IFHE 5th Africa Regional Conference
Theme: "The Family in the Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities”
International Conference on Business Innovation and Growth
African Digital Scholarship & Curation 2010
The rapid development of new and emerging technologies and services for information and knowledge management such as institutional repositories, cloud and grid computing, digital archiving and curation, Web 2.0 technologies among others are revolutionizing scholarship, publishing, and the storing and preservation of information. A different kind of student is also emerging (“the iPod generation”) with greater computer literacy and different kinds of expectations from the university experience. The deployment of powerful computers, high-speed networks, and large scale storage technologies has made the academic and research landscape increasingly dynamic. These transformations oblige us in academia, research and the general information service provision industry to seriously seek and develop strategies and solutions to effectively harness the new opportunities occasioned by these paradigm shifts while mitigating the challenges The 3-day conference organized under the joint banner of the University of Botswana and the University of Pretoria (South Africa) with co-funding from NeDICC (the Network of data and information curation centres) will address various issues of digital scholarship, digital curation and emerging technologies within the theme ‘Mapping and Demystifying Digital Scholarship: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities ‘ Papers well researched are welcome. All papers will be peer reviewed and selected ones will be published in a high impact international refereed journal.
International Conference on Bio-Energy
More than 70% of Africa's Population live in rural areas. Due to limited electricity infrastracture among developing countries, a huge population of the continent has no access to electricity grid. As direct result majority of rural communities in Africa particularly in Southern African Development Community (SADC) use bio-energy as their main sourse of energy. The situation has resulted in unsustainable environment that has triggered the effects of climate change through floods and droughts. This conference aims to address issues revolving around energy issues and challenges facing low-income households, small enterprices as well as institutions like public schools.
Attendance at this conference will enable to you to
a) Learn of the latest information about the use of bio-energy among the marginalised group
b) hear from the leading expects in the field of bio-energy
c) Present your research work
d). Network with wide delegations of international researchers with common interest and concerns in the area under review.
Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline 19th April 2010
Acceptance of abstarct deadline 17th May 2010
Final submission of papers deadline 19th July 2010
Peer review of papers 19th July to 13th September 2010
Conference 20 - 22 October 2010
3rd Africa Regional Congress of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
Maintenace of Engineering Infrastructure in Developing Countries
The objective of the Conference is to bring together professionals, researchers, industrialists and policy makers engaged in the provision, maintenance, services and repairs of various infrastructures to share knowledge, experiences, practical examples and sustainable practices on the Conference theme. It is envisioned that the Conference will further foster links and networks between public & private practitioners and the academe on maintenance issues and will create opportunities for collaboration in sustainable development of projects and services