[kictanet] Kenya Internet Governance Forum (Kenya IGF) - Tomorrow

[Gakuru Alex]

Dear Harry,

How does one know their seat is reserved:) I asked to be registered
but dunno if my message reached? Or we just take a Journey of
Faith....

Regards,

Alex

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Harry Hare
<harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:
> Just a reminder for those wishing to attend this forum and also to confirm
> that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication and
> the Director General of Communication Commission of Kenya have confirmed
> their participation.
>
> If you have not confirmed your participation, and you wish to attend, please
> do so before the end of business today to help us with the planning.
>
> Kindest Regards
> Harry
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> The Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) in conjunction with the Kenya Network
> Information Centre (KENIC), the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), the
> East African ICT for Development Network (EA ICT4D) and other participating
> organisations are pleased to announce the Kenya Internet Governance Forum
> (Kenya IGF) to be held on the 14th of October, 2008 at the Jacaranda hotel
> in Westlands. The Kenya IGF will offer a central forum through which
> Internet stakeholders in Kenya can contribute to the global Internet
> Governance Forum.
>
> The Kenya IGF is a follow up to the KICTANet mailing list discussions on
> Internet Governance, which were held in August 2008, and aimed at beginning
> to identify and explore national level Internet Governance issues.
>
> The national forum aims at:
> ·       creating awareness on IGF issues,
>
> ·       instituting a consensus building process to develop a common
> understanding of Kenyan Internet Governance issues and
>
> ·       building policy capacity in order to enable meaningful participation
> in global Internet policy, governance and development.
>
>
> The outcome of the Kenya IGF will be collated with that from the other
> national IGF's which will take place in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, to form
> the agenda for the East African IGF (EAIGF) scheduled for 10th-12th November
> 2008, Nairobi Kenya.
>
> As a key player in the Internet industry, it is my pleasure to invite you to
> the Kenya IGF. Below is a summary of the programme:
>
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>
> 08:45 - 09:00   Registration
> 09:00 - 09:10   Opening Remarks  - Paul Kukubo, CEO, KICTB
> 09:10 - 09:30   What is internet governance and why should we care? -  Brian
> Longwe/KENIC
> 09:30 - 10:00   Kenyan stakeholders IG issues: KICTANet  Online Discussion
> Report; validating issues discussed
>                           John Walubengo/Mwende Njiraini
> 10:00 - 10:10   Government & the IGF   Charles J. K. Njoroge, Director
> General, CCK
> 10:10 - 10:30   Official Launch of Kenya IGF  - Dr. Bitange Ndemo, PS,
> Ministry of Information & Communications
> 10:30 - 11:00   Coffee Break
> 11:00 - 11:30   So what are Kenya's Priority IG issues?  Issue
> Prioritization & Consensus   - KICTANet/KENIC
> 11:30 - 12:00   What Policy and Technical capacity do we need to engage?
> Identifying Issues for Capacity Building
>                         John Walubengo/Mwende Njiraini
>  12:00 - 12:30   Closing Remarks/Vote of Thanks  - EAICT4D Harry Hare
> 12:30   Lunch
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Kindly confirm your participation by sending an email to
> <evelyne at kictanet.or.ke>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Harry Hare
>
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