VKII-FoSTDiC 18-19 Mai 2012 Call for participation now open ! Interview with Dr. Eric Mpongo - Head of the FoSTDIC 2012

 

I grew up in Cameroon and obtained my GCE 1994 and then moved to Germany in 1996 to study Economics at the University of Bochum. I’ve now been working for more than 9 years first as Tax Advisor Assistant and currently I am working as Head of Controlling and Audit for a German Software company. The other members are Mr. Cesaire Beyel, Hyanick Atangana and Cesaire Silatchom.

 

- How would you describe your role in the team and what is your responsibility?

 

I see myself as a the so called “coordinator”. This means that my core goal is to guide and encourage my team to what finally lead to an efficient output regarding towards the expectations our that our team faces. It can be said that every member of our team works more or less, as a professional without restrictions. We do understand our work as complementary. Thus the degree of responsibility is shared among all team members.

 

- All of you are professionals who are certainly quite busy, what do you do to keep the mind set and the motivation within your team?

 

We all believe in what we’re trying to set up. Obviously the believe that we contribute with our “tiny” work to better life’s conditions in our native land is a motivation enough.

 

- What is the biggest challenge your team and you are facing during the Organisation of this symposium?

 

To make it a successful event from the financial perspective

 

 

Since this event is already the 8th. edition, we have a sustainable group of trustful partners which have been working with us from the 1st time. In addition we’re still searching for new partners from NGOs through private enterprises to private donors.

 

- What is your strategy to attract as many sponsors as possible?

 

Disclose the potential gains each partner could achieve in participating as donor for this event. Indeed the field is well spread, starting from technical skilled participants and ending with a huge numbers of professionals with a high purchasing power for potential products to be supplied by the sponsors.

 

 

Please refer to our Sponsoring portfolio:

 

http://www.vkii-fostdic.com/cms/index.php/en/sponsors

 

- The last symposium witnessed an increasing number of sponsors and supporters coming from the Cameroonian community. Are they coming back this year?

 

We are very confident that they will do so.

 

- What is your last message?

 

We welcome all interested parties to be part of this great event

 

- How to contact you?

 

sponsoring@fostdic.com

 

 

 

 

 

The call for participation for the annual Scientific and Technologic Forum of the Cameroonian diaspora (FoSTDIC) taking place in Dortmund (Germany) from May 18th to 19 is now open. The FoSTDiC is an international symposium organized by the Cameroonian Association of Engineers and Computer Scientists in Germany (VKII e. V.) where theory, practices, applications of Information and Communication Technology and related topics are presented and discussed. Prospective authors are invited to submit an oral or poster presentation as well as for a demonstration. The focus of 2012 will be on topics of "North-South Knowledge and Technologies Transfer with an emphasis on Germany and Cameroon in the age of information and communication technology". The potential and role of the scientific diaspora in this process will be particularly addressed. For more information on the specific themes and call for papers details, such as submission requirements, deadlines and session formats, as well as the proposal forms, please go to call for participation.

 

 

Call for Participation

The FoSTDIC is an international symposium organized by the Cameroon Association of Engineers and Computer Scientists in Germany (V KII e. V.) where theory, practices, and applications of Information and Communication Technology and related topics are presented and discussed. Prospective authors are invited to submit for an oral or poster presentation as well as for a demonstration.

 

Original contributions are solicited on topics covered (but not limited) underbroad areas such as: 

 

- Financing cooperative project in science and technology

 

Institutional framework and grant program for cooperation with Germany

Institutional framework and grant program for cooperation with Cameroon

Institutional framework and grant program European and International context

Public – Private Partnership

- eKnowledge and transnational education

 

E-Learning and virtual Universities

Open Content, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Digital Librairies

Transnational Network for Research and Education

Contribution of the Diaspora

- Research and Innovation in ICT4D, Knowledge and Technology transfer

 

eInfrastructutre, Co-working places, mobile and living labs in Africa

Research and Innovation in ICT4D

Incubator, Transfer from academia/research to Industry

Contribution of the Diaspora    

- Appropriated Solutions, eService and locale Innovation in Africa

 

Appropriated technologies and local Innovations (Open Sources solutions, mobile Applications, etc. )

eHealth, Health information Systems and Tele Medecine

eServices/eSolutions: eAgriculture, ePartizipation, eGoverment,  etc.

Contributions of the Diaspora