Uganda Austin, TX Disruptive Internet of Things 375 Members (50+ added in 2014) Evolution, Collaborative Technologies, Applications and Future Trends DL Tour Trip Report for Uganda and Kenya January, 2017 By Fawzi Behmann, President TelNet Management Consulting Inc. Vice-Chair, IEEE NA Communications Society f.behmann@ieee.org
Team Engaged in Africa FL Tour, January 2017 Budget, DL Approval and Facilitator IEEE AH CAA Kathleen Weeks, IEEE Corporate - Sr. Corp. Development Manager Vincent Kaabunga, Chair, IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Activities in Africa IEEE ComSoc Susan Brook, Executive Director, IEEE ComSoc Prof. Stefano Bregni, VP, Member & Global Activities, IEEE ComSoc Adam Greenberg, Director, Tech Activities & Industry Outreach, IEEE ComSoc Carol Cronin, ComSoc Executive & Volunteer Services Admin Organizers Uganda Julius Butime, Chair Uganda Section Lwanga Herbert, Vice Chair, IEEE Uganda Subsection Kenya Humphrey Muhindi, Chair, IEEE Kenya Section Chris Njuguna, Professional Activities Chair, Kenya Section John Matogo, Industry Ambassador, Kenya Section DL Fawzi Behmann, IEEE Vice Chair NA ComSoc, & President TelNet Management
Team Engaged in Africa FL Tour, January 2017 DL Program 21/22 Jan (Sat/Sun): Lecturer Departs Austin/Texas and arrives in UG via EBB 23 Jan (Mon): Preparation and interaction with Uganda team 24 Jan (Tue): Full day workshop 25 Jan (Wed): Flight EBB -> JKIA 26 Jan (Thu): Preparation and interaction with Kenya team 27 Jan (Fri): Full Day Workshop 28 Jan (Sat): Lecturer social event with Kenya Team 29 Jan (Sun): Lecturer departs via JKIA to Austin/Texas
Team Engaged in Africa DL Tour, January 2017 Full Day Workshop 8:30 am 4:30 pm 1. Understanding Pre-IoT, IoT, and Collaborative IoT Model 2. Developing IoT Solutions for Smart Homes/Buildings, Smart Car and Smart Energy Lunch 3. Developing IoT Solutions for Health & Fitness and Public Infra Structure 4. Virtualization a key driver for IoT and 5G Networking Reception
Overview In collaboration between IEEE TAB/AHCAA and ComSoc a DL trip was identified and financed to address the needs of IEEE sections of Uganda and Kenya ushered to start on January 21 and end on Jan 28. Such an International trip compared to others (say in US), required more preparation and coordination including: Obtaining letter of invitation, applying for visa, vaccination as well as coordination of the sequence and logistics with local hosts. In parallel, this was followed by event preparing, venue section, promotion for the event, RSVP, collaboration with a potential sponsor, event execution, F&B and networking. Both events were highly interactive and of great success. In Attendance Uganda - Kampala 60 Kenya Nairobi 40 General feedback > Organizers we completely satisfied for the content & delivery meeting their needs. > Feedback from Attendees: Gained rich knowledge and were inspired and motivated to act on what they learned.
Uganda - Kampala PUBLIC LECTURE ON INTERNET OF THINGS Uganda section has collaborated with UIPE Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers and hosted the workshop at Makerere University, Resilient Africa Network (RAN) Kololo 24 January 2017 8:30 am 4:30 pm Attendance: 60 Profile of Attendees: IT, Software Developers, Enterprise systems, ICT, Professors, Students, Technicians, Researchers and Makerere University RAN Executives. Note form the workshop chair Herbert Lwanga: On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 7:25 AM, Lwanga Herbert <lwangaherbert@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Prof. Fawzi, It was indeed great having you around and definitely we do appreciate the entire knowledge and experiences you shared with us during your entire stay here in Uganda. We do definitely hope to further collaborate with you on our related technology projects/ programs. Thanks, Herbert FAWZI BEHMANN FREE Fawzi is a visionary, thought leader, author, entrepreneur and contributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving humanity. Fawzi spent over 30 years in industry and held various executive and leadership positions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communications and networks spanning Semiconductor, communication systems and service provider in US and Canada. Fawzi was a principle architect and championed the definition and the developing of integrated pre-iot telecom alert system and networking management solution. He was a senior product manager for networking product release for enterprise, broadband edge and core nodes. Fawzi also served as the Director of Strategic Marketing for SoC networking & Communications product line. Fawzi is passionate about technology automation and has founded TelNet Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of technology trends and positioning for smart networking and IoT/GIS solutions. Advancing Technology for Humanity Venue: ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) Kololo Date: 24th January 2017 Time: 8:30 a.m - 4:30pm Overview The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most exciting technological developments in the world today and the global technical community is coalescing around the thought-leading content, resources, and collaborative opportunities provided by the IEEE IoT Initiative. The Lecture will be facilitated by Dr. Fawzi Behmann one of the Visionary, thought leaders, author, entrepreneur and contributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving humanity. Lecture Topics 1. Understanding Pre-IoT, IoT and Collaborative IoT Model 2. Developing IoT Solutions for Smart Homes/Buildings, Smart Car and Smart Energy 3. Developing IoT Solutions for Health & Fitness and Public Infrastructure 4. Virtualization - a key driver for IoT and 5G UIPE Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers Become an IEEE Member Today! www.ieee.org/join
Uganda Group Picture
Uganda Greetings & Signup
Uganda Great interest by attendees
Uganda - Lunch
Uganda Social Networking
Uganda Panel Session Lessons learned Lwanga Herbert, Vice Chair, IEEE Uganda Subsection Fawzi Behmann, IEEE DL, Vice Chair, IEEE NA ComSoc NA Dr. Dorthy Okello, Director, Makerere University, Resilient Harriet Adong,, Communications Africa Network Manager, Makerere (RAN) Kololo University, Resilient Africa Network (RAN) Kololo
Kenya - Nairobi Kenya section has collaborated with Stratmore University in hosting the workshop Attendance: 40 Profile of Attendees: Telecom, cloud computing, embedded systems, Provisioning engineers, Industry-University Relations, security, analytics, innovators, students, professors and Stratmore faculty. Note form the workshop chair Humphrey Muhindi: From: Humphrey Muhindi <hmuhindi@ieee.org> Subject: Re: BIG THANK YOU Date: January 30, 2017 at 12:16:07 AM CST To: Fawzi Behmann <f.behmann@ieee.org> Thanks Fawzi, It was a pleasure having you in Kenya and look forward to us meeting again sometime soon, your time and words of advise are highly appreciated. Hope you had a wonderful journey back and arrived home safely. Best Regards, Humphrey Muhindi https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/43245
Kenya Group Picture
Kenya Greetings - Introduction Dr. Joseph Orero, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Stratmore University Humphrey Muhendi, IEEE Kenya Section Chair Fawzi Behmann, IEEE DL, Vice Chair, IEEE NA ComSoc NA
Kenya Great interest by attendees
Kenya - Lunch
Kenya Social Networking
Kenya Stratmore University Many Industrial Partners
Kenya Opportunities for Support Nairobi Expo a Great opportunity for IEEE to sponsor. PACT, March 2017
Recap The DL Tour wouldn t have been possible without the great support and coordination by many from IEEE Corporate IEEE ComSoc and Local sections from both Uganda and Kenya. The subject selected by the local sections and delivery was intended to share personal experience and examples how the advancement of collaborative technologies have impacted several markets and in-turn form basis generating disruptive approach via IoT and ecosystem solutions impacting businesses, environment and our lives for many years to come. The objective was to bring all attendees to a common level of understanding and be inspired to think creatively and collaboratively. It was proposed that a follow-up trip may be suggested to take this to the next level identifying innovative ideas that brings about collaboration and solution incubated and fostered by local institutions. After a few discussions, it was clear that both Uganda and Kenya may need to have a ComSoc chapter as means to enlarge ways of serving communities and build membership. Some of the upcoming events that can be supported would include Support to PACT 2017 in Nairobi in March with a detailed workshop filtering ideas into concrete initiative for incubation. IEEE participation in next year annual Expo event in Nairobi with robotic competition and other innovative projects. Fawzi Behmann, f.behmann@ieee.org