Registration & Breakfast Mingle: 0830 – 0920HRS

1. ICANN – KENIC – USIU – UNESCO – KICTANET
2. Welcome remarks (Venue Host – Dr Billy Wadongo)
3. Keynote address: KENIC CEO, Andrew Lewela

Presentation by June Okal, ICANN’s Stakeholder Engagement Director for East and Southern Africa

Topic: Understanding UA – Domains, Emails & Global Digital Inclusion

Case study: Successful UA implementation in organizations

1. Dr Billy Wadongo – Director, Innovation & Incubation Center at USIU-Africa

 2. Prof. Patrick K Wamuyu – Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies – Associate Professor of Information Technology, USIU – Africa

Topic: The Internet Digital Language Divide: An Examination of Close-Mid Vowels in African Digital Spaces

Short Break

Presentation by Neema Mujasia, KICTANet, Communications Advisor 

Technical Deep Dive and Capacity Building by Emmanuel Mutinda (KeNIC’S Cyber Security and Application Analyst) and Brian Anikayi (KeNIC Systems Administrator)

• Session: UA-Ready Systems – What ICT Teams Must Know
• Demo: Email Address Internationalization (EAI),
  Hands-on testing for UA readiness, Tools & checklists for developers

• Summary of key learnings & commitments
• Launch of UA resources and next steps by Emmanuel Mutinda – KeNIC’s Cyber Security and Application Analyst. 

Vote of thanks and Lunch. at 2:00pm

E-Certification of attendance to follow within 48 Hour.