2019 Annual ICT Directors Forum

8 Oct 2019, 00:30 → 9 Oct 2019, 23:50 Africa/Nairobi

Nairobi

2019 Program for ICT Directors Forum - ICT directors version.docx

Tuesday, 8 October

08:00 → 08:30 Forum Registration

Speaker: KENET secretariat

08:30 → 09:00 Brief introductions of KENET MB, Staff and Forum Participants

Speaker: Mr Eric Sifuna- Head of Infrastructure, KENET

09:00 → 09:30 State of KENET National Broadband Network and Community Cloud Infrastructure

(20 min presentation + 10 min Q & A)

Speaker: Mr Kennedy Aseda – Ag. Chief Technology Officer

09:30 → 10:00 Measuring the Institutional readiness for cloud-based services – what are the key indicators?

(20 min presentation + 10 min Q & A)

Speaker: Prof. Meoli Kashorda Executive Director, KENET

10:00 → 10:30 Health Break

KENET Secretariat

10:30 → 10:35 Cloud-based web conferencing platform for remote teaching

Speaker: Charles Ogola, e IT Technician, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

10:30 → 11:30 Lightning Talks + Panel discussion – R&E use cases of cloud-based member services

Speaker: Prof. Edwin Ataro, KENET Management Board Chair

10:35 → 10:40 KENET research cloud for compute and storage services.

Speaker: Dr. Timothy Kamanu Kuria, School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi

10:40 → 10:45 Virtual lab for ICT staff/ Student’s development

Speaker: Mr. Abdi Rizaq, ICT Manager, Umma University

10:45 → 10:50 LTK IoT Infrastructure for supporting research & education

Speaker: Ben Roberts, LTK Group CTO

11:30 → 12:30 Lightning Talks + Panel discussion – ERP use cases of cloud-based member services

(20 min presentation +
10 min Q & A)

Speaker: Dr. Kiula Mwirigi, KENET Management Board member

11:30 → 11:35 Shared ERP in the Public Cloud – the case of CGIAR

Speaker: Mr. Ian Moore, former ICT director, ILRI/ICRAF and MB member

11:35 → 11:40 VPNs for supporting multi-campus ERPs

Speaker: - Mr. Ken Riany, Manager ICT, KMTC

11:40 → 11:45 Setting up a Disaster Recovery site at KENET

Speaker: Mr. Josphat Nzuki, CIO HELB

11:45 → 11:50 The new Research Licensing platform (supports paperless/electronic processing and Grant)

Speaker: Mr. Cyrus Kamau, Deputy Director, ICT, NACOSTI

12:30 → 13:00 Higher Education ERP solutions for Africa

Speaker: Mr. Michael Itotia, Business Development Manager, Adapt IT

13:00 → 14:15 Group Photo and Lunch Break

KENET Secretariat

14:15 → 15:00 Group 1: Operating a private cloud infrastructure for multicampus institutions – Total Cost of Ownership and ICT staff matters.

Operating a private cloud infrastructure for multicampus
institutions – Total Cost of Ownership and ICT staff
matters.

Speaker: Mr. Anthony Mbaabu, ICT Director, Kenyatta Universit

14:15 → 15:00 Group 2: Open-source software platforms for research & education institutions – what are the considerations

Open-source software platforms for research &
education institutions – what are the considerationss.

Speaker: Dr. Wanjiku Ng’ang’a, CSIS Research Associate, KENET

14:15 → 15:00 Group 3: Setting up disaster recovery sites for educational and research institutions – what are the challenges and costs

Setting up disaster recovery sites for educational
and research institutions – what are the challenges and
costs

Speaker: Dr. Mwirigi Kiula, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology

14:15 → 15:00 Group 3: Upgrading campus ICT infrastructures for cloud services

Setting up disaster recovery sites for educational
and research institutions – what are the challenges and
costs

Speaker: Ms Joyce Mwenja, ICT director, Meru University of Science & Technology

15:00 → 15:30 Panel discussion on institutional readiness for cloud services

Speakers: Mr. Ian Moore, former ICT director, ILRI/ICRAF and MB member, Mr. Michael Itotia, Business Development Manager, Adapt IT

15:30 → 16:00 What is digital transformation of educational or research institutions?

(20 minutes
presentation and 10
min Q & A)

Speaker: Dr. Lossan Bonde, IT Director and Lecturer, Adventist University of Africa

16:00 → 16:10 What is digital transDay 1 - Online Forum Evaluation formation of educational or research institutions?

Day 1 - Online Forum Evaluation

Speaker: KENET Secretariat

16:10 → 16:30 Health Break - 10 minute presentation by Silver Sponsor

KENET Secretariat

Wednesday, 9 October

08:00 → 08:30 Forum Registration

KENET secretariat

Convener: KENET secretariat

08:30 → 09:00 Online and blended learning content development, hosting and support frameworks – the case of Maseno University eCampus

20 minutes presentation
and Q & A

Speaker: Ms. Barbara Khavugwi, Instructional Designer, Maseno University eCampus

09:00 → 09:30 Catalyzing multi-disciplinary research through research mini-grants and research cloud services

(20 min presentation + 10
min Q & A)

Speaker: Prof. Meoli Kashorda Executive Director, KENET

09:30 → 10:00 Developing the Kenyan Digital Economy Strategy – digital skills pillar

(20 min presentation + 10
min Q & A)

Speaker: Prof. Jimmy Macharia, member of Taskforce developing the Kenya Digital Economy Strategy

10:00 → 10:30 Health Break

KENET Secretariat

10:30 → 11:30 Lightning Talks + Panel discussion - use cases of cloud-based transformation

10 Mins each

Speaker: Mrs. Karen Kibuchi, ICT Director, St. Paul’s University

10:30 → 10:40 Setting up private cloud infrastructure in carrier-neutral data centers

10 Mins each

Speaker: (iColo.io)

10:40 → 10:50 The cloud for transformation of higher education institutions

10 Mins each

Speaker: Mr. Michael Itotia, Business Development Manager, Adapt IT

10:50 → 11:00 Adopting Open Science practices in Kenyan institutions

10 Mins each

Speaker: Dr. Caleb Kipkurui, Lecturer, JKUAT

11:00 → 11:10 KENET research & education cloud for collaboration

10 Mins each

Speaker: Mr Osure Ronald Technical Lead, Research ICT Services, KENET (KENET)

11:30 → 11:50 Cloud Adoption Strategies at the University of Nairobi

Presentation + Q & A

Speaker: Mr. Paul Kariuki, Director, ICT Center, University of Nairobi

11:50 → 12:10 The Public Cloud for Teaching Machine Learning and Data Science in Africa

Presentation + Q & A

Speaker: Dr. Ciira Maina, Faculty, Electrical Engineering, DKUT and Trainer, Data Science Africa

12:10 → 12:45 Plenary session – Discussion on the way forward

Speaker: Prof Edwin Ataro, Chair, KENET Management Board

12:45 → 12:55 Vote of Thanks

Speaker: Janegrace Kinyanjui, University Librarian, Egerton University

12:55 → 13:00 Day 2 - Online Forum Evaluation

Speaker: KENET secretariat

13:00 → 14:15 Lunch