The Second International ICT Conference on E-Applications in Develooing Countries, Sudan

The Second International ICT Conference on E-Applications in Develooing Countries

The Second International ICT Conference on E-Applications in Developing Countries: Directins and Challenges was held in Sudan capital Khartoum in November 27-29. The started by Opening General Session. Several Sudan high government officials including Vice President, Dr. Elhag Adam Yousif, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Minister of Communication and Information Technology and Minister of Human Resources Development had welcome address to participants.

Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research noted that ministry is ready to start e-learning project and they will organize international conference on e-learning next month in order to get and share experience.
Minister of Communication and Information Technology noticed that today a lot of high qualified specialists in the area of ICT graduate from Sudan Universities. Sudan as the rest of the world will do their best to benefit from using of ICT technologies, to provide electronic government services to all citizens even to those who live in rural and remote areas. Moreover, according to minister, most of state universities and research institutes are interconnected with high speed Internet. In the near future this advantage will be provided to private universities also.
Vice President brought some statistics on ICT penetrition in Sudan. He said that there are more than 20 mln mobile phone users and more than 10 mln people in Sudan are using Internet. He olso mentioned about importance of e-government implementation for Sudan, as a lever for operational efficiency of governmental and platform of government services for remote regions. He also noteced that government and organizers will carefully analyze all recommendations and proposals of participants.

Conference was continued by Keynote Addresses of:

Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Sudan at center

Knowledge Society and Wisdom Governance Prof. Awad Hag Ali, Elneelian University
How to Build a Successful E-Government? Dr. Ahmed Elmohanadi, University of Qatar, Qatar
Challenges and Opportunities in Interoperating Information Systems, Prof. Bob Colombo, Australia
Integration of Cloud Computing into e-Applications for Developing Countries: Challenges and Future, Dr. Abdullahi Bin Gani, UM, Malysia

Behavioral Challenges for e-Government in Underdeveloped Countries, Prof. Izzeldin M. Osman , Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
Towards Good Governance Through Implementation of University Management Information System, Prof. Dr. Abzetdin Adamov, Qafqaz University, Azerbaijan
International Trends and Development in Technologies Supporting Developing and Emerging Countries, (Finding Collected when Organizing the United Nation’s World Summit Award from 2003 Till Today), Mr. Christian Bauer, WSA Co-Founder, Austria
Developing Kenya’s National e-Learning Center: A Multi Stakeholder Approach, Mr. Gakiria Andrew , National E-Learning Center, Kenya