NACOSS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NACOSS NATIONAL
Secretariat: Delta State University, Abraka

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DESIGN

INTERNAL MEMO

TO: CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

DATE: 6^TH May, 2013


INTRODUCTION

The International Conference is emanating from the office of the National President and the theme of this conference has been tagged “Building World Standard Software Applications”. Overtime, we have discovered that more Nacossites across the country are picking up interest in software development and as such a lot of software programs have been developed to suit several users, but eighty percent (80%) or more of this software do not meet standard requirements and as such are not presentable for marketing, hence the theme of this conference.

As stated above this conference is being organized from the office of the National President because of certain important strides that we intend to take in this administration. It also suffices to say that this conference is not a replacement of the ICT challenge trip being handled by the VP international which will be coming up later this year.

Conference Aims

·         To launch our own Nacoss Mobile Chat Application which will be sold to Nacossites across the country upon return

·         To launch the Nacoss Desktop Application which will also be sold to Nacossites across the Nation and will aid us in our proposed Nacoss Hall of Fame Award during the National Convention

·         To give Nacossites access to the international software market

·         Lastly, to set a standard for every interest group that intends to partner with Nacoss on any platform.

Briefing

Participants of this conference will include the delegates from Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana and is being held in conjunction with ISPON, WAIYS and NASS. The conference will take place in Advanced Information Technology Institute – Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence (aiti-kace) Ghana from 23^rd – 29^th June, 2013.

Schedule

·         Nigerian Delegates are to arrive Lagos on the 22^nd of June, 2013

·         Departure from Lagos is 23^rd of June, 2013 delegates from to Benin Republic will join us upon getting to Benin Republic, to arrive Ghana the same day.

·         Student exchange between participating delegates and conference preparations is for 24^th June, 2013

·         Keynote address by the ISPON President, presentation from other interest groups and software exhibition from invited guest will take place 25^th June, 2013

·         Unveiling and launching of the Nacoss Branded Mobile Application and Desktop Software and software exhibition contest is for  26^th June, 2013

·         One day tour of the conference venue and selected places is slated for 27^th June

·         Closing celebrations for 28^th June, 2013

·         Departure to Lagos is 29^th June, 2013.

Other Activities

We are currently holding discussions with the LeoStan Ekeh the CEO of Zinnox Computers to make it possible for three thousand Nacossites (3000) to purchase laptops with ease of payment spread throughout this administrative period. We also doing the same with Brian Integrated Services and we hope to have both companies participate in the conference.

There will be a software exhibition contest as stated above for participating schools. The software requirements and specification details will be communicated to all chapter presidents and participants by the National Director of Software in due time. There will be prices associated with the exhibition.

For enquiries,

Contact Garuba Malik NACOSS President KWASU CHAPTER

08162010752,07082116005

garubamalik@gmail.com