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Dear et al,
The e-Nigeria is an annual international conference on Information and Communication (ICT) organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Federal Ministry of Science & Technology. The conference brings together Information Technology professionals at home and in the Diaspora to brainstorm on issues in ICT development in the sub-sector and how it can be used for the socio-economic development of Nigeria. The conference will provide an opportunity for industry participants in the ICT sector to discuss and develop actionable strategies that could be implemented at the highest level of government. It will also provide an opportunity for vendors and producers of goods and services in the ICT sector to showcase their products. This year, the focus on is software development as an industry and its role in economic growth bearing in mind the effect of the industry on the global economy especially in such areas as banking, telecommunications, oil & gas, education, insurance and institutions.
The theme for the 2007 edition of e-Nigeria is “Software Development and its Application in the Nigerian Economy” and the objectives are:
- To promote the benefits of the use of indigenous software in all sectors of the Nigerian economy
- To enlighten software practitioners on the potentials of the software industry in Nigeria
- To promote research and development in software in Nigeria , including its application to handheld electronics drive
- To outline government incentives for patronage of indigenous software
- Discuss policy issues relating to standardization and regulation of software development and uses in Nigeria and
- To review the status of the implementation of the FGN/Microsoft Software Licensing Agreement with Microsoft Corporation and the benefits to Ministries.
Date: 30th October - 1st November 2007
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm daily
Venue: ECOWAS Commission Conference Hall
The sub-theme for the 2007 are as follows:
a. Software standards and testing
b. Role of government in software development
c.
Outsourcing and software development in Nigeria
d. E-Commerce and security issues
e. Promoting investment in the Nigerian software industry
f. IPR anf software development in Nigeria
g. The open source factor in software development.
The e-Nigeria 2007 event shall, in particular, provide an appropriate forum for the discussing and sharing the benefits of the Microsoft License Agreement to the MDAs, and to expose the MDAs to software solutions that could boost their productivity and improve their services delivery.
The e-Nigeria Youth Forum will provide opportunity for interaction, networking, training, hands-on experience, panel discussion, and show-casing best practices in software innovation.
You are hereby invited to participate in the Youth Forum by sending in your application.
For further enquiries or clarification please contact the undersigned at the e-Nigeria Secretariat, NITDA, No 28, Port Harcourt Crescent, Off Gimbiya Street, Area 11, Garki - Abuja. You can also reach him by phone on 080 30 90 84 00 or ralphgoldenace@...
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