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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091104
SUMMARY:Open Access 2009
LOCATION:Accra\, Ghana
URL:http://www.wideopenaccess.net/
DESCRIPTION:Harnessing the rapid growth of fibre infrastructure for Social 
 Economic Development.\n\nThe University of Ghana\, Legon in collaboration w
 ith The Royal Swedish Institute of Technology (KTH) and Ghana Academic and 
 Research Network (GARNET) will host the 7th International Conference on Ope
 n Access in Accra Ghana from 2nd to 3rd November 2009. There will be a prel
 iminary meeting on the 1st November\, 2009 ushering the OA conference\, and
  will focus on Regional Research Education Networks (RRENs) \, by bringing 
 together key players in West and Central African Universities and other par
 ticipants who may share their experience in forming RRENs\; it is expected 
 that this meeting will lead to the formation of the West and Central Africa
 n Research Education Network (WACREN).\n\nYou are invited to share experien
 ces\, plans or hypotheses under validation on the following themes and sub 
 themes:\n\nICT Infrastructure\n\n    *\n      Emerging communication infras
 tructures (local\, national and regional)\n    *\n      Network architectur
 es (backbones and Access Networks)\n    *\n      Alternative source of powe
 r supply\n    *\n      Technical Solutions (for First Mile & Last Mile conn
 ectivity\n\nStrategic ICT Leadership\n\n    *\n      Integrating ICT in Nat
 ional Registration\, and democratic process\, services and productive activ
 ities\n    *\n      ICT governance\n\nUniversal Access\n\n    *\n      Rese
 arch and Educational Institutions\n    *\n      ICT Quality Management & Ac
 creditation\n    *\n      Rural Development Solutions\n    *\n      Informa
 tion & Knowledge centers\n    *\n      Universal Access Fund\n    *\n      
 Accessibility for people with Special Needs\n\nPolicy and Social implicatio
 ns\n\n    *\n      Legal and Regulatory framework\n    *\n      Information
  Security\n    *\n      The role of ICT on gender socio-economic empowermen
 t\n    *\n      E-government\, E-Inclusion and Local Administration\n    *\
 n      Challenges & Opportunities\n\nICT Usage\n\n    *\n      Productive S
 ector\; Service Sector\n    *\n      Public service\; Local content & Acces
 s\n    *\n      Local Content Access\, Archiving and Retrieval\n\nOpen Sour
 ce\, Media and ICT\n\n    * Policy & Regulatory issues on Education & Train
 ing\n    * Software\, Content and language\n    * Curriculum Development an
 d Quality Control\n    * Community Broadcasting Radios\, Newspapers & Magaz
 ines.\n\nICT Entrepreneurship & Supply Chains\n\n    *\n      Different Bus
 iness models to create sustainability\n    *\n      Financing models for IC
 T in developing countries\n\nMobile Technology\n\n    *\n      M-Applicatio
 ns in Agriculture\, Health\, Banking  & Education\n    *\n      First Mile 
 and Last Mile Access\n\nMore: https://nsrc.org/calendar/helpfiles/workshop_
 info_main.php?id=504
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