Workshop Programme (Overview)

Workshop on Enriching Sudanese Internet Content

28 – 29 January 2017

PROGRAMME

DAY 1 (Saturday)
MORNING
09.00 – 09.30	Registration and Welcome
09.30 – 09.45	OPENING SESSION: The Context and Overview Gada Kadoda, Sudanese Knowledge Society
09.45 – 10.45	KEYNOTE The True Value of Knowledge Management: Today & Tomorrow Paul Corney, Knowledge et al
10.45 – 11.00	Break
11.00 – 12.30	MESSAGES from Organisers & Sponsors
	Rofaida Elzubair, Sudanese Knowledge Society
	Hamdi Salah, Morgan for Information and Communication Technology
	Ahmed Mohamed Elhassan, H.A.M. for Information Technology
	Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ali, University of Khartoum
	Omer Emadeldin Bakhiet, Future University
	Ahmed Abdelgadir Salih, National Information Centre
	Nada Amin, World Bank Group
AFTERNOON
12.30 – 2.30	EXHIBITION & Lunch
2.30 – 4.30	INTERNET CONTENTS PANELS: Perspectives from Sectors (Parallel)
	Organisation & Power		People & Place
	Nazar Gad Kareem Sudatel Co.	Telecommunication	Muna Abugessesa Ministry of Education	Education
	Gumma Gulfan Independent	Business	Khadiga Adam/Rana Atta Ministry of Health, Epidemiological Laboratory	Health
	Sharafeldin Mohamed Elhassan National TV	Media	Rafaa Morgos Agricultural Research Centre	Agriculture
	Ahmed Elmamoun University of Michigan	Urban Planning	Fatima Salah Sudanese Knowledge Society	Geospatial Data
	Sami Sharif University of Khartoum	Scientific Research	Suad Sulaiman Sudanese National Academy of Sciences	Environment
	Mohamed Abdelsalam University of Khartoum	Law	Israa Geneif Sudatel Co.	Sustainable Development
	Rihab Khir University of Khartoum	Politics	Badereldin Osman University of Khartoum	Culture
4.30 – 5.00	DAY 1 CLOSING: What are we taking away from today?
DAY 2 (Sunday)
MORNING
09.00 – 09.15	Outline of Day
09.15 – 10.00	LEARNING BY DOING SESSIONS (Parallel)
	Increasing Audience Skills to differentiate between Knowledge and Information		VAS in Sudan: Dependencies, Challenges and Opportunities
	Yousif Abushara and Hisham Malasi Future University		Ihab Twfiq/Ahmed Elshaikh/Lna Mohamed Jawali/Zain Telecom/Sudanese Knowledge Society
10.00 – 11.00	KEYNOTE Semantic Knowledge Bases: Towards Sustainable Management and Inference of Knowledge Taha Osman, Nottingham Trent University
11.00 – 11.30	Break
11.30 –   1.30	KEYNOTES & COMMENTARY
	Co-creating ICT Policy for Sudan: Promises and Challenges Azza Karrar, University of Khartoum
	Thoughts on Business Model and Sustainability: Digital Content Ecosystem as an Example Osama Khair, Zain Sudan
	Panellists
	Ahmed Abdelgadir Salih		Mohamed Abdalla
	National Information Centre		University of Khartoum
AFTERNOON
1.30 – 3.00	EXHIBITION & Lunch
3.00 – 5.00	DISCUSSION SESSIONS (Parallel) – Tea/Coffee/Snacks Served
	Enabling Sustainable Digital Content Ecosystem		National ICT Policy for Digital Content and Creative Industries
	Panellists
	Paul Corney (Knowledge et al) Lena Elshiekh (Impact Hub Sudan) Osama Kheir (Zain Sudan) Mohamed Elhaj Elsheikh (LinksMR)		Taha Osman (Nottingham Trent U.) Ahmed Mohamed Abdelgadir (NIC) Mohamed Abdalla (U. of Khartoum) Israa Geneif (Sudatel Telcom Group)
5.00 – 6.00	Feedback from Discussions and the Way Forward Workshop Participants
7.00 – 9.30	SOCIAL PROGRAMME Evening at Sudan National Museum
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