GKEN 2016 - 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference and Workshop 2016

This 6th edition of the conference aims to create a stronger opening on educational issues in Africa as the goal is to revitalize the academic discussion with a new format in order to make the academic and research discourse more relevant for practice. The organisers therefore hope to widen the base of relevant case studies, and at the same time, strengthen the reflection regarding these practice-based cases.
GKEN therefore welcomes participation from researchers and practitioners from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology in both natural and social sciences including education, health, engineering, information technology among others.
Conference & Workshop Themes
The theme for the 5th conference is ‘Educational Excellence in Africa’. The following subthemes present the variety of topics on the agenda:
How can Innovations and Educational Excellence in Africa be turned into reality?
How can Africa be truly transformed?
How can innovations & educational excellence in Africa contribute to the sustainable livelihoods?
What role various stakeholder groups (including the Diasporas) play in shaping tomorrow’s Africa?
How can we accelerate innovations & the pace of change?
What needs to be done?
What are the challenges and opportunities?
What resources are available?
How can demographic transition, population growth, and economic growth should be handled?
Sector Specific (Best Practices)
Technology
Information age, ICT and knowledge exchange techniques;
Public sector experiences: eGovernance and eService;
ICT for healthcare, agriculture or tourism development;
ICT for empowerment: diversity, gender equality and human rights;
ICT for eLearning;
ICT in emergencies and crises in manmade & natural disasters;
Health
Health promotion, health equity and healthcare;
Health literacy and Sustainable Development Goals;
Healthy cities, communities and human settlements;
Inter-sectoral action for health & from better knowledge to improved policies.
Education
NGOs, INGO’s & capacity building schemes;
Components of mentoring and academic excellence in African Universities
Challenges / Opportunities in post-graduate education in Africa;
Vocational education and sustainable livelihood;
Embedding & maintaining academic Integrity;
Business and Economy in Education.