PacINET 2006

Talofa Lava, Samoa Welcomes You to PacINET: The Conference on ICT for the Pacific!!

PacINET 2006, Apia, Samoa 21-26 August 2006

Conference Broadcast

PacINET 2006 Meeting Room

Marratech is sponsoring for the duration of the conference an e-meeting room where you will be able to follow the presentations.
From Windows just click on the room link, it will get all the necessary software downloaded(10MB) otherwise go to the Marratech link and download the client (36MB), it includes the java runtime in case you don't have it yet.
Go in the SOPAC meeting room 1(64kb/s) after you have logged in

PacINET 2006 Theme: The Digital Pacific

Latest Articles about PacINET
Comments about PacINET
Introduction
Call for Papers
- Speakers
Agenda
- Conference Schedule
- PacINET Forum
Registration, Flights and accomodation
Conference Centres
Host Organising Committee
Sponsors

Latest Articles about PacINET

Internet Pioneer urges Pacific Islanders to face Internet Challenges at PacINET
By: Franck Martin on: Tue 08 of Apr., 2008 21:05 PDT (16681 reads)

Dr Vinton G. Cerf, a co-founder and creator of the Internet, has urged Pacific islanders to rise to the challenges and opportunities that the Internet provides to the Pacific and the world.

"The Internet is one of the most valuable contemporary tools for linking to the world-wide community for business, education, cultural exchange and travel. No one has a "corner" on creativity and the Pacific Island populations should have equal footing in the cyber world where they can leverage their own, unique talents.", said Dr Cerf.

His message, now available on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHO9VWUXDlA), comes ahead of this year’s PacINET, the Pacific’s leading annual I CT conference organised by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC).

PacINET 2008 is scheduled to kick off in Cook Islands in September (www.picisoc.org).

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Dr Jimmie Rogers announces RICS and SPIN initiatives at PacINET 2007
By: Franck Martin on: Sat 01 of Sep., 2007 21:15 PDT (35231 reads)

Dr Jimmie Rogers, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) announced in Honiara, Solomon Islands, two major initiatives for Internet connectivity for the Pacific Islands during PacINET 2007, the leading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) conference organised every year by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC).

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PacINET 2007 – A quick review
By: Franck Martin on: Mon 27 of Aug., 2007 20:40 PDT (39097 reads)

PacINET 2007 has just finished in Honiara, Solomon Islands. PacINET is organised every year by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC).

PacINET is the prime event in the region in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and this year, it has proven an even bigger success.

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PacINET 2006 Comments

Introduction

PacINET 2006 is the Fifth 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.

The 2006 conference is being hosted by Samoa Information Technology Society after their bid was selected via a voting process during the PICISOC 2005 AGM.

Call for Papers

The theme for the conference is “The Digital Pacific”.

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
Windows Server Networking
The VoIP (R)Evolution

Presenting a Paper

To register your interest in presenting please email PacINET 2006 Call for Papers with the title of your presentation and an abstract not exceeding 150 words.

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

Important Dates

April 30th 2006	Deadline for Registrations of Interest
May 31st 2006	Notification of Acceptance
June 30th 2006	Schedule of Presentations finalised
July 22nd 2006	Schedule of Presentations published
August 21st - 26th 2006	Conference

A PDF version of the Call for Papers can be downloaded here (98.90 Kb).

Speakers

	Keynote Address: * Dr. Vinton G. Cerf	Internet Pioneer - Chief Internet Evangelist, Google - Internet Society Founding President - ICANN Chairman - co-creator of TCP/IP
	Hon. Sailele Malielegaoi Tuila'epa	Prime Minister of Samoa
	Dr Jimmie Rodgers	Director-General - Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
	Prof. Kenji Saga	Pacific Islands Digital Opportunity Committee - The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund, Research Fellow - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NiCT) Japan
	Désirée Miloshevic	Adviser International Affairs & Policy Dev, Afilias Limited, Internet Society Board Trustee, Special Adviser to the Chair of Internet Governance Forum
	John Crain	Chief Technology Officer - ICANN

Agenda

Conference: August 21, 22, 24, 25, 26
PICISOC AGM, Keynote Address, Forum: August 23

The full Agenda is available here: PacINET2006Agenda

Conference Schedule

The PacINET 2006 Conference Schedule is available on the PacINET 2006 Agenda page here: PacINET2006Agenda

PacINET Forum

Building the Digital Pacific

Registration, Flights and accomodation

For registering to the conference as well as getting information on flights, visas and accomodation, please visit the PacINET2006 Registration page.

Conference Centres

SamoaTel Monday 21st - Saturday 26th except Wednesday 23rd

National University of Samoa Wednesday 23rd

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!