PacINET 2008 Theme: ICT For Quality of Life

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
  • CISSP Certification
  • Conference Schedule
  • PacINET Forum
  • WSA Road Show
• Registration, Flights and accommodation
• Conference Centres
• Host Organising Committee
• Sponsors
  • Participants Funding
  • PICISOC Corporate Sponsors
  • PacINET 2008 Conference Sponsors

Introduction

PacINET 2008 is the Seventh 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 2008 Comments

Call for Papers

The theme for the conference is ICT for Quality of Life

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 2008 Call for Papers with the Registration of Interest form available here:

• Call for Papers PacINET2008.pdf (78.25 Kb)
• Call for Papers PacINET2008.rtf (32.14 Kb)

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

To seek further information, please contact email Franck Martin on Tel: +679 927 5233 or Fax: +679 332 0800 or skype: franckhlmartin

Important Dates

May 11th 2008	Deadline for Registrations of Interest
June 16th 2008	Notification of Acceptance
June 30th 2008	Schedule of Presentations finalised
July 21std 2008	Schedule of Presentations published
September 1st - 5th 2008	Conference

Speakers

	Hon Jim Marurai Prime Minister of Cook Islands
	Prof. Howard A. Schmidt CISSP, CISM (Hon.), (ISC)² Security Strategist and Former White House Cyber Security Advisor
	Dr Hyeun-Suk Rhee Hyeun-Suk Rhee is the Director of United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT). Prior to UN-APCICT, She served as a professor for two major universities in the United States of America: Georgia Tech and University of Texas at Dallas. She also served as Chief at the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA).
	Dr Jimmie Rodgers Director-General - Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
	Dr Bhashkar Rao Deputy Director SOPAC
	Al Blake Director, Technology Improvement Unit, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia

See also List of Presenters

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

Agenda

PacINET 2008 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

CISSP Certification

A CISSP Exam will be conducted by (ISC)² on Saturday 6th September at the EdgeWater Resort.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is an independent information security certification governed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (commonly known as (ISC)²). As of April 11, 2007, (ISC)² has reported certifying 48,598 information security professionals in more than 120 countries. In June, 2004, the CISSP program earned the ANSI ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2003 accreditation, the first IT certification to have done so. It is formally approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in both their Information Assurance Technical (IAT) and Managerial (IAM) categories. The CISSP has been adopted as a baseline for the U.S. National Security Agency's ISSEP program, which further extends the CISSP significantly (From Wikipedia).

You need to register with (ISC)² to attend this exam. All Exam participants can attend all PacINET 2008 activities (there are no registration fees for PacINET), but try to register to PacINET 2008

• Examination Info
• Examination Registration

Conference Schedule

Conference: September 1st-5th
September3rd: PICISOC AGM, Keynote Address, PacINET Forum

The PacINET 2008 Conference Schedule is available on the PacINET 2008 Agenda page here: PacINET2008Agenda

PacINET Forum

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WSA Road Show

THE WORLD SUMMIT AWARD ROAD SHOW What is it and what does it offer.
In September 2007, the 40 best examples of high quality e-Content from 168 countries were again selected by the WSA Grand Jury, held on the invitation of the Government of Croatia on the Island of Brijuni. In the framework of this world wide selection process two important assets have been generated: The right to showcase the world's most outstanding best practice examples of high-quality e-Content. Anju Manjal would participate as the demonstrater of the FIJI winning application from 2007.
Also THE WORLD SUMMIT AWARD ROAD Call for submissions - What is it and what does it offer.
WSA 2009 Timeframe
National contests/pre-selections: April – November 08
WSA contest 09 registration start: 1 December 08
Registration deadline: 30 January 09
Products check-in: 1 – 28 February 09
Grand Jury 05: 15 – 30 March 09
Winners Gala, Tunis: May 09

Registration, Flights and accommodation

For registering to the conference as well as getting information on flights, visas and accommodation, please visit the PacINET2008 Registration page.
There are no registration fees to PacINET 2008

Conference Centres

National Auditorium in Avarua, Rarotonga

Host Organising Committee

The Host Organising Committee includes the following people supported by the PICISOC Board. For any enquiries contact The PacINET 2008 organisation committee:

Maureen Hilyard	Chair local organisation committee & Sponsorship
Rex Valoa	Venues
Aporo Kirikava	Telecommunications
Emma Dean	Accommodation
Anaseini Pokino	Media & Communications
Maveni Kaufononga	Ceremonies

Sponsors

Participants Funding

• Pacific Internet Partners

PICISOC Corporate Sponsors

• PATARA

PacINET 2008 Conference Sponsors

• SOPAC
• PIP
• ISC2

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