REFERENCE TO LAST YEARS PRESENTATION'

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NCS/NITPA GLOBAL IT SUMMIT 2003 CONFERENCE THEME
MESSAGE
BY
CHRIS UWAJE CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE ORGANISING
COMMITTEE
Welcome
THE GLOBAL IT SUMMIT IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND THE
ENGINE FOR NIGERIAS RESPONSE TO THE EMERGING
CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY.
Washington DC. Wednesday, March 12 - 15 2003.
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Theme Background

• Yesterday, we were told that Information is power
  Today, we know that ignorance is fast becoming
  synonymous with poverty and extinction!
• Globalization makes accessibility to information
  and knowledge mandatory especially in a democracy
• Relevance/Competitiveness in global markets
  would depend to a large extent on the
  availability of collaborative competent skills,
  resources, knowledge and information
  intelligence.
• Nigeria (under President Obasanjo) is determined
  to deploy ICT and compete favorably in the comity
  of nations.

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CONFERENCE THEME INTEGRATING NIGERIAS IT
MISSIONWITH GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY.

• OUR MISSION
• Our central mission within the context of this
  summit is to declare Nigerias intent to engage
  the global IT challenge and emerging
  opportunities, by harnessing our collective
  potentials and become a key player in the
  emerging Information Society.

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National Policy for Information Technology (IT)

• The conference theme is therefore reinforced by
  Nigerias Policy for Information Technology whose
  vision is
• Vision Statement
• To make Nigeria an IT capable country in Africa
  and a key player in the Information Society by
  the year 2005, using IT as the engine for
  sustainable development and global
  competitiveness.
• Mission Statement
• To USE IT for
• Education
• Creation of Wealth
• Poverty Eradication
• Job Creation.
• Global Competitiveness

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Deliverables DAY ONE - Wednesday March 12, 2003

• Theme Discovering our Opportunities and
  Resources
• FIRST, LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES
  AND RESOURCES RESIDE IN US! The following
  presentations are expected to highlight and
  justify the expectations embedded in the above
  theme.
• PRESENTATIONS BY NCS OTHERS
• Software Development Challenges in Nigeria By
  Pius Okigbo, ISPON
• State of Internet Development in Nigeria,
  Lanre Ajayi (ISPAN)
• Business Opportunities in Nigeria Prof. Oliver
  Osuagwu (FUTO)
• IT Challenges and Opportunities in Nigerian
  Education Sector, Prof. Charles Uwadia (Unilag)
• q Presentation by World Bank Africa Club (Sidi
  Jamah)
• q Presentation by Foundation for Democracy in
  Africa (Fred Oladende)
• q Presentation by Teachers Without Borders Aids
  Relief Foundation (Fred Mednick and/or Joy
  Tang)
• q Presentation by CBCF (Congressman Jefferson)
• q Presentation by DC Chamber of Commerce
  (Dominick Ntube )

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Deliverables DAY TWO Thursday March 13, 2003

• Theme Business Solutions in the Americas
• Guided by the fact that IT challenges and
  solutions are deeply rooted in the United States
  of America, we have come in search of such
  solutions and to confront the challenges therein.
  Again, we all gathered here today constitute a
  great chunk of those challenges and solutions to
  build a great nation within the context of global
  competitiveness.
• We are however conscious of the fact that our
  success will not be complete and meaningful,
  until we build a collaborative structure with the
  global Information and knowledge community. For
  this and other reasons, it has become a strategic
  imperative to seek and foster business
  collaboration with American IT Firms and in
  particular, Nigerian owned IT companies in the
  Americas.
• Corporate CEO Presentations on B2B
  Opportunities
• Hughes Corporation Telecom opportunities (Adam
  Kane)
• World Space Inc, VSAT Opportunities (Noah
  Samara, President)
• Coure Technologies ASP/ISP Solutions (Uche
  Onwudiwe, President)
• Airline Industry Telecom/Consulting Solutions
  (Shade Arowoselu, MCSE)
• Eke and Associates e-Government Solutions (Dan
  Eke, President).
• Verizon Systems Security Solutions (Chigbu
  , Odabi, Lambo
• NITPA Security Task Force and Global
  Experts)

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Deliverables DAY Three - Friday March 14, 2003

• Theme
• Developing Our Leadership Networks Capacity
  Building for our future
• Technical Meetings with Delegates on NITPA Tools
• Demonstration of NITPA members products
  (software, tools, etc)
• Business Round Table meetings (Develop areas of
  B2B collaboration)
• Executive Meeting on NITPA/NCS Collaboration
• Signing of NITPA/NCS MOU
• Dinner Banquet hosted by The George Washington
  University, 800 21st Street, NW Washington DC .

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Deliverables DAY FOUR Friday March 15, 2003

• Theme Building an Organizational Framework with
  Nigerians in Diaspora
• NITPA/NCS JOINT GENERAL MEETING (With rank and
  File)
• q Task Forces Presentations
• q Presentations by Members on Special Interest
• q General Discussions on
• NIGERIA SKILLSBANK AND NIGERIA IT WORLD PORTAL.
• JUNE 2003 NCS CONVENTION, ABUJA, NIGERIA.
• NIGERIA DISPORA DAY
• FOLLOWED BY
• q Project identification and announcements
• q Joint Press Release
• q Final Address by NCS Delegate Leaders
• q Vote of Thanks by NITPA E-Board Chair and
  members

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CONCLUSION

• Nigerian ICT stakeholders, particularly the
  youths, the civil society and to a great extent,
  the Obasanjo-led-administration are desirous and
  resolute on providing adequate access to
  Information Technology and the knowledge economy.
• Finally, I believe we are all gathered here
  today, to establish the collaborative building
  blocks for bridging our digital divide and
  enthrone knowledge-based society, built on smart
  government of integrity, openness and
  transparency. This can be done in collaboration
  and partnership with nations and businesses of
  like minds to achieve our collective objectives.

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Thank you,as you continue to empower Nigeria
with IT for global competitiveness.
Chris Uwaje Chairman Conference Organising
Committee ltuwajenet_at_nova.net.nggt
NCS AND NITPA