[WSIS CS-Plenary] Community Informatics (CIRN) Conference 2005 Cape Town Aug. 22-30

[Gurstein, Michael]

(Sorry for the cross 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 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 at 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)


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