom
Policy Officer, DG DEV, European Commission

Fadila Boughanemi
Policy Officer, DG RESEARCH, European Commission

Thierry Devars
Policy Officer, International Relations Unit, DG INFSO, European Commission

Guy Weets
Managing Director, DRMC, Belgium

FP7 ICT Work Programme : status and perspectives for 2009-2010

Eric Badiqué
Policy Officer, Strategy for ICT research and development, DG INFSO, European Commission

Research and Education Networks and Grids in Africa: recommendations for action

Mario Campolargo
Acting Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, DG INFSO, European Commission

Boubakar Barry
Coordinator, Research and Education Networking Unit, Association of African Universities, Ghana

Robert Klapisch
President, Sharing the Knowledge Foundation, France

The EuroAfrica-ICT initiative: the way forward

Roger Torrenti
Project Advisor, START (EuroAfrica-ICT initiative)