First Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum set for Brussels

Attendees will be given the opportunity to:

• Network with key stakeholders in the field (private and public)
  
• Identify potential co-operation partners
  
• Learn more about the “EU-AU Partnership on Science, ICT and Space” (the 8th Partnership) and the EC/AUC programmes
  
• Hear about opportunities to enhance African participation in FP7
  
• Learn more about successful EU-African FP7 co-operation projects and EU-African PPP (public-private partnerships)

Keynote speakers confirmed to date include:

• Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media (DG INFSO)
  
• Sally Kosgey, Minister of Higher Education Science and Technology, Kenya
  
• Goundé Désiré Adadja, Minister of ICT, Benin
  
• Ham Musaka Mulira, Minister of Communication and ICT, Uganda
  
• Abdul-Hakim Elwaer, Director, Directorate of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST), African Union Commission (AUC)
  
• Aïda Opoku-Mensah, Director, ICT and Science and Technology Division, UNECA, Ethiopia
  
• Maurice Tchuente, Former S&T Minister, Cameroon / Director of Research, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), France / Professor, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
  
• David Kanamugire, Director General in President's Office in Charge of Information Communication Technologies, Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research, Rwanda
  
• Luis T. Magalhães, President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC), Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
  
• Ilari Lindy, Adviser, Information Society for Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
  
• Jean-François Girard, President, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France
  
• Gabriel Solomon, Senior Vice President, GSM Association, United Kingdom
  
• Philippe Kuhutama Mawoko, NEPAD Office of Science & Technology, South Africa

European Commission's officials:

• Jean-François Soupizet, Head of Unit A4, International Relations (DG INFSO)
  
• Konstantinos Glinos, Head of Unit of GEANT & eInfrastructures (DG INFSO)
  
• Alessandro Damiani, Head of Unit, International Dimension of the Framework Programme (DG RESEARCH)
  
• Stefano Manservisi, Director General, Directorate-General Development (DG DEV)

• The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Switzerland

Download the full agenda here.

For more information visit http://euroafrica-ict.org.