Course: ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme: Module 4 – Mobile Technologies
SAFIPA is presenting a Technology and Business Skills Capacity Building Programme for SMME’s and other relevant role players in the ICT and mobile sector. We are pleased to invite you to the 4th MODULE of the ‘ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme’ which consists of five modules.
When? 2 & 3 MARCH 2011
Time? 7:30 for 8:30 to 16:30
Where? The Auditorium, Meraka Institute, CSIR South Gate Entrance, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria (map attached)
NOTE: At the gate, please mention to security that you are attending the SAFIPA ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme, there is not need to leave your vehicle to register at the Visitors Office.
Please register for MODULE 4 by visiting http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BTRPDAQLP/ by Monday, 28 February 2011. Your registration will be confirmed by e-mail.
Module 4: Mobile Technology: Technologies, platforms, trends and case studies
March, 2 & 3, 2011 (7:30 for 8:30 – 16:30)
Mobile payments/revenue
• Operator billing
• In application billing
• In application adverts
• Premium SMS
Technology case studies:
• Cell phone and mobile device operating systems (OS) (Android, Symbian, Apple, Crome OS etc.)
• Cloud computing
• Web runtime / Web applications
• Java / Feature phones
Future opportunities:
• Location based services
• Location based advertisements
• Near field communication
Other:
• Mobile learning (Any sort of learning that happens when the learner is not at a fixed, predetermined location or learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies – Wikipedia
• Mobile Internet bandwidth and speed
• Mobile power management
• Mobile application development
• Web advertising
• Security and privacy (e.g. in billing processes)
Invited presenters:
Ben Zaaiman (mLabs)
Raluca Pauna (IDC)
Adel Botha (Meraka Institute)
Dirk le Roux (Afrozaar)
Llew Claasen (Clickatell)
Gustav Praekelt (Praekelt)
Brett St. Clair (Admob, Google)
Open invitation: If you or your company have a valuable contribution by means of a interesting case study on mobile technologies and would like to present please contact Riette at riette@riis.co.za for a meeting.
Only a limited number of applicants can be accommodated.
Please register for MODULE 4 by visiting http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BTRPDAQLP/ by Monday, 28 February 2011. Your registration will be confirmed by e-mail.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE IS FREE FOR COURSE PRESENTATION, MATERIALS AND REFFRESHMENTS. ONCE YOU RECEIVED AN CONFIRMATION E-MAIL THAT YOU ARE ACCEPTED FOR THE COURSE AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED AND YOU DON’T TURN UP FOR THE COURSE WITHOUT CANCELING BY SENDING AN E-MAIL TO riette@riis.co.za BY 28 February 2011 YOU/YOUR COMPANY WILL BE CHARGED R1 000 PER PERSON PER DAY FOR NON ATTENDANCE.
The final agenda will be e-mailed to you prior to the course.
If you have any queries please contact Riette at riette@riis.co.za or 012 844 0673.
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The ICT AND MOBILE BUSINESS BUILDING PROGRAMME Modules 1 to 5 are compiled as follows (preliminary – subject to change):
1. Business Planning (8&9 Nov 2010)
2. Pitching & funding and IP (1&2 Dec 2010)
3. Marketing, market research, communication and branding (1 Feb 2011)
4. Technology platforms, mobile, cloud computing (2&3 March 2011) to be coordinated by mLab Southern Africa (newly
Founded) infoDev Mobile Applications Laboratory
5. ICT Incubation, Networking, open source, crowd sourcing, collaboration (11 & 12 April 2011)
CERTIFICATES: Candidates who attend at least 3 of the 5 modules and complete the accompanied assignment for each module attended will receive an attendance certificate stating the modules completed.
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