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Eighth Southern African Online Information Meeting
CSIR Conference Centre, Meiring Naudé Road, Pretoria
21-23 June 2005
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2005
08:00-8:55 Registration
08:55-9:00 Welcome
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote address:
Session Chair: Glenda Myers
GREG NOTESS, Notess.com New Search Engine initiatives
in the age of Google dominance
10:00 - 10:30 TEA & EXHIBITION
10:30 - 12:30
Session Chair: Mzoxolo Gulwa
10:30-11:00 DEONIE BOTHA, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA The
role of the Information Professional in the age of uncertainty: Complicated
or complex
11:00-11:30 MARIE BOTHA, NEW UNISA Rocky Mountain
High is not just a song! Managing complexity and change: Strategies
for success?
11:30-12:00 GLENDA MYERS & TRISH WARNER, WHSL & FIONA BESTER,
MAST Beyond Google Scholar: Another Doomsday scenario bites the dust
12:00-12:30 Questions and discussion
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
14:00 - 16:15
Session Chair: Beulah Muller
14:00-15:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS ADRIANA CRONIN-LUKAS,BIGBLOGCOMPANY.
Too much information - what to leave Out
15:00-15:30 ADELE VAN DER MERWE, CSIR "It
is inside, not on top": It is the information, not the technology
15:30-16:00 PAUL LAUGHTON & CHRIS RENSLEIGH, UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Managing exposure to online pornography
16:00-16:15 Questions and discussion
16:15 - 16:45 TEA & EXHIBITION
18:00- Late
BARNYARD THEATRE, MENLYN Mercury Rising Dress code: Casual and warm
clothes Please wear Nametags!!
THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2005
08:00-9:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote address:
Session Chair: Maureen Brassel
GENIE TYBURSKI, Virtualchase.com The art of detection: How to avoid
scams and bad information
10:00 - 10:30 TEA & EXHIBITION
10:30 - 12:30
Session Chair: Danielle Heij
10:30-11:00 SUNETTE STEYNBERG, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA Online
electronic information for Engineers
11:00-11:30 PIETER VAN HEERDEN, HQP INFORMATION RESEARCH Experts'
Forums as a knowledge sharing tool including the application of DVDs:
Case study at Kumba Resources
11:30-12:00 MARY BRUCE, KZN LAW SOCIETY The practical application
of blog- and wiki-technology in the South African legal information
community
12:00-12:30 Questions and discussion
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
14:00 - 15:15
Session Chair: Glenda Myers
14:00-14:30 ERICA COSIJN, THEO BOTHMA, KAREN DE WET, UNIVERSITY
OF PRETORIA; ARI PIRKOLA, KALERVO JARVELIN, HEIKKI KESKUSTALO, UNIVERSITY
OF TAMPERE, FINLAND Cross language information retrieval
in South African indigenous languages
14:30-15:00 ELS TEN KROODEN, UNISA The DAISY
standard and electronic books for blind and print-disabled readers
15:00-15:15 Questions and discussion
15:15 - 16:15 Keynote address:
CLEM SUNTER Games foxes play: Planning for extraordinary times
16:15 - 16:30 CLOSURE AND THANKS
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