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

1 Forum Registration

Speaker: KENET secretariat

2 Brief introductions of KENET MB, Staff and Forum Participants

Speaker: Mr Eric Sifuna- Head of Infrastructure, KENET

3 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

4 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 Health Break

KENET Secretariat

5 Cloud-based web conferencing platform for remote teaching

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

6 Lightning Talks + Panel discussion – R&E use cases of cloud-based member services

Speaker: Prof. Edwin Ataro, KENET Management Board Chair

7 KENET research cloud for compute and storage services.

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

8 Virtual lab for ICT staff/ Student’s development

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

9 LTK IoT Infrastructure for supporting research & education

Speaker: Ben Roberts, LTK Group CTO

10 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 Shared ERP in the Public Cloud – the case of CGIAR

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

12 VPNs for supporting multi-campus ERPs

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

13 Setting up a Disaster Recovery site at KENET

Speaker: Mr. Josphat Nzuki, CIO HELB

14 The new Research Licensing platform (supports paperless/electronic processing and Grant)

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

15 Higher Education ERP solutions for Africa

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

13:00 Group Photo and Lunch Break

KENET Secretariat

16 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

17 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

18 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

19 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

20 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

21 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

22 What is digital transDay 1 - Online Forum Evaluation formation of educational or research institutions?

Day 1 - Online Forum Evaluation

Speaker: KENET Secretariat

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

KENET Secretariat

Wednesday, 9 October

Forum Registration

KENET secretariat

Convener: KENET secretariat

23 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

24 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

25 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 Health Break

KENET Secretariat

26 Lightning Talks + Panel discussion - use cases of cloud-based transformation

10 Mins each

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

27 Setting up private cloud infrastructure in carrier-neutral data centers

10 Mins each

Speaker: (iColo.io)

28 The cloud for transformation of higher education institutions

10 Mins each

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

29 Adopting Open Science practices in Kenyan institutions

10 Mins each

Speaker: Dr. Caleb Kipkurui, Lecturer, JKUAT

30 KENET research & education cloud for collaboration

10 Mins each

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

31 Cloud Adoption Strategies at the University of Nairobi

Presentation + Q & A

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

32 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

33 Plenary session – Discussion on the way forward

Speaker: Prof Edwin Ataro, Chair, KENET Management Board

34 Vote of Thanks

Speaker: Janegrace Kinyanjui, University Librarian, Egerton University

35 Day 2 - Online Forum Evaluation

Speaker: KENET secretariat

13:00 Lunch