Agenda
Kuh-ke-nah SMART International Gathering
Agenda
Please note: times are given in Central Standard Time (CST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For conversion to your local time, please go to the World Clock Meeting Planner http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html and use Winnipeg for Central Standard Time.
| TIME | EVENT | The opening and closing events are live videoconferences accessible through the conference website. All other events will be accessible through a phone conference and website format Webinar. The required dial-in numbers, pass codes and web addresses will be e-mailed to all registered participants. This communications format allows the greatest possible access for people worldwide working in Indigenous ICT development projects.
| 0930 – 1030 CST
1530 – 1630 GMT
| Opening
An interactive videoconference opening the conference involving Keewaytinook Okimakanak staff and our partners in ICT development. This event will also be webcast and accessible via the Gathering Home Page.
Windows Media - Broadband Video Archive - 300Kps
Quicktime - Broadband Video Archive - 300Kps
| 1100 – 1145 CST
1700 – 1745 GMT
| Keynote Address
Managing ICT Development from the ground up
North Spirit Lake e-Centre Manager Darlene Rae offers a personal overview of her work in ICT development in remote communities in Northern Ontario since 1995. View Archive
| 1330 –1500 CST
1930 – 2100 GMT
| Community e-Centre Managers Forum
What the SMART Project has meant in our community
This forum features e-Centre Managers Oscar Meekis, Madeleine Stoney, Raymond Mason, Darlene Rae, and Susan Owen who high light in video and slides the rollout and impact of the SMART project in each of their communities. View Archive
| 1500 – 1600 CST
2100 – 2200 GMT
| World-Wide ICT Community-based Projects
Attend either of these two presentations...
Using ICTs to strengthen the training of bilingual Mayan teachers: Lessons learned from Enlace Quiché. Domingo Camaja Santay and Andrew Lieberman. Enlace Quiche, Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala (Bilingüe en español y en ingles) View Archive
Computers in Homes
Kasmira Warbrooke and Melody Hare, Tuhoe Education Authority, Aotearoa, New Zealand View Archive
| 1600 – 1700 CST
2200 – 2300 GMT
| World-Wide ICT Community-based Projects
Attend either of these two presentations...
Cultural Repurposing and its Issues
Peter Radoll, PhD Candidate, Information Technology Department, Australian National University, staff - Information Systems School View Archive
Telecentro TIC Calamarca
Armando Lara Godoy, Operations Manager, AES Communications, SA, Bolivia and Gunter Zetesche, foundatino Eco Pueblo (Bilingüe en español y en ingles) View Archive |
Day Two March 18, 2004
Please note: times are given in Central Standard Time (CST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For conversion to your local time, please go to the World Clock Meeting Planner http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html and use Winnipeg for Central Standard Time.
| TIME | EVENT | The opening and closing events are live videoconferences accessible through the conference website. All other events will be accessible through a phone conference and website format Webinar. The required dial-in numbers, pass codes and web addresses will be e-mailed to all registered participants. This communications format allows the greatest possible access for people worldwide working in Indigenous ICT development projects.
| 0830 – 0930 CST
1430 – 1530 GMT
| World-Wide ICT Community-based Projects
Linking Transitional Maasai Villages to the Global Community
Lekoko Ole Sululu, Arusha, Tanzania View Presentation
| 0930 – 1015 CST
1530 – 1615 GMT
| Keynote Address
Bridging the Broadband Divide: Strategies for Rural and Developing Regions
Heather Hudson, Professor of Communications, University of San Francisco View Presentation
| 1045 – 1200 CST
1645 – 1800 GMT
| Kuh-ke-nah SMART Case Studies
Kuh-ke-nah Managers present case studies of two SMART services and talk about how they developed from a community need to a network-enabled application. Participants will choose one of the following:
The K-Net Story
Kuh-ke-nah Project Leader Brian Beaton examines the origins of K-Net as a First Nations tool for community development. View Archived Presentation
KO TeleHealth
Penny Carpenter, Health Director for Keewaytinook Okimakanak, describes how Telehealth services are addressing Indigenous health priorities in Ontario’s most remote and isolated communities View Presentation
| 1300 – 1415 CST
1900 – 2015 GMT
| Kuh-ke-nah SMART Case Studies
Kuh-ke-nah Managers present case studies of three SMART services and talk about how they developed from a community need to a network-enabled application. Participants will choose one of the following:
Keewaytinook Internet High School
KiHS Vice-Principal, Freda Kenny, engages the basic questions and conditions that stimulated the emergence and expansion of internet-based education for First Nations View Archived Presentation
Multimedia Services
Jesse Fiddler, Manager of Multimedia services at K-Net, summarizes how new media skills have been used to improve access to Indigenous language and culture. View Archived Presentation
Network Infrastructure
K-Net Network Manager, Dan Pellerin, discusses how K-Net built community-based priorities into the network’s design and functionality.
View Archived Presentation
| 1430 – 1600 CST
2030 – 2200 GMT
| Keewaytinook Okimakanak SMART Roundtable
Next steps
An interactive videoconference roundtable discussion with KO SMART proponents Chief John McKay, Geordi Kakepetum, Carl Seibel, Brian Beaton, and Jesse Fiddler, who outline their vision of the future in ICTs with a particular emphasis on how KO would like to share and market its SMART skills and knowledge. This event will also be webcast and accessible via the Gathering Home Page.
View the Archived Video Conference
| 1615 – 1630 CST
2215 – 2230 GMT
| Closing Prayer and Best Wishes from the Kuh-ke-nah SMART First Nations
An Elder will close the conference. This event will also be webcast and accessible via the Gathering Home Page.
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