Thanks Lucy, And we all look foward with anticipation, especially as you mentioned - a complete "Paradigm Shift" I suppose this is a rallying point of "change", in the overall equation of how we'd successfully, and purposefully move forward. Perhaps, one good starting point in this direction would be setting achievable "benchmarks", run up to the next session, such that at that point, other than set new "sights" it will be worthwhile to assess what has been achieved so far. Some kind of a "score card" or a "Report Card", if you would. We need to transform all the good presentations, especially from Govt side, into discenible actions. With enough said, let's keep up the good work, and all the best at Leisure Lodge.. Harry _____ From: Lucy Gachui Odhiambo [mailto:lodhiambo@ict.go.ke] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:12 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: RE: [kictanet] Presentations from Connected Government Summit 2010 Hello Harry, At the end of the day today and at the close of the summit tomorrow we will summarize the main action points. You can expect this to be posted online immediately. The industry can expect a paradigm shift across government in terms of embracing technology to help solve problems across virtually all ministries. Also, provision of data from gov ( that is now digitized) will be easily accessible for industry to use eg for application development etc. All in all, we can expect the momentum of automation, and digitization of records across government to increase. Will post the actual summary online later today or tomorrow morning. Thanks, Lucy Gachui Odhiambo Communications Manager Kenya ICT Board 12th Floor Telposta Towers Koinange Lane PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Cell 0737- 839047 Tel: 254-020-2093040 <http://www.ict.go.ke> www.ict.go.ke Kenya ICT Board Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment From: kictanet-bounces+lodhiambo=ict.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+lodhiambo=ict.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Harry Delano Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:47 AM To: lodhiambo@ict.go.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Presentations from Connected Government Summit 2010 Kobia, This is impressive. A really good starting point...., and let's keep it up.. So, what can the industry fraternity look forward to, at the end of this summit? - A number presentations look really good. How do we actualize them...? As in, the way forward. Harry _____ From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Kaburo Kobia Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:15 AM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Presentations from Connected Government Summit 2010 Dear all, Presentations from Connected Gov Summit 2010 are now available <http://www.ict.go.ke/connectedgov> online. We are also taking questions from twitter and the Connected Gov website (click on Comments/Question <http://www.ict.go.ke/connectedgov/?cat=8> and post your question or comment). Presentations include: - Opening speech by the Minister of Information and Communications Hon Samuel Poghisio - From reform to transformation by Emmanuel Lubembe Head Public Service Transformation Department - Transforming Company registry by Wanjuki Muchemi, Solicitor General - and several presentations from private sector. Today we expect to hear from more government departments on their digitization projects, some local SMEs and BPO companies. Please view the program <http://www.ict.go.ke/connectedgov/?p=40> here. Visit: www.ict.go.ke/connectedgov Track on twitter: #connectedgov <http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23connectedgov> Regards, -- Kaburo Kobia Kenya ICT Board Project Manager: Local Digital Content Kenya ICT Board Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Avenue P.O Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2093040 | m: + 254 (0)729466260 | w: www.ict.go.ke --------------------- The Kenya ICT Board Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment