Dear Listers, You are most welcome to the Nairobi Innovation Week being held next week from 6th to 10th March. More details can be found on: http://innovationweek.co.ke/ I am specifically also inviting you to a panel discussion on the National Innovation Policy on Thursday 9th at 11.40 am, for which I am the moderator. Details of this panel are shown below. *Panel 4: Kenya’s Innovation Policy* There is an STI policy which is still in draft form and which was the basis of the STI Act. The Act created the necessary institutional framework and almost all the institutions are operational. There is also visible innovation work going on in various ministries. What are the key elements of the policy framework that we need to create? How do we create this policy framework? How do we re-arrange the existing institutional framework for more effective coordination, while ensuring collaboration and exploitation of synergies? *Moderator * - Prof. Timothy Waema, UoN *Panelists* - Julius Korir, PS, State Department for Investment and Industr <http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.php/top-management/principal-secretaries/state-department-for-investment-and-industry> y - Eng. Victor Kyalo – PS, ICT and Innovation - Dr. Salome Gachu – Ag. CEO KENIA - Dr. Jemimah Onsare – Ag. CEO NRF - Nicholas Nesbitt, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa - Louis Otieno – Microsoft Africa Kind regards, T. Mwololo Waema | Professor of Information Systems | School of Computing & Informatics | University of Nairobi | PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi | @timwololo