Notable industry speakers have continued to drum their support for the
2014 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)
and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have increased with the latest being
the co-chairman, Nigeria National Broadband Council, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, reports ITRealms.
This is coming as the Minister of
Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has accepted to declare the
event officially open. She would be represented by the Director, e-Governance
at the Ministry, Mr. Tope Fashedemi, at the two-day forum holding at Welcome
Center Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos, between June 5 and 6, 2014.
Executive Director, Operations at
DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organizers of the event, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke,
made these known, affirming that the former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian
Communication and chairman of OpenMedia, Dr. Ndukwe will be sharing some
insights on Nigeria’s Broadband Perspective to Internet Protocol version Six
(IPv6) during the Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable session.
According to Mrs. Nweke, the 2014
DigitalSENSE Forum series is a two-day event, stressing that Day-1 would focus
on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) to be chaired by Prof. Charles
Uwadia, the former president, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and Head, Computer
Science department, University of Lagos.
“This year’s theme for day 1 is ‘Internet
Governance, eBiz & Open Access in Nigeria’ on Thursday, June 5, 2014,” she
declared, adding that Uwadia would be supported by Executive Vice Chairman,
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr. Eugene Juwah, Chief executive
officer and Director-General, National IT Development agency (NITDA), Mr. Peter
Jack, the current NCS president, Prof. David Adewunmi, president, Nigeria
Internet Group (NIG), Bayo Banjo, ATCON’s president, Lanre Ajayi, chairman,
Business and Technology Publishers Foundation (BTPF), Mr. Ken Ugbechie,
President, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Mr. Pius Okigbo Jnr,
Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, the chief encouragement officer, CFA and Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative
Nigeria (PIN) Mr. Gbenga Sesan who have promised the youth at heart a warm
session, to name a few.
While Day-2 on Friday, June 6,
this year, would be presided over by telecom icon, Engineer Titi Omo-Ettu, with
the theme: IPv6 and Broadband Penetration in Nigeria. She disclosed that
high-level panelists for this session include Dr. Ernest Ndukwe of the National
Broadband Council, Mr. Mohammed Rudman, chief executive officer, Internet
Exchange of Nigeria (IXPN), Chairman, ICT Media Taskforce, Mr. Aaron Ukodie,
and President, Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN), Mr.
Sunday Folayan among others.
She equally encouraged
participants to reserve their positions by registration for the Nigeria
DigitalSENSE Forum 2014 at www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng,
adding that corporate organisation still have chances of participating, just as
Resort Savings & Loans Plc, NITDA, NCC, Medallion and CWG plc, to name a
few, have taken their places.
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