The management of Skylark Communications Limited, publishers of Technology Times are pleased to unveil the maiden edition of Technology Times Outlook 2008.
Technology Times Outlook 2008 is a Business Summit that will attract technology sector decision makers, thought leaders and analysts to appraise developments in various segments of the Nigerian ICT industry that will shape and define the Nigerian economy in 2008 and beyond.
Technology Times Outlook 2008 opens 9.45a.m on Wednesday February 27, 2008 at the MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos.
From the rapidly-growing telecoms market, increasing adoption of electronic payments by banks and financial institutions to the emergence of new value added service providers, the Nigerians ICT industry has continued to be a positive contributor to the growth of the overall economy.
The Summit will attract attendees who form the crème of decision makers in the financial institutions, policy makers, captains of technology sector companies, chief information officers of businesses that have placed technology pivotal to their growth, business leaders and technology end users, among others.
While Technology Times Outlook 2008 highlights the positive contributions that the technology sector continues to play in complementing the growth of the Nigerian economy, Summit speakers will also set the agenda for various existing and emerging issues, policies and challenges that ICT industry players, vendors and end users alike should anticipate and hopefully take proactive steps to address in 2008 and beyond.
Technology Times Outlook 2008 which will hold Q1 every year is projected evolve a collaborative platform for all stakeholders: industry players, policy makers and end users of technology products and services alike to adopt proactive strategies in confronting and tackling issues that may undermine the growth of ICT adoption across the overall Nigerian economy.
Some of the key areas that will be examined by speakers focus at Technology Times Outlook 2008 include:
The unfolding paradigm of open access in the Nigerian public sector;
- Growing importance of business intelligence for Nigerian businesses and organisations;
- The emerging debate over the concepts of ‘digital natives’ versus ‘digital immigrants’
- Policy review of the emerging reforms underway in the fast-growth telecoms industry in Nigeria;
- Indigenous participation in the Nigerian ICT sector;
Initiatives to make ‘Software Nigeria’ globally competitive;
Nigeria and the satellite alternative;
- Supply chain management for Nigerian businesses;
Consolidating Nigeria’s presence in cybersapce
Applications of ICT in development
- Technology Times Survey Report on the top 100 sites visited by Nigerians in 2007
