NIFT International Conference Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations 7-9th February 2008 At GANDHI DARSHAN COMPLEX, NEAR RAJGHAT, NEW DELHI (INDIA) Tentative Programme Day One : 7th February 2008, Thursday (1000 0430) 0930- 10.15 1030 Session 1 : 1130 - 0100 0100 0200 Session 2 : 0230 0400 0400 Inauguration Keynote Address by VC, IGNOU Tea Knowledge Economy and Society : Impact of ICTs Lunch Product Presentation Knowledge Repositories : Before & After KM Chair: Sh. M. Moni, Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi Theme paper: Sh. M. Moni, Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi Invited talk: · Prof. R. L. Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi Chair: Prof. P.B. Mangla, Former Head, Deptt. of LIS, DU, Delhi Invited talks: · Dr. A. L. Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, Delhi · Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK · Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore Tea Day Two : 8th February 2008, Friday (0930 0530) Session 1 : 0930 1100 Session 2 : 1130 0100 Session 3 : 0200 0330 Session 4 : 0400 0400 Building Knowledge Repositories : Tools & Techniques Tea Building Knowledge Repositories : Partnership of Sectors Networking of Libraries Tea KM Tools & Techniques Tea Open Source Software & Web 2.0 Lunch Digital Conservation of Knowledge Resources Invited talks: · Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK · Shri. Ramesh Singh, Scientist, NIC, Delhi Chair & Theme Paper: Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore · Dr. M. Natarajan, Scientist, NISCAIR (Presenter), Delhi · Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling, Norway Chair & Theme Paper: Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore Invited talks: · Ms. Heather Brown, Asstt. Director, Artlab, Australia · Mr. Pratapanand Jha, Director (Informatics), IGNCA, Delhi Chair: Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi Invited talks: · Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, UK · Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad Day Three : 9th February 2008, Friday (0930 0400) Session 1 : 0930 1100 Session 2 : 1130 0100 0230 0300 3300 0400 Building Knowledge Repositories : Partnership of Sectors Lunch Product Presentation Panel Discussion Future of Knowledge repositories Global Knowledge Repository A vision Valedictory High Tea Libraries + Museums + Archives = HERITAGE SECTOR Tea Knowledge Repositories for Communities, Corporates & Institutions Chair : Dr. T. A. V. Murthy, Chief Librarian, CIEFL, Hyderabad Invited talks: · Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling, Norway · Dr. Charu Smita Gupta, Dy. Director, Crafts Museum, Delhi · Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales · Mr. Anurag Arora, Kaladhvani, Delhi Chair & Theme Paper: Prof. S. Arunachalam M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai Invited talks: · Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Deptt. of LIS, IGNOU, Delhi · Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, Director, Computer Centre, DU, Delhi Registration Fee India & SAARC Countries Rs.2,500.00 per participant Non-Sponsored Participants (India) Rs.1,200.00 per participant International Participants US$125.00 per participant FREE dormitory accommodation for students available on first come first basis Contact for query : Deputy Director(NRC), NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE National Institute of Fashion Technology Hauz khas, New Delhi -110016 ( India ) Phone 26542004/26542146, Email : conference@niftindia.com, delhirc@gmail.com --------------------------------- Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.