The Joy of Sharing Knowledge
Pretoria, 5-7 February 2007
- The list of participants is closed by now. -
For an overview please consult the List of Participants
| Abdullahi, Ismail | |
| Affiliation: | North Carolina Central University |
| Paper: | Cultural Diversity, Globalization and Ethical Issues |
| Link: | North Carolina Central University School of Library and Information Sciences |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Agada, John | |
| Affiliation: | Emporia State University |
| Paper: | Promotion and protection of indigenous knowledge |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge |
| Albright, Kendra | |
| Affiliation: | The University of Sheffield |
| Paper: | AIDS and Culture: The Case for an African Information Identity |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of expression, Freedom of access to information |
| Asghari, Reza | |
| Affiliation: | University of Applied Sciences |
| Paper: | Information Society and Development Challanges in Africa |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | E-Government and related topics |
| Ben Abdeljelil, Jameleddine | |
| Affiliation: | University of Vienna |
| Paper: | Discourse of identity in North Africa between differences and universality |
| Link: | University Wien |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | North-South flow of information and information imperialism |
| Bennani, Azelarabe Lahkim | |
| Affiliation: | Faculté des Lettres Dhar Mehraz |
| Paper: | The metamorphose of the public sphere: The complementarity between Internet and mass-media in the e-World |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of expression, Freedom of access to information |
| Bester, Coetzee | |
| Affiliation: | Africa Institute for Leadership, Research and Development |
| Paper: | Connecting Africa to the World: The Ethical Dilemma of Creating Global Classrooms |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Bidima, Jean Godefroy | |
| Affiliation: | Tulane University |
| Paper: | Cosmopolitism, ethics and information in a globalized world: Africans interrogations |
| Link: | Tulane University |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Respect for human dignity - information based rights |
| Boekhorst, Albert | |
| Affiliation: | University of Amsterdam |
| Paper: | Information,Access and Imperialism |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | North-South flow of information and information imperialism |
| Bothma, Theo | |
| Affiliation: | University of Pretoria |
| Paper: | Using ICT to Connect Educational Institutions in South Africa and the United States: A Five-Year Case Study |
| Link: | University of Pretoria, Department of Information Science |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Brain draining in Africa |
| Bradshaw, York William | |
| Affiliation: | University of South Carolina Upstate |
| Paper: | Using ICT to Connect Educational Institutions in South Africa and the United States: A Five-Year Case Study |
| Link: | University of South Carolina Upstate |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Using ICT for a better life in Africa: case studies |
| Braman, Sandra | |
| Affiliation: | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Paper: | The Ourobouros of Intellectual Property: Ethics, Law, and Policy in Africa |
| Link: | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of access to information (IP legislation, open access movement, TRIPS) |
| Britz, Johannes | |
| Affiliation: | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Paper: | What statistics tell us about ethics: A case for African Information Ethics |
| Link: | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Caftori, Netiva | |
| Affiliation: | Northeastern Illinois University |
| Paper: | Computer ethics: the sharing of information |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Global security, human security, privacy, transparency |
| Capurro, Rafael | |
| Affiliation: | Stuttgart Media University |
| Paper: | Information Ethics for and from Africa |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Internet and exclusion (socio-political and economic exclusion) |
| Carbo, Toni | |
| Affiliation: | University of Pittsburgh |
| Paper: | Information Rights: Trust and Human Dignity in e-Government |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Respect for human dignity - information based rights |
| Claasen, Retha | |
| Affiliation: | University of Pretoria |
| Paper: | will only attend |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Coenen, Christopher | |
| Affiliation: | Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) |
| Paper: | Mainstreaming ethics in internet policies for development: Why and how? |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Internet and exclusion (socio-political and economic exclusion) |
| De Beer, Fanie | |
| Affiliation: | University of Pretoria |
| Paper: | Contemporary Africa in a globalising world |
| Link: | Department of Information Science University of Pretoria |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | North-South flow of information and information imperialism |
| Du Plessis, Jacques Christiaan | |
| Affiliation: | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Paper: | The Spirit of Open Access to Information as a Key Pillar to the African Renaissance |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of access to information (IP legislation, open access movement, TRIPS) |
| Ess, Charles | |
| Affiliation: | Drury University |
| Paper: | Intercultural information ethics: local traditions, cultural diversity, and ethical pluralism |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Fleissner, Peter | |
| Affiliation: | Vienna University of Technology |
| Paper: | On the ambivalence of ICT |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of expression, Freedom of access to information |
| Froehlich, Thomas | |
| Affiliation: | Kent State University |
| Paper: | What can feminist perspectives contribute to an African information ethics? |
| Link: | Kent State University |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Information wrongdoings, information corruption, information injustice |
| Frohmann, Bernd | |
| Affiliation: | University of Western Ontario |
| Paper: | The problem of local culture in International Information Ethics |
| Link: | University of Western Ontario |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Internet and exclusion (socio-political and economic exclusion) |
| Gathegi, John | |
| Affiliation: | Florida State University |
| Paper: | Intellectual property, traditional resources rights, and natural law: a clash of cultures |
| Link: | University of Western Ontario |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of access to information (IP legislation, open access movement, TRIPS) |
| Gopal, T V | |
| Affiliation: | Anna University Chennai |
| Paper: | Ethics in Deploying Data to make Wise Decisions |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Global security, human security, privacy, transparency |
| Himma, Ken | |
| Affiliation: | Seattle Pacific University |
| Paper: | The Information Gap, the Digital Divide, and the Obligations of Affluent Nations |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Brain draining in Africa |
| Hongladarom, Soraj | |
| Affiliation: | Chulalongkorn University |
| Paper: | Information Divide, Information Flow and Global Justice |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | North-South flow of information and information imperialism |
| Kaddu, Sarah | |
| Affiliation: | Makerere University |
| Paper: | Information Ethics: A Student´s Perspective |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Kaniki, Andrew | |
| Affiliation: | National Research Foundation, SA |
| Paper: | Foundations of Africa Information Ethics |
| Link: | National Research Foundation, SA |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Brain draining in Africa |
| Kanyandago, Peter | |
| Affiliation: | Uganda Martyrs University |
| Paper: | Indigenous knowledge and Cultural Diversity in a Global Context. An African Perspective |
| Link: | Institute of Ethics and Development Studies Director |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge |
| Kawooya, Dick | |
| Affiliation: | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Paper: | Copyright and Access to e-Resources in Africa's Education and Research Contexts: The Case of Selected Ugandan Institutions |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of access to information (IP legislation, open access movement, TRIPS) |
| Kigongo-Bukenya, Isaac | |
| Affiliation: | Makerere University |
| Paper: | Towards professionalism and comittment in Africa: The case for theory and practice of informaton ethics in Uganda |
| Link: | The University of Teneessee |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Respect for human dignity - information based rights |
| Koehler, Wallace | |
| Affiliation: | Valdosta State University |
| Paper: | Records Management, Africa, Development, and Information Ethics: A Ugandan Case Study |
| Link: | Valdosta State University |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Using ICT for a better life in Africa: case studies |
| Kwake, Alice | |
| Affiliation: | University of Zululand |
| Paper: | The feasibility of using ICTs for the development of rural women. Case studies of South Africa and Kenya |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Using ICT for a better life in Africa: case studies |
| Lor, Peter | |
| Affiliation: | International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |
| Paper: | International advocacy for information ethics: the role of IFLA |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | North-South flow of information and information imperialism |
| Löwstedt, Anthony | |
| Affiliation: | Webster University |
| Paper: | Cultural Diversity and Globalization |
| Link: | Biography at GPKA |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Lotter, Hennie | |
| Affiliation: | University of Johannesburg |
| Paper: | ICTs and Poverty |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Internet and exclusion (socio-political and economic exclusion) |
| Mabe, Jacob | |
| Affiliation: | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Paper: | Security Thought in Africa in the Context of Global Ethics |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Global security, human security, privacy, transparency |
| Maepa, Kgosi | |
| Affiliation: | ABSA-bank South Africa |
| Paper: | will only attend |
| Link: | ABSA-bank South Africa |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of expression, Freedom of access to information |
| Matovu, James | |
| Affiliation: | Makarere University |
| Paper: | Application Of Ethics In Management Information Systems For Public Administration In Uganda: The Case For Accreditation And Certification |
| Link: | ABSA-bank South Africa |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Information wrongdoings, information corruption, information injustice |
| Mchombu, Kingo | |
| Affiliation: | University of Namibia |
| Paper: | Libraries, literacy and poverty eradication in Africa. An assessment |
| Link: | University of Namibia |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Using ICT for a better life in Africa: case studies |
| Mesbahi, Mohamed | |
| Affiliation: | University of Mohamed V |
| Paper: | The Third World and the paradox of digital revolution |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Internet and exclusion (socio-political and economic exclusion) |
| Moahi, Kgomostso | |
| Affiliation: | University of Botswana |
| Paper: | Globalization, information society and implications for indigenous knowledge |
| Link: | University of Botswana |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge |
| Msuya, Jangwe | |
| Affiliation: | University of Dar es Salaam |
| Paper: | The Protection and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in Tanzania |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge |
| Nagenborg, Michael | |
| Affiliation: | University of Karlsruhe |
| Paper: | Designed Artificial Agents as Moral Beings |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Respect for human dignity - information based rights |
| Nath, Vikas | |
| Affiliation: | South Centre |
| Paper: | Moving on the path to Development of ICTs or ICTs for Development?Can local-sightedness solve this dilemma for Africa? |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | E-Government and related topics |
| Ngulube, Patrick | |
| Affiliation: | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| Paper: | E-government in Sub Saharan Africa: Its nature and accessibility |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | E-Government and related topics |
| Ocholla, Dennis | |
| Affiliation: | University of Zululand |
| Paper: | Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Development and Integration with Other Forms of Know ledge |
| Link: | University of Zululand |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Brain draining in Africa |
| Olinger, Hanno | |
| Affiliation: | Kumba Resources |
| Paper: | none |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Information wrongdoings, information corruption, information injustice t |
| Olivier, Martin | |
| Affiliation: | University of Pretoria |
| Paper: | Freedom and speech versus the treatment of HIV/AIDS in South Africa |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Respect for human dignity - information based rights |
| Onyancha, Omwoyo | |
| Affiliation: | University of Eastern Africa/University of Zululand |
| Paper: | E-governance in Eastern and Southern Africa: a webometric study of the governments' websites |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | E-Government and related topics |
| Pellegrini, Tassilo | |
| Affiliation: | Semantic Web School - Centre for Knowledge Tranfer |
| Paper: | Semantic Wikis - Building collaborative knowledge bases with semantic technologies |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Using ICT for a better life in Africa: case studies |
| Pimienta, Daniel | |
| Affiliation: | Networks and Development Foundation |
| Paper: | International cooperation in Information Society: a new paradigm centered in ethics and sensitive to cultural diversity is required |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Global security, human security, privacy, transparency |
| Ponelis, Shana | |
| Affiliation: | University of Pretoria |
| Paper: | Justice and the pricing of Information products and services |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of expression, Freedom of access to information |
| Seleti, Yonah | |
| Affiliation: | National Office on Indigenous Knowledge Systems |
| Paper: | Opportunities and Challenges in the Promotion and Protection of Indigenous Knowledge in South Africa |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge |
| Sturges, Paul | |
| Affiliation: | Loughborough University |
| Paper: | What is this absence called transparency? |
| Link: | Loughborough University |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Information wrongdoings, information corruption, information injustice |
| Suetzl, Wolfgang | |
| Affiliation: | Institute for New Culture Technologies |
| Paper: | Security or creativity? On the security/insecurity dilemma in bridging digital divides |
| Link: | Institute for New Culture Technologies |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Global security, human security, privacy, transparency |
| Udeani, Chibueze | |
| Affiliation: | University of Salzburg |
| Paper: | Cultural Diversity and Globalisation: An Intercultural Hermeneutical (African) Perspective |
| Link: | n/a |
| Topic Group: | Cultural diversity and globalization |
| Theme Group: | Cultural diversity and development |
| Weil, Felix | |
| Affiliation: | quiBiq.de |
| Paper: | Can you buy an African dream? |
| Link: | quiBiq.de |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Freedom of access to information (IP legislation, open access movement, TRIPS) |
| Wimmer, Franz | |
| Affiliation: | University of Vienna |
| Paper: | Does information politics contribute to 'cultural' development? |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Development, poverty and ICT |
| Theme Group: | Brain draining in Africa |
| Woodbury, Marsha | |
| Affiliation: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Paper: | Information Integrity in Africa: Exploring Information Corruption Issues |
| Link: | Personal Pages |
| Topic Group: | Foundations of African Information Ethics |
| Theme Group: | Information wrongdoings, information corruption, information injustice t |