{UAH} Technology Forum Program: Bridging the Digital Divide

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Register Now while seats are available 26th Annual UNAA Convention "Unity through Cultural Awareness" August 29th - August 31st, 2014 Hyatt Regency - La Jolla at Aventine (Official Hotel of the UNAA Convention) San Diego, CA UNAA San Diego Technology Forum: Bridging the Digital Divide    Sunday, August 31st 2014; 10am - 12pm San Diego UNAA 2014 Technology Forum Theme: Bridging the Digital Divide Date: Sunday, August 31st, 2014 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Room: Palatine AB   Tentative Program 10:00am - 10:05am    Welcome and Introductions 10:06am - 10.21am    Technology in Development - Prof. Charles Kwesiga                        10:24am - 10:39am    Rural IT - Dr. Robert Stephen Owor  10:42am - 10:52am    Computing Continuum - Dr. Novat Nintunze 10:55am - 11:10am    Social Media - Mr. Teddy Ruge 11:13am - 11:23am    Hi-Tech Culture - Mr. Fred Byabagye 11:25am - 11:35am    Emerging Technologies - Mr. Nicholas Wakou 11:40am - 12:00am    Q& A Panel 12:01pm - 12.10pm    Closing Remarks & Acknowledgements    Paper Guidelines Dr. Robert Stephen Owor o   Rural IT (15mins) Potential Commercialization Apps / User Interfaces Infrastructure Role of the Diaspora Mr. Teddy Ruge o     Social Media (15mins) Social Media tools and apps Social networking  as a business tool Disaster awareness and reporting Collaborative learning Prof. Charles Kwesiga o   Technology in Development in Uganda: the role of IT  (15mins) Technology as a catalyst for economic development The role of IT Success stories and examples IT Research Harnessing the skills in the Diaspora  Mr. Fred Byabagye o     Hi-tech Culture (10mins) Best-practices we can learn from the Silicon valley Culture of Customer support Innovation and risk taking Dr. Novat Nintunze o     Computing continuum : How does it fit with Africa (10mins) Moore's law Computing continuum - From PC's to Smart phones Technology transfer - from Diaspora to Africa How  African companies can jump into the Technology fray Mr. Nicholas Wakou   o     Emerging technologies: How Africa can benefit (10mins) Cloud computing Big Data analytics   Organizers                Eng. Nicholas Kissesi Wakou Principal Systems Engineer Dell Cloud Computing Solutions     Mr. Fred Kishwahili Byabagye Manager, Applications Engineering Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Embedded Solutions  Dr. Novat S. Nintunze, PhD Project Lead, Central Memory Organization Intel Corporation     Invited Speakers     Prof. Charles Kwesiga | Senior President Advisor Exec Director, Uganda Industrial Research Institute Chairman, Uganda Petroleum Institute   Dr. Robert Steven Owor | Albany State University, Albany GA Mr. TMS "Teddy" Ruge Communications Consultant, World Bank Co-Founder - Hive Colab and Remit.ug Social Media: Facebook:         www.facebook.com/UNAA01 Twitter:             www.twitter.com/unaaorg Google Plus:     www.google.com/+UnaaOrg LinkedIn:           www.linkedin.com/company/3488483    For UNAA membership convention information: UNAA Membership                    www.tinyurl.com/UNAAMember Convention Registration:             www.unaa.org/register-now Boat Cruise Registration:             www.unaa.org/dinner-cruise-registration   For UNAA hotel information:  Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine Tel: +1 888-421-1442 https://aws.passkey.com/g/20550633   Official Overflow Hotels of the 26th Annual UNAA Convention Sheraton La Jolla Hotel Tel: +1 (858) 453-5500 http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1959&language=en_US   Residence Inn San Diego La Jolla Tel: +1 (858) 587-1770 http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lajca-residence-inn-san-diego-la-jolla/   Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines Tel: +1 (858) 558-1500 http://www.hiltonlajollatorreypines.com   For convention and hotel information, visit www.unaa.org   Register Now and Save before the next Rate Increase UNAA Secretariat +1 855 873 8622 "United We Stand" Give us a call today! STAY CONNECTED            Register Now and Save before the next Rate Increase