[Kictanet] IDLELO2 CONFERENCE ON THE DIGITAL COMMONS

[Sidarec]

Thanks Bill sounds an interesting conference. SIDAREC will be present.

regards.

Lucy Mathai
Executive Director
Slums Information Dev. & Resource Centres (SIDAREC)
P.O.BOX 9687 00300 Ronald Ngala Post Office,
Tel.254-20-246961/247356/6767649
Email: sidarec at kenyaweb.com
Web site: www.sidarec.or.ke
Nairobi-Kenya.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kagai" <billkagai at gmail.com>
To: <sidarec at kenyaweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:30 AM
Subject: [Kictanet] IDLELO2 CONFERENCE ON THE DIGITAL COMMONS


> THE SECOND IDLELO CONFERENCE ON THE DIGITAL COMMONS
> www.fossfa.net/idlelo2
> [ENTRENCHING THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY IN AFRICA]
> 23RD-25TH FEBRUARY, 2005
> SAFARI PARK HOTEL
>
> The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) in
> collaboration with The Kenya e-Government Directorate in the Office of
> the President together with the United Nations Economic Commission for
> Africa (UNECA) are pleased to announce the Second IDLELO Conference on
> the Digital Commons to be held at the Safari Park Hotel from 23rd to
> 25th February 2006. IDLELO is derived from a Zulu word for a common
> grazing ground.
>
> Software has become an integral part of modern life.  Today, basic
> items such as Mobile Phones, Computers and TVs to complex equipment
> such as Motor Vehicles, Industrial Plants and Telecommunication
> infrastructure all rely on software to run their core functions.  The
> United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) E-Commerce
> 2004 Report estimates the software industry generates yearly revenues
> in excess of US$300 billion. Developing Countries now have a real
> chance in participating in the industry using community shared
> software commonly referred to as Free & Open Source Software (FOSS).
>
> FOSS is software that has made its source code free and public and
> allows - perhaps even motivates - users to change the source code and
> redistribute the derivative software. While liberating the source code
> is a goal in itself, FOSS encourages, or even obliges, programmers to
> give other programmers and users those same freedoms and
> opportunities. The increased use of FOSS is sustainable development,
> because FOSS is a technology that the local people (in Africa or
> anywhere) can understand, maintain, and adapt to their needs. It also
> creates new opportunities for employment and wealth creation.
>
> To demonstrate how FOSS can generate revenues especially for the
> youth, the IDLELO Key Note Speaker will be Mr. Mark Shuttleworth from
> Ubuntu/Canonical, UK, a renowned youthful entrepreneur who made his
> fortune through FOSS based business. He will also present a
> motivational speech on how he achieved his childhood dreams of going
> to the outer space by paying US$20 Million to become the First Space
> Tourist to the NASA Space Station.
>
> Other Confirmed High Level Speakers will include inter alia;
> • Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under Secretary General, Executive
> Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, Ethiopia
> • Dr. Juma Oketch, ICT Secretary, Directorate of e-Government, Office
> of the President, Kenya
> • Sir John Daniel, the Director General of Commonwealth of Learning
> (COL), Canada
> • Ms. Zaheda Bhorat, Open Source Unit, Google, USA
> • Ms. Danese Cooper, Open Source Innovation Unit, Intel, USA
> • Professor Henry Moses Thairu, MD, Jomo Kenyatta University Enterprises,
Kenya
> • Bildad Kagai, CEO, Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd, Kenya
>
> The objectives of this conference are to stimulate a local Software
> Industry in Africa and bring together Practioners, Decision Makers,
> FOSS Software Developers and the General Public to learn how FOSS can
> be of relevance to their sectors. This conference targets Key
> Decision/Policy Makers in African Governments with emphasis on The
> Central Government/E-Government Teams, Education and Health,
> FOSS/Linux User Groups National Leaders and Leading FOSS Industry
> Players from the Private Sector.
>
> This conference has been made possible through support from:
> 1. Directorate of e-Government, Office of the President, Kenya
> 2. United Nations Economic Commission of Africa, Ethiopia
> 3. InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany
> 4. Hivos, Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation, Netherlands
> 5. Ubuntu Linux, UK
> 6. Google Inc. USA
> 7. Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd, Kenya
>
> --
> With Kind Regards,
> Bildad Kagai
> CEO - Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd
> Coordinator - Free Software & Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA)
> Suite B2, Tetu Apartments, State House Avenue
> P. O. Box 20311 - 00200
> Nairobi, Kenya
> Tel. 254 20 2728332
> Fax. 254 20 2726965
> Cell. 254 722 379409
> E. fossfa at gmail.com
> URL. www.fossfa.net
>


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