Events for week 18 (from 05-01-2006 to 05-07-2006)

Other : IST Africa

From 03 May 2006 till 05 May 2006
Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Focused on reducing the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa ("IST-Africa ") is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on reducing the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa. Complete information is available here.

Conference : Computers & Philosophy

From 03 May 2006 till 05 May 2006
Location: Le Mans University, Laval, France

Kaleidoscope member Colin Schmidt is the Chair of this conference.
Overview: Those interested in the study of philosophical problems and related technological applications are encouraged to participate. Philosophical, epistemological, theological and anthropological stances on the construction and use of machines, computers and Robots are of relevance to the conference.

Submission deadline for extended abstracts: Friday November 18 th 2005 
Conference web page: http://www.iut-laval.univ-lemans.fr/i-CaP_2006/

Workshop : Enhanced international and social access to the 'grandes écoles' via ICT

From 05 May 2006 till 06 May 2006
Location: Cergy-Pontoise, France
The 2006 ePrep International Workshop will be a unique opportunity to discover the latest intiatives taken by Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) teachers and establishments in the ICT field.

This year's theme is "enhanced international and social access to the 'grandes écoles' via ICT". 
http://www.eprep.org/2006_ePrep_Workshop.htm