Two Upcoming Conferences of Interest

[RWalker]

1. Bai Blyden presentation on Pan-African Energy grid

Brother Bai Blyden has informed me that he will be making a presentation on the generation of energy and power for the African regional power at an upcoming seminar (in June) ...as most of you know the Blyden family has a long history of Pan-African activity, particularly the most honored ancestor Edward Wilmot Blyden.

I have inserted the info on the seminar in which he will be participating for your information...if you have any comments, questions or observations you wish to direct to or share with brother Blyden please write to him a iblydeb@aol.com. He is always interested in sharing his ideas about the provision of energy for the continent of Africa...





Panel Session: Africa---Integrated Gas and Electricity
Transmission Planning in Power Generation and Energy
Development Benefits, and Developments in HVDC
Engineering Technology in Harnessing Large-Scale
Hydroelectric Sites for Interconnected Regional Power
Systems
(Tom Hammons, Pat Naidoo and Bai Blyden)

IEEE 2006 General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 18-22 June 2006
Sponsored by: International Practices for Energy Development and Power Generation
Chairs: Tom Hammons, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Pat Naidoo, ESKOM, South Africa
Bai Blyden, BBRM Investments, LLC, USA
Topic: Integrating New Sources of Energy in Power Systems

INTRODUCTION
This Panel Session will discuss integrated gas and electricity
transmission planning in power generation and energy
development with their benefits, and developments in HVDC
Engineering Technology in harnessing large-scale
hydroelectric sites for interconnected regional power systems.

This years panel session, as with previous sessions,
focuses on integrated gas and electricity planning, the present
status and future prospect of electricity infrastructure from the
viewpoint of generation and transmission development,
policies and lessons from global deregulation advances in
global research, and development (R&D) and strategies to
influence Africa’s integration into the Global transition to
knowledge-based economies.

Panel presentations will focus on regional power pool
examination as an economic development paradigm by
emphasizing the systems effects that lead to improving
economical, ecological and technological efficiencies by the
joint operation of power systems. The examination of these
models remains core to the strategies presented under these
panel sessions because of the focus they can provide to
influence wider institutional integration and in particular
academia where core mathematical and technical skill sets a
knowledge-based economy are developed.

Active projects such as the Westcor project representing
an initial phase of the large regional South African Power
Pool will showcase new milestones in HVDC technology
used to harness the large hydro potential contributing to the
pool. Presentations from CIGRE’s activities in Northern
Africa and the West African Power Pool’s central high
voltage transmission trunk development by the World
Bank will also be made.

The Panelists and Titles of their Presentations are:
1. Ahmed Faheem Zobaa, Cairo University, Egypt and
Pat Naidoo, Senior General Manager of Transmission
Company, ESKOM, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Electric Power Development and Trade, and Power
Sector Reform in Africa (paper 06GM 0043)

2. Lawrence Musaba, Coordination Centre Manager,
Southern African Power Pool, Harare, Zimbabwe; Pat
Naidoo, Senior General Manager of Transmission
Company, ESKOM, South Africa; and Alison
Chikova, System Studies Supervisor, Southern
African Power Pool, Harare, Zimbabwe. The
Southern Africa Power Pool Plan Development.
(paper 06GM1330)

3. Abedalgany Athamney, Research Associate, and
Wei-Jen Lee, Director, Energy Systems Research
Center, The University of Texas at Arlington.
Benefits of Facts Devices for Power Exchange among
Jordanian Interconnection with other Countries
(paper 06GM0352)

4. Frederick T. Sparrow and Brian H. Bowen. The
Impact of West Africa's Natural Gas Prices on
Energy Trade and Capacity Expansion (Invited
Discussion)

5. Bai K. Blyden, Engineering Consultant, BRM Group
LLC, Elk Grove, USA and Wei-Jen Lee, Director,
Energy Systems Research Center, University of
Texas at Arlington, USA. Modified Microgrid

2. Nepad Council Information Communication Conference

Immediately below you will find a message from the NepadCouncil on the upcoming May ICTeAfrica Conference. As you know I am NOT a big fan of Nepad...as far as I am concerned it is essentially just more of the same neo-colonialism...however I have elected to send this piece out as ICT (Information Communication Technology) is an important development prerequisite for Africa and the global African population. (Individuals such as Pres. Mbeki and some in his administration have tried to convince Africans that it is more important than the people and the land...which is patently false, but it is an important production factor.)
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Subj: ICTeAfrica 2006 Conference
Date: 01/25/2006 10:35:57 AM Central Standard Time
From: aphielix@nepadcouncil.org (Alida Phielix)
To: aphielix@nepadcouncil.org (aphielix@nepadcouncil.org)

File: CallforpapersICTeAfrica2006.zip (147373 bytes) DL Time (115200 bps): < 1 minute


Dear Sir/Madam,

Kindly see the attached Call for Participation and Final Call for Papers for the ICTe Africa 2006 Conference.

Final Call for Papers
May 17-21, 2006

Kenyatta, International Conference Centre (KICC)
NAIROBI, KENYA

The conference organizing committee for ICTe Africa 2006 is pleased to invite the submission of biographies of potential speakers and abstracts for presentations or publication on or before January 30 2006.

This conference and tutorial program will bring together engineers, scientists, developers, government leaders, corporate managers, educators, financiers and project representatives from all over Africa and abroad. The conference will be organized into one common plenary session and three tracks.


Important Dates:
Abstract submission: January 30, 2006
Full Paper and Tutorial submission: February 6, 2006
Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2006
Camera-ready paper: April 15, 2006

Contact us:


Conference and Tutorials
For all general questions about the conference and tutorials, please contact:
Miss Alida Phielix
Conference coordinator
NEPAD Council
aphielix@nepadcouncil.org
http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ICTeAfrica2006


To take advantage of our online early registration and save up to $100, please visit the registration site: https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/o...?eventcode=g1j





Final Call for Papers
May 17-21, 2006

Kenyatta, International Conference Centre (KICC)
NAIROBI, KENYA


The conference organizing committee for ICTe Africa 2006 is pleased to invite the submission of biographies of potential speakers and abstracts for presentations or publication on or before January 30 2006.
This conference and tutorial program will bring together engineers, scientists, developers, government leaders, corporate managers, educators, financiers and project representatives from all over Africa and abroad. The conference will be organized into one common plenary session and three tracks as follows:

· Plenary Session
o Opening Speeches
o State of the Industry
o State of African ICTs
o Where do we go from here?
· Policy and infrastructure projects
o World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) discussions
o ICT liberalization and privatization
o Convergence
o Fiber Optics terrestrial and submarine fiber optic projects
· Next generation networks
o Fiber optic networks
o Broadband networks
o Mobile networks
o Satellite networks
o Internet connectivity

· ICT Applications/Solutions
o Media development
o Voice over Internet
o Triple Play
o Education, Medicine, Government… solutions
o Solar Energy

Tutorials will cover the following topics:
· Fiber optics 101
· Internet protocol
· Broadband Internet networks
· GSM cellular
· VOIP


Instructions:

PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with (but not limited to):

Policy and infrastructure
Next generation networks
ICT Applications/SolutionsAll paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare the full paper following the IEEE paper format. Papers including text, figures and references must not exceed 10 pages.

The abstracts should be submitted with the following information:

Author’s name
Co-author(s)
Address
Company/organization
Telephone number
email address
Title of the paper or presentation
Relevant topic (from the areas listed above)
One or Two keywords (relating to the subject of the abstract) TUTORIALS:
Proposals submission should be in plain text or PDF format and should include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The cover sheet should specify:
1. The title of the tutorial
2. The length : a half day (3 hours plus breaks) or full day (6 hours plus breaks)
3. The intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced)
4. The complete contact information for the contact person and other presenters
5. A brief biography (max. 2 paragraphs) for each presenter
6. The audio/visual equipment needed for the presentation.
The extended abstract should be 4 to 6 pages, and should include an outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the course objectives and course materials.

Important Dates:
Abstract submission: January 30, 2006
Full Paper and Tutorial submission: February 6, 2006
Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2006
Camera-ready paper: April 15, 2006

Conference Committees

General Chair
Jabulani Dhliwayo
Senior VP/Science Technology & ICT Commission Chair – NEPAD Council
Corning Incorporated (USA)
jdhliwayo@nepadcouncil.org
+1 607-974-9807

General Vice Chair
Appolinaire Djikeng
President – NEPAD Council
Institute for Genomic Research (USA)
adjikeng@nepadcouncil.org
+1-301-795-7681

Finance Chair
Lynette Louw
VP of Finance and International Relations – NEPAD Council
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa)
Lynette.Louw@nmmu.ac.za>
+27- 41-504-3825

Technical Program Chair
Vincent Oria
Science Technology & ICT Co-Chair – NEPAD Council
New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
oria@homer.njit.edu

Technical Program Committee:
Guy Alain Amoussou, Humboldt State University, USA
Celestin Brou, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
Jabulani Dhliwayo, Corning Incorporated (USA)
Omar Fakih Hamad, Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (Korea)
Ousmane Koné, IRIT, France
Alexander Maphosa , Edward Mondlane University (Mozambique)
Vincent Oria, NJIT, USA
Fad Seydou, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Mark D. Vaugn, Corning Incorporated (USA)
Kokou Yetongnon, Université de Bourgogne, France
Qiang Zhong, Tyco Telecommunications (USA)


Advisory Committee

Eng. John Waweru
Director General – Communication Commission of Kenya

Mr. Alonso Azner
Communication Advisor for Estern Africa - UNESCO

Eng James Rege
Former Permanent Secretary – Kenya Ministry of Information and Communications

Dr. Grace Ongile
CEO – NEPAD Kenya (Kenya)

Ms Fauzi Abdi
ICT Specialist – NEPAD Kenya (Kenya)

Mr. Philip Kisia
Director – Kenyatta International Conference Center (Kenya)

Dr. Terry Kero
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA)

Mr. Akossi Akossi
Secretary General – Africa Telecommunication Union (Kenya)

Mr. Jan Nintemann
Director – Global Fairs TT-MESSE (Germany)

Dr. Blaise Dondji
VP – Coordinator of Commissions – NEPAD Council
Research Associate – Yale University (USA)

Dr. James Kajete
European Representative – NEPAD Council (Germany)

Contact us:

Conference and Tutorials

For more conference details, kindly visit the conference website, http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ICTeAfrica2006, or contact the conference secretary. Alida PhielixConference Secretary
NEPAD Council
Port Elizabeth, South AfricaE-mail: aphielix@nepadcouncil.org


Call for Participation
May 17-21, 2006

Kenyatta, International Conference Centre (KICC)
NAIROBI, KENYA
Conference Theme: ICT as a Vehicle for Sustainable Development in Africa


ICTe Africa is a continental event for the presentation of technologies appropriate to development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa and for the discussion of a broad range of challenges and potential relevant solutions to ICT development in the continent. The 2006 conference will feature presentations on next generation networks, ongoing and planned telecommunication infrastructure projects, Internet applications/solutions, rural telephony, ICT policies, and ICT financing and solar energy for powering rural networks. The event will also feature professional development courses in fiber optics, broadband access, VoIP and other emerging technologies. By working in collaboration with Global Fairs TT-MESSE, NEPAD Kenya, AfricaTelecommunications Union (ATU), IEEE Communication Society (COMSOC), NEPAD Council expects to attract Industry leaders, policy makers, financiers, leading engineers and scientists from Africa and the rest of the world. Plenary session key note speakers include: 1. Engineer John Waweru - Director General, Communication Commission ofKenya 2. Engineer James Rege - Former Permanent Secretary, Kenya Ministry of Information and Communication 3. Mr. Kai Wulff - Managing Director, Kenya Data Networks (Kenya) 4. Mr. Akossi Akossi - Secretary General, African Telecommunications Union (Africa) 5. Mr. Simon Olawo - Deputy Chief/Special Projects, EASSy Project (East Africa) 6. Dr. Tyrone Taborn - CEO, Career Communications (USA) To take advantage of our online early registration and save up to $100, please visit the registration site https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/o...?eventcode=g1j For more conference details, kindly visit the conference website, http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ICTeAfrica2006, or contact the conference secretary. Alida PhielixConference secretary
NEPAD Council
Port Elizabeth, South AfricaE-mail: aphielix@nepadcouncil.org