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Parallel Sessions Schedule
| Parallel sessions of the Environment Commission |
| Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Parallel 1: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Building and maintaining infrastructure, highly qualified personnel |
| Session chair: Professor. Dave Swayne, University of Guelph, Canada |
| Environmental Commission keynote , Dr. Tewoldeberhan Gebre Egziabhere Director General, Federal Environmental Protection Authority of Ethiopia. Information Communication Technology for Environmental Management |
| ICT and GIS for Early Warning Systems in El Salvador, Sr. Giovanni Molina, Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales, El Salvador Modeling Soil And Nutrients Loading Into Lake Victoria, Majaliwa Mwanjalolo Jackson-Gilbert Makerere University, Uganda |
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 10.45-12.15 |
| Parallel 2: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Appropriate environmental ICT technologies |
| Session chair: Mr. Tesfaye Woldeyes, Environmental Protection Authority, Ethiopia |
| "the WaterBase Project", Chris George, United Nations University, Macau |
| L'utilisation des NTIC pour le changement des comportements des populations en milieu rural dans le domaine de l'hygiene de l'eau et l'assainissement (Use of ICT for modification of the practises of rural populations in the use of water for hygiene and cleaning applications). Ouédraogo M. Paulin ,Sahel Solidarité, Burkina Fasso Application of Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) to reduce erosion in Northern Ethiopia, Professor Zerihune Woldu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 14.00 - 15.30 |
Parallel 3: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Priority of issues (climate change, water needs, air quality, relative impacts on employment, well-being). |
| Session chair: Session chair: Professor Mieso Denko, University of Guelph-Humber, Canada Learning Environmental Sustainability through Local Participation, Professor Knut Erik Solem, NTNU Trondheim, Norway Environmental ICT needs among small community groups: a First Nations perspective. Lindsay Marshall, former Chief, Membertou Mi'kmaq First Nations Band, Canada Assessment of flood risk in Dire Dawa town, Eastern Ethiopia using GIS and RS, Professor Dagnachew Legesse, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
| Learning Environmental Sustainability through Local Participation, Professor Knut Erik Solem, NTNU Trondheim, Norway |
| Assessment of flood risk in Dire Dawa town, Eastern Ethiopia using GIS and RS, Professor Dagnachew Legesse, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Parallel 4: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Accessibility to ICT infrastructure, web |
| Session chair: Professor. Dave Swayne, University of Guelph, Canada |
| Up-to-date assessment of ICT infrastructure available to Environment, Professor Mieso Denko, Guelph University, Canada |
| Ontologies for meaningful and shareable environmental information: research experiences in Brazil, Dr. Virginia Brilhante, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil |
