International Symposium on ICT Education and
Application in Developing Countries (ICTES2004)

Date:
October 19-21, 2004
Venue:
UNECA Conference Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Platinum

Connecting Ethiopia to the Future!
Organized By:  Graduate School of Telecommunication and Information Technology(GSTIT), in Collaboration with UNECA


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What was going on ...
Day-1
Invited Guests


Wellcoming speech,
by Ato Abdurahim Ahmed,
Communication Affairs Division Manager

I feel Pleasure to Welcome you at this special Event of International Symposium on "ICT Education and Application in Developing Countries"....

Official Welcome Address,


By Ato Tesfaye Biru,
General Manager of ETC

The Challenge now is to change the pace and dirrection of content and application development.We have this challenge in front of us, inaddition to the further development of infrustructure.To meet this Challenge, more than anything else we need Knowledge, research, and ...

Official Opening Address,

By His Excellency,Dr.Kassu Yilala,
Ministry of Infrastructure

In past, liberty,equality, and humanity have been considered most important for humankind.We are now witnessing the addition of one more important thing to this list- communication of Information...


Keynote Addresses
"African Information Society Initiative",
Aida Opoku-Mensah,

UNECA
 

“Nokia’s Commitment for Mobile Communication in Developing Countries”,
Lukas Krancke,

Nokia Networks, East Africa

“Partnership for Rural Telecom Development”
Bonleitner Gottfried,
Siemens Corporation

Ericsson – Supporting Operators’ Competence Build-up in Developing Countries”,
Peter Devine,

Ericsson Education, Sweden

Session I

Theme: “ICT, Poverty Alleviation & Sustainable Development”
Chair: Dr. Ing. Hailu Ayele, Addis Ababa University

Session II

Theme: “ICT Infrastructure, Service Provision and ICT Entrepreneurship”
Chair: Aida Opoku-Mensah, UNECA

"ICT in Ethiopia's Sustainable Development Context",
Jalal Abdel-Latif
,
The World Bank office, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
"Expander – Cost Efficient Deployment of Mobile Networks to Address New Geographical Areas",
Bodil Josefsson,
Ericsson, Sweden.
"ICT Parks for Sustainable Development: Experiences from India and Sweden."
Dr. Fisseha Mekuria
,
Graduate School of Telecommunications and Information Technology (GSTIT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
“Ethiopic Keyboard Mapping and Predictive Text Inputting Algorithm in a Wireless Environment”,
S. Abebe, S. Atnafu, S.K. Kassegn,
Addis Ababa University & University of California at Irvine, USA.
Impact of Broadband and Wireless Technology on Socio-Economical
Changes”
A. Seesink,
Sr. Consultant Wireline Vertical, Cisco USA.
“Migration Paths to 3G: When and why for Developing Countries?”
A. Gashaw & F. Mekuria,
Ethiopian Telecom Corporation & GSTIT, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Special Events:
Siemens Sponsored cocktail Party Cultural Music Evening!!!
Day1, October 19, 2004, at 18.00


Events at the party

Lottery draw for five Fixed and five Mobile Phones
“Mobile Telephony in Main-Land China,”
Mr. He Feng,
ZTE-Corporation, China.
“Multi Service Broadband Wireless Network. A solution to the quick Development Drive of Developing Nations.”
Kelemework Belai,
GDSS, CA, USA.
“National Meteorological Services Agency: ICT Need and Application for Meteorological Services,”
Dula Shanko & Dr. Abebe Yeshanew
,
National Meteorological Services Agency, A.A., Ethiopia.
 
Official Sponsors
 

Graduate School Project Office
P.O.Box 1047, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251-1-655129
Tel. +251-9- 254815 or 256113
E-mail: gstit@telecom.net.et

Last updated by Nebiyu Aberra with samson alemu,& yibeltal Temesgen on october 20,2004