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08.00 Registration and Coffee Delegates Assemble in Victoria Ballroom

09.00 Delegates to be seated in the Victoria Ballroom by 09.00 am sharp Delegates rise for Uganda's National Anthem Master of Ceremonies Fred OTUNNU, Head, Communications, Uganda Communications Commission

09.05 Welcome address by the Host Godfrey MUTABAZI, Executive Director, Uganda Communications Commission

09.10 Welcome Address by the Secretariat Prof. Tim UNWIN, Secretary General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

09.15 Ministerial Opening Address Hon. Ruhakana RUGUNDA, Minister of Information and Communication Technology Republic of Uganda

Day 1 – Monday 25th March 2013

Session I: e-Governance administration: policies, structures and frameworks

10:45 E-Governance Administration: Structures and Frameworks Keynote presentation: E-Gov readiness at the global and regional levels Vincenzo AQUARO Chief of E-Government Branch Public Administration and Development Management Division (DPADM) United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA)

10.15

Morning Refreshments and Networking Break in the Stables foyer

10.00 VIP Walkabout

10.40 Sponsor Opening Remarks Building sustainable e-government programmes to serve the people Howard XUE, Director of the Board, ZTE ICT Technologies

09.45 Group Photograph of International Delegates

11.00 Featured presentation: UNPACS: The Role of Institutional Frameworks and Leadership in e-Government Readiness in Africa

09.25 Address by the Chief Guest Right Hon. Patrick Amama MBABAZI, Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda

15.00 Sunday 24th March 2013 Accreditation & Early Registration begins in the foyer of Speke Resort

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Elida RECI, Africa Coordinator, Public Administration and Development Management United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA)

11.15 Panel discussion: Resolving issues limiting effective e-Governance administration in Africa • Who should e-Governance implementing

agencies report to: the PM/Presidency, the Ministry of ICT or Finance Ministry?

• Whole Government Approach: What are the

hindrances and challenges to inter-institutional collaboration?

• Institutional frameworks to overcome the

challenges in promoting the e-Gov agenda • Building awareness to drive adoption and use

of e-government services Panellists: • Hon. Jean Philbert NSENGIMANA,

Minister of Youth and ICTs, Rwanda • Hon. Sheka TARAWALIE, Deputy Minister

for Internal Affairs, Sierra Leone • Katherine GETAO, e-Government

Directorate, Presidency and Cabinet Affairs Office, Kenya

• Dr. Jabiri BAKARI, CEO, e-Government

Agency, Tanzania • Dr. Francis TUSUBIRA, National

Information Technology Authority, Uganda

• Vincenzo AQUARO, (DPADM), United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA)

12.00 Q & A

Session II: Enabling infrastructure for e-Governance – Issues and Challenges

12.15 Sponsor Presentation: Broadband connectivity for e-Service delivery • Dr. Shiv BAKSHI, Vice President,

Industry Relations, Ericsson

12.30 Featured Presentation: A Totally-Connected Government: The Zim-Connect Project • Alex MARUFU, Group Chief Operating

Officer, Twenty-third Century Systems • Solomon MHLANGA, Principal Director,

Modernisation Department, Office of the President and Cabinet, Zimbabwe

13.00 Exhibition Visit and Networking Lunch at Speke Resort Poolside

Session III: Big Data, Cloud infrastructure and public data management

14.00 Sponsor Presentation: National Registry: The backbone of a nation’s identification programme Matthias K. KOEHLER, Vice President and Head of Sales, Muehlbauer Cards and Tecurity

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14.15 Session Discussion: Making Cloud work for e-Governance in Africa • Public e-data infrastructure models to

accelerate e-Services • Security and privacy issues for government

data on the cloud • Organising public data through capture, and

trusted digital repositories • National Certification Authorities, Payment

Gateways and Public Key Infrastructure • Citizen credentialing, Biometric

Identification and e-Passports Session Moderator: Bob LYAZI, Director, Rural Communication Development Fund, UCC Panellists: • Dr. Anne THURSTON, International Records

Management Trust • Matthias K. KOEHLER, Vice President and

Head of Sales, Muehlbauer Cards and Security

• Raul ZAMBRANO, Democratic Governance

Group, UNDP Bureau for Development • Eric SINDEU, TRB, Cameroon

15.15 Workshop: Digital Data and E-Records as the Foundation for Transparency

Day 2 – Tuesday 26th March 2013

08.00 Registration and Coffee

09.30 Chairperson Opening Remarks Ms Mantai MURRY, Senior Consultant, Analysys Mason

Session IV: E-Justice, E-Health and E-Education: Framework and Technology

09.40 Featured Presentation: The State of Broadband Readiness for e-Gov in Africa Ms. Mantai MURRY, Senior Consultant, Analysys Mason

• Open Government and Trustworthy Records • Reliable records as evidence of government

accountability • Case studies from the Commonwealth • Assessing records readiness for Open Data Workshop Leader: Dr. Anne THURSTON, Director, International Records Management Trust

18.00 Welcome Cocktails

19.00 Entertainment hosted by Uganda Communications Commission at Infinity Poolside by Lake Victoria

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09.55 Addressing the e-Gov challenge: Simplify I.T. – An executive review from Africa Peter FUZES, Public Sector Leader, ECEMEA, Oracle Corporation

10.10 Sponsor Case Study: e-Education in Ethiopia—the benefits of a successful e-Education case in Ethiopia Joyce HOU, Chief Solution Manager for e-Government, ZTE

10.25 Session Presentation: Understanding the Key Drivers for embarking on e-Health programs Dr. Moretlo MOLEFI, Managing Director, Telemedicine Africa

10.40 Closing Remarks and Q&A

10.50 Morning Refreshments and Networking Break in Stables foyer

Session V: e-Governance at work: appropriate practice and solutions in Africa

11.15 Cloud Gabon – effective digital administration of public services • Armand LICHAMBANY, Digital Economy

Department, Gabon

11.30 Interoperability of national e-Governance services in Nigeria • Gerald ILUKWE, CEO, Galaxy Backbone,

Nigeria

12.00 Uganda: E-Gov to enable social transformation and economic development • James SAAKA, Executive Director, National

Information Technology Authority, Uganda

12.30 Exhibition Visit and Networking Lunch at Speke Resort Poolside

Session VI: M-Services: Fostering Service Innovation, Security and Privacy

13.30 Session Presentation: Ensuring security for socially-valued m-services: mobile money and mobile payment services Onajite REGHA, CEO, E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria

13.45 Featured Presentation: Issues, Strategies and Solutions for National Mobile Device Registration Timothy JASIONOWSKI, Vice President, Product Management, iconectiv

14.00 Panel Discussion: Stimulating Utilisation of mobile money and other m-services in Africa • Key determinants for the adoption of m-

government applications

11.45 Delivering secure, public-oriented e-Government facilities in Africa • Dr. Jabiri BAKARI, Chief Executive Officer,

Tanzanian e-Government Agency

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• Accessing ways to fast-track the adoption

and use of m-government services • Replicating the successes of m-money for

other public m-services in Africa • Ensuring fail-safe public key infrastructure

and payment gateways in Africa Panellists: • Onajite REGHA, CEO, E-Payment

Providers’ Association of Nigeria • Herman KASEKENDE, Managing Director,

Standard Chartered Bank, Uganda • Edith KABABURE, Centenary Bank,

Uganda • Timothy JASIONOWSKI, Vice President,

Product Management, iconectiv

14.30 Afternoon Refreshments and Networking Break in the Stables foyer

15.00 Tutorial on IP for E-Gov • AFRINIC and IP in Africa: the

numbers • How can Governments secure

resources for their networks • IP policy process for the region • How can AFRINIC help governments

in transition from v4 to v6

15.30 Government and Civil Society Perspectives • Impact of Open Data on countries and

the state of play in Africa (Kenya, Ghana, Uganda)

• How to implement an Open Data Initiative: Technical, Organisational and Legal Aspects

• Creating the ecosystem for a successful open data initiative

Workshop Leaders: • Carlos IGLESIAS, Open Data Advocate

and Senior Consultant, SB Consulting • Reinier BATTENBERG, Founder, Fruits

for Thought, Uganda

17.30 Networking Cocktails Sponsored by Oracle Corporation hosted in Stables Bar

19.30 Evening Reception Sponsored by ZTE at the Terrace of Marina Restaurant

Workshop Leaders: • Badru NTEGE, Chairman of the Board,

Afrinic • Ernest BYARUHANGA, Policy Manger,

Afrinic

Workshop on open data for open government

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08.00 Registration and Coffee

09.30 Chairperson Opening Remarks

09.35 Welcome Remarks by CTO

Session VII: Proof of concept in mobile Agriculture (m-Agriculture)

9:45 ICTs for Food Security in Uganda: Prospects and the Way Forward Daniel NINSIIMA Makerere University Agricultural Research

10.00 Learnings from Life Long Learning for Farmers (L3F), a Commonwealth of Learning Initiative Prof. Moses TENWYA, Director Makerere University Agricultural Research

10.15 Panel Discussion moderated by Daniel NINSIIMA • ICTs and Extension: A Government View • Spreading the Benefits of Crop Research

to Farmers • Market Information for Informed

Decisions • Empowering Info-mediaries in Rural

Communities

Day 3 – Wednesday 27th March 2013

• Prof. Moses TENYWA, Director, Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute, Uganda

• Mugisha BONIFACE, Chief Information

Officer, Agriculture Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (ATAAS) Project, Uganda

• Chris BUKENYA, Technical Services

Manager, National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), Uganda

• Christine NAMATOVU, Communications

Director, Lifecare Initiatives

Session IX: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for food security and land management in Africa: a mini-tutorial

11.15

Sponsor Presentation: GIS and remote-sensing for improved crop yields

11.30 Foster MENSAH, Executive Director, Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services, University of Ghana

12.15 Exhibition Visit and Networking Lunch at Speke Resort Poolside

Session X: Transformative effects of radio for Africa’s farms and farmers

13.15 Case-Study Presentation: Using radio to provide farmers with agriculture information and education • Kasooha ISMAEL, Producer, Kibaale Kagadi

Community Radio Station

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Day 4 – Thursday 28th March 2013

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Field Visit to Mukono for International Dele-gates, hosted by RCDF followed by an excursion Visit include trip to government school equipped for e-education & municipal hospital using e-records for outpatient management Buses depart Speke Resort at 8:30 am Buses return to Speke Resort at 5.00 pm

13.45 Farm Radio Live!

14.15 Farewell Address: Dr. Wilberforce KISEMBA-MUGERWA, Chairperson, National Planning Authority, Uganda

14.30 Closing Ceremony for e-Gov Africa 2013 • Godfrey MUTABAZI, Executive Director,

Uganda Communications Commission • Prof. Tim UNWIN, Secretary-General,

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

• Dr Francis F. TUSUBIRA, Chairperson,

National Information Technology Authority, Uganda

• Nyombi TEMBO, Deputy Minister for

ICT, Republic of Uganda • Sheka TARAWALIE, Deputy Minister of

Internal Affairs, Sierra Leone

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Close of Conference

15.15 Afternoon Refreshments and Networking Break