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CALL FOR PAPERS: THE FIFTH WEST AFRICA COMPUTING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING CONFERENCE AND EXPO, 17-18 MAY 2001, ACCRA, GHANA

AITEC WEST AFRICA 2001 is the region’s high profile international conference will chart and predict the increasingly rapid evolution in Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Computing sector, from both a technical and market perspective. It will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana. The overall theme is Tapping Information And Communications Technologies For West Africa Development.

Papers required on the following subjects:

E-GOVERNANCE

 1.Developing an E-governance Strategy

INTERNET, E-COMMERCE AND E-BUSINESS STREAM

 1.Defining and Developing an effective E-business model for your organisation

 2.Next Generation Internet Applications and Services

 3.Developing Corporate Security Strategies for your Business

 4.Establishing a E-commerce Infrastructure : A practical Approach

NETWORKING STREAM

1. Extending your reach : The role of Advanced Networking Solutions

2. Selecting the best Access Options for the last Mile

3.Creating Digital Cities for West Africa

TELECOMS STREAM

1.Third Generation Mobile Telephony

2.Taping into Telecommunications Business Opportunities in West Africa

3. Making WAP a Reality in West Africa

4.Strategies for Telecommunications supply to the rural Africa

5. Voice over the Internet

6.Technologies For Customer Care And Management

POLICY AND REGULATORY

1. Telecommunications Policy and Regulatory Framework in West Africa : Overview and Challenges of the future.

BROADCAST STREAM

1.Digital Broadcasting: New Services & Enabling Systems

2.Developing and Implementing an E-Broadcasting Strategy

3.Broadcast @Internet :Convergence in Television and the Internet

WORKSHOP STREAM

TRAINING WORKSHOP 1

Web site design and creation

TRAINING WORKSHOP 2

Creating E-commerce Sites

Presentation proposals for AITEC West Africa 2001 should be sent to Kwami Ahiabenu,II on kwami@aitecafrica.com  

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