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

[Harry Hare]

Hey Alex and All,

An email to Evelyne <evelyne at kictanet.or.ke> confirms your participation and
therefore reserves a seat for you. Its good to have Faith :-)

Kindest Regards
Harry


On 10/13/08 10:30 AM, "Gakuru Alex" <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>> 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 
>> 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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