 Jamaican organizations will have the opportunity to dramatically improve their competitiveness through the introduction of web technologies in their operations. An international alliance led by the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD - The Netherlands) and including the National Commission on Science and Technology; Jamaica Computer Society Education
Foundation (JCSEF); Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT) and INFOSERV Institute of Technology will present a two-day Technical Update Seminar on "Dynamic Databases, e-Commerce and the WWW" at the Jamaica Conference Centre and the CIT/INFOSERV lab on November 21 & 22.
The seminar has been carefully crafted to provide organizations of any size with a practical framework and tool-kit for integrating the power of databases into their use of the World Wide Web. The highly interactive workshop will have high impact on processes that seek to present their information via the Internet as well as their critical information seeking activities.
The IICD promotes economic development in a select group of countries through promotion of the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). Jamaican projects receiving direct support under the programme include the Caribbeat Music Expo, the Agricultural Business Information System (ABIS), Central and Satellite Agriculture Information Centres (CSAIC), the Instructional Technology Institute (ITI), the Portmore Municipal Development Committee (PMDC) and the Global Teenager Project.
The workshop will focus on giving participants a fundamental understanding of solutions that integrate database and web technologies. Organizations will leave with the ability to compare and analyse a variety of current technologies. They will also receive a blueprint for developing their own web-based solutions, including information on costs and locally available resources. The sessions lead to the actual hands-on development of prototypes on the second day. A key feature of the seminar
will be real life Jamaican case studies that lay bare pitfalls, challenges and opportunities from the perspective of entities that have implemented web-based strategies.
The seminar is geared to decision-makers with responsibility for the Information and Communications Technology thrust of their organizations. It will add value to entities in the public and private sectors and to NGOs. The package of 'how to' solutions will also provide a clear roadmap for professionals charged with the implementation of ICT strategies. Of great importance also is the opportunity for networking with other organizations and potential solution providers that the seminar will
afford.
Registration is in full swing through the INFOSERV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - E-mail: infoserv@cwjamaica.com or 960-7530, 929-3179. There is a registration fee of J$500 for Day 1 at the Conference Centre and J$1000 for the hands-on prototype session on Day 2 in the CIT/INFOSERV Institute lab. Contact: Kamla Hamilton/Trevor Smith
AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL UPDATE SEMINAR
ON
DYNAMIC DATABASES, e-COMMERCE AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Wednesday November 21, 2001 - Jamaica Conference Centre
| TIME |
ACTIVITY |
RESOURCE PERSONS |
8:00 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:10
|
Registration
Objectives and Scope of the Seminar
|
Trevor Smith
|
| 9:10 - 9:40 |
Overview of the Entire Solution
(Presentation of the 3 tier\level model, central to the development of Business Rules for Dynamic Web Development) |
Sanjeev Kumar |
| 9:40 - 10:40 |
Database Overview
(The first level of the model is defined, methods of creating databases using current application software explained, storage and information management issues discussed) |
Oneil Clacken |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Web Overview
(The second level of the model involves the creation of a middle component that mediates between the first and third levels. Issues such as secure transmission of data to and from both levels, storage of data) |
Sanjeev Kumar |
|
11:45 - 12:15
|
Front End Overview
(The third level is the presentation layer, the presenter will discuss the various applications that can be used to effectively present an organization's information on the Internet) |
Oneil Clacken |
| 12:15 - 1:15 |
LUNCH |
|
| 1:15 - 2:15 |
Linking - Data Integration
(Integration of the three levels is demonstrated, clearly showing the link and interaction between the three levels, the solution is defined using web and database components) |
Sanjeev Kumar |
|
2:15 - 2:45
|
Real Life Case Studies
|
CSAIC, JMMB
|
| 2:45 - 3:15
3:15 - 4:00
|
Live Demo\Cost Analysis of Model
Group Activity - Developing solutions
|
Oneil Clacken
ALL
|
AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL UPDATE SEMINAR
ON
DYNAMIC DATABASES, e-COMMERCE AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
November 22, 2001 - CIT/INFOSERV Institute of Technology
| TIME |
ACTIVITY |
RESOURCE PERSONS |
9:00 - 10:00 |
MS-Access
(The database is created using ACCESS) |
|
| 10:00 - 10:45 |
Front Page
(The presentation layer is created using Front Page) |
|
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
|
11:00 - 12:00
|
Active Server Page (ASP) code
(The middle component is enabled by the use of ASP code) |
Sanjeev Kumar, Oneil Clacken & CIT graduating class |
|
12:00 - 1:00
|
LUNCH |
|
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Local Server |
|
|
1:30 - 2:15
|
Integration of Access, ASP and Front Page
(The final stage to completing the model)
|
|
| 2:15 - 3:00 |
Discussion
Question and Answer Session |
Sanjeev Kumar, Oneil Clacken |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Evaluation of the seminar/Recommendations for future activities
|
ALL |
Participants in this session will have undertaken the problem definition phase of the process as a practical outcome of Day 1 activities and will leave this hands-on session with a functional prototype of their solution. They will be supported in the exercise by the faculty and graduating class of the Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT).
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