WITFOR 2016

19September, 2016

Lero Director Mike Hinchey Takes Over as President of IFIP

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Lero Director Mike Hinchey Takes Over as President of IFIP
Monday 19 September 2016 – Professor Mike Hinchey has taken over as President of IFIP, the global professional association for the ICT industry. Professor Hinchey is a Director of Lero, the Irish software research centre, Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland […]

16September, 2016

IFIP World IT Forum Wraps Up with Call for Governments of Developing Nations to Manage the Impacts of Digital Disruption

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IFIP World IT Forum Wraps Up with Call for Governments of Developing Nations
to Manage the Impacts of Digital Disruption
 

Friday 16 September 2016 – The IFIP World IT Forum (WITFOR) 2016 concluded in San Jose, Costa Rica this week with calls for developing nations to take decisive action to prevent mass job losses as a […]

14September, 2016

Policy Leader Says Technology is the Solution for the Developing World

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Policy Leader Says Technology is the Solution for the Developing World
 

Wednesday 14 September 2016 – The IFIP World IT Forum (WITFOR) 2016 has been told that adopting technology is the key to solving the development challenges of productivity and innovation. In his keynote address at WITFOR 2016 in Costa Rica, Dr Robert Atkinson, founder and […]

30May, 2016

IFIP WITFOR 2016 Aligns Speaker Papers to UN’s SDGs

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The speaker line-up has been finalised for this year’s IFIP WITFOR (World IT Forum) event in Costa Rica, with a clear alignment between the selected topics and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

To be held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 12-14 September, WITFOR 2016 has taken the theme “ICT for Promoting Human Development […]

30May, 2016

IFIP Offers to Partner with Developing Nations to Achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

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IFIP Tells WSIS Forum 2016 of Plan to Help Countries Advance their Technology Capability

IFIP has invited developing nations to partner with it to build their technology expertise and capability.

IFIP President Leon Strous used his high level address to the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) Forum early this month to make the offer to countries […]

28April, 2016

IFIP World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2016 Attracts Global Response

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The IFIP World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2016 has received a global response to its Call for Papers with presenters from 23 different countries submitting papers for consideration.

With a focus on progressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), WITFOR 2016 brings together hundreds of senior policy-makers, ICT experts, representatives of NGOs and GOs, […]

27April, 2016

IFIP World IT Forum (WITFOR) 2016 Attracts Global Response

By |April 27th, 2016|IFIP, Young ICT Professionals|0 Comments

27 April 2016 – The IFIP World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2016 has received a global response to its Call for Papers with presenters from 23 different countries submitting papers for consideration.

With a focus on progressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), WITFOR 2016 brings together hundreds of senior policy-makers, ICT experts, representatives […]