PacINET 2007 Theme: National ICT Strategy Building

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Latest Articles about PacINET
• Comments about PacINET
• Call for Papers
• Speakers
• Agenda
  • List of Accepted Papers/Presentations and Speakers
  • Training @ PacINET
  • Conference Schedule
  • PacINET Forum
• Registration, Flights and accomodation
• Conference Centres
• Host Organising Committee
• Sponsors
  • Participants Funding
  • PICISOC Corporate Sponsors
  • PacINET 2007 Conference Sponsors

Introduction

PacINET 2007 is the Sixth Annual Conference and AGM of PICISOC.

PacINET is a regional conference for practitioners, developers, researchers and those interested in ICT from all sectors to exchange information on the system design, enabling technologies, and anecdotal experiences related to the use of ICT in the Pacific Islands.

Last year keynote speeches have been recorded on Video. They are viewable on this page They will give you an idea of PacINET.

Latest Articles about PacINET

Comments about PacINET

PacINET 2007 Comments

Call for Papers

The theme for the conference is National ICT Strategy Building

The PacINET conference is composed of several types of contributions including Paper Presentations, Demonstrations, Tutorials and Workshops, Panel Discussions and Invited Talks. Non-technical presentations may also be included where relevant, depending on merit.

It is anticipated there will be various sub-themes centred around the general conference theme and presentations may be made on topics of interest to ICT in the Pacific including (but not limited to):

Client-Server Computing	Computer Applications	Database Systems	e-Government
e-Health	GIS and Remote Sensing	Internet Security	Open Source Systems
Networking and Routing	Protocols and Standards	Risk Management	Rural/Remote Telecommunications

Presentation streams include (subject to change, visit our website for updates or contact us for more information, or if you are interested in an unlisted stream):

• e-Health Initiatives in the Pacific
• Building Connected Communities
• An Open Source World
• e-Government and the Pacific
• Internet: Safety, Security and Censorship
• ICT in Education
• The VoIP (R)Evolution
• IPv6
• Women in Technology
• New Media

Presenting a Paper

There are two (2) conference streams: Technical and Non-technical.

To register your interest in presenting please email PacINET 2007 Call for Papers with the Registration of Interest form available here:

RTF Version: Call for Papers PacINET2007.rtf (46.53 Kb)
PDF Version: Call for Papers PacINET2007.pdf (102.42 Kb)

You may also fax the completed form to +679 332 0800.

To seek further information, please contact email Rajnesh Singh on Tel: +679 332 0606 or Fax: +679 332 0800.

Important Dates

May 11th 2007	Deadline for Registrations of Interest
June 11th 2007	Notification of Acceptance
June 30th 2007	Schedule of Presentations finalised
July 22nd 2007	Schedule of Presentations published
August 14th - 24th 2007	Conference

Speakers

	Keynote Message (by video): * Dr. Vinton G. Cerf	Internet Pioneer - Chief Internet Evangelist, Google - Internet Society Founding President - ICANN Chairman - co-creator of TCP/IP
	Keynote Address:Dr Jimmie Rodgers	Director-General - Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
	John Crain	Chief Technology Officer - ICANN
	Bria McElroy	Director for International Relations for the Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) and member of the International Taskforce on Women and ICT Steering Committee
	Latif Ladid	Latif Ladid is the current President of the global IPv6 Forum. Latif is President of the IPv6 Forum, Chair of the European IPv6 Task Force, Emeritus Trustee of the Internet Society and an Independent Consultant. He is alo on the IPv6 Ready Logo Program Board and a Researcher on multiple European Commission Next Generation Technologies IST Projects.

See also List of Presenters

Last year keynote speeches have been recorded on Video. They will give you an idea of PacINET.

Agenda

List of Accepted Papers/Presentations and Speakers

See here: List of Presenters

Training @ PacINET

All PacINET sessions are free of charge, including all training and tutorial sessions
See here for training and tutorials available during PacINET: Training at PacINET

Conference Schedule

Conference: August 14-22
August 17: PICISOC AGM, Keynote Address, PacINET Forum

The PacINET 2007 Conference Schedule is available on the PacINET 2007 Agenda page here: PacINET2007Agenda

PacINET Forum

Topic ICT: A Catalyst for Development

Registration, Flights and accomodation

For registering to the conference as well as getting information on flights, visas and accomodation, please visit the PacINET2007 Registration page.

Conference Centres

FFA Conference Centre

Host Organising Committee

The Host Organising Commitee includes the following people supported by the PICISOC Board. For any enquiries contact The PICISOC Secretariat or the person listed closest to you!

• Christina Wini (PICISOC Board Member)
• Lynnold Wini
• Bryan Scott
• Norman Kapun
• Joy Papao

Sponsors

Participants Funding

• Pacific Internet Partners Partial Funding for Pacific Islands Participants

PICISOC Corporate Sponsors

• PATARA

PacINET 2007 Conference Sponsors

• SOPAC
• SPC
• PIP
• Forum Fisheries Agency
• Our Telekom
• Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

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