Abstracts:

Delivering Information to Ethiopia and Beyond using Leading Edge Technology, Noah A. Samara, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WorldSpace Corporation

Restructuring of the Information and Communication Sector, Dr. David Souter, Executive Director, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

Using Knowledge for Development, Nicolas Gorjestani, Senior Adviser and Chief Knowledge & Learning Officer, Africa Region, World Bank

Responding to a New Challenge: The Case of Telecom Policy in Ethiopia, Samuel Kinde Kassegne, PhD, University of California at San Diego

Multipurpose Community Telecentre in Ethiopia: a case study, Abebe Chekol and Simon Ingram-Hill

ICTs in Ethiopia: An emphatic look at the infrastructure, Ato Asfaw Hailemariam, Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation

The challenges of developing localized applications: beyond the standards, Ato Gebreselassie G. Anenia- General Manager, Custor Computing

ICT Applications and the pivotal role of defending information requirements, Dr. Ahmed Kellow, Managing Director, NCR

Information Technology, its uses in the tourism industry,
Ato Mekonnen G/Egziabher, Instructor , Catering and Tourism Training Institute (CTTI)

Repositioning of the Ethiopian Airlines ICT Systems (case study), Mesfin Tasew- Chief Information Officer, Ethiopian Airlines

Knowledge Management in human resource and organisation development, Ato Abayneh Girma-HR/OD Manager, Action Aid Ethiopia

The Global Development Learning Network initiative: its potential in Ethiopia, Ato Berhanu Seboka, Ethiopian Civil Service College

Electronic business in Africa, Ethiopia and the developing world,
Mr. Ben Akoh-Acting Director, ICT Africa

Integrated planning Information System, a Basis for National Information, Ato Assefa Dagne-Managing Director, Cybersoft

The Role of IT in logistics solutions in Ethiopia, Ato Tekeste Berhan Habtu-Managing Director, Panafric Global

ICTs: learning to walk in Ethiopia, Hailu Abiebie-General Manager, HillMark Ethiopia

Virtual networking for a global R&D network on animal agriculture , M E Smalley, N Demers and J Smith, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia

Using ICTs to strengthen the teaching and research on animal agriculture in faculties of agriculture in African Universities - a case study M E Smalley and H Ibrahim International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),Ethiopia

Access and Utilization of ICTs: the case of distance education in Ethiopia, Lecturer, Ethiopian Civil Service College

Benefits and prerequisites of electronic commerce, Ato Teshome Kebede General Manager, Genuine Leather Craft P.L.C.

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, Dr. El Mostafa El Aouazi

Changing environment of ICT in the Ethiopian Agricultural Research, Organization, Ato Abebe Kirub and Ato Birhane Getahun

I-Borders, Carl Chaffee, SITA, Director of Airport Sales- Africa

Role of ICTs in alleviating poverty through women's empowerment, Sara Solomon, General Manager, Ethio-Syona Plc

Groupware - Enterprise Technologies, Ato Yishak Tadesse

Academic network-building in the area of ICT, Lars Asker
Stockholm University and 7 Cs WorldBridge AB

Distance Education in Ethiopia: from Reel Tape to Satellite
Radio - Ethiopian Media Agency (EMA)

ICT Policy and Strategic Initiatives: South African Experience of Relevance to Africa, Robert (Bob) Stephen Day, PhD, Executive Director of ICT

Women Resource Database: Experience at CERTWID,
Rahel Bekele, Assistant Professor, School of Information, Studies for Africa (SISA), Addis Ababa University

Bridging the gender digital divide - The UN experience, Emiliana Tapia Domínguez, UNV Gender Specialist, UNDP

Ethiopian Natural Resources And Environmental Meta-Database
(ENRAEMED: let's go together !), Dr. K.S. Thio

ICT Infrastructure in Africa, Mr Branislav Cika, ICT Africa PLC

Community Radio: the case of Sidama Community Development, Tsegaye Burako