ISOC NIGERIA CHAPTER PRESENTATION AND ACTIVITIES

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ISOC NIGERIA CHAPTER PRESENTATION AND ACTIVITIES
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FORMATION

• The Internet society (Nigeria chapter) formation
  was started in September 1997 by five people
  namely Prof. T.C. Nwodo, Engr. Dr. Umorem, Engr.
  Dr. Ahiakwo, Engr. Chief Oruye and Engr. G
  Massari, thanks to the moral support of Vint
  Cerf, who gave the suggestion to concretize our
  our goal becoming a chapter of ISOC.
• We were chartered by Isoc on June 1998 and at the
  same time we registered in Nigeria as a
  non-profitable organization with the initial
  slate of 35 members.

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• On the first
• year of activities, we carried
• out several activities
• comprising seminars,
• courses, professional
• conferences and workshops
• whose aim was to diffuse
• the awareness of Internet.

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ISOC 99 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

• On January 1999, we succeeded in organizing in
  Nigeria an Internet International conference
  captioned ISOC Nigeria 1999 with the topic
  Information Revolution in the third millennium
  dedicated to the memory of Jon Postel who has
  been and is our role model in the actualization
  of our mission.
• In this conference, we had 7 international
  experts along other Nigerian ones. Amongst the
  participants were Lynn Saint Amour(On the
  picture), Daniel Stern, Mike Jansen, Derek Asoh,
  Garsett Larosse.

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• On the same year and the subsequent years we
  participated actively in all over Nigeria to
  diffuse internet awareness and to realize our
  mission and dream that the impact of Internet in
  Nigeria and in the Third world at large will help
  to reduce the digital divide.
• Specifically we organized between 1999 and 2002
  various internet awareness free courses were we
  had 600 participants from various working
  categories and schools.
• On the same years we participated with other
  professional bodies and school in organizing
  various Workshops(16), Technical Events(24),
  National Conferences(12) and Seminars(15) in
  different place of the country.

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STAND AND COURSES
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VARIOUS COURSES
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NEW IMPACT ON INTERNET DIFFUSSION

• In 2002, we radically changed our impact on
  Internet promotion and we decided to start a new
  path on that direction. Along with our
  participation in conferences and seminars we
  started believing that the best way to diffuse
  internet in Nigeria where the majority of the
  people have no opportunity to access internet
  connection, was to provide equipment and
  facilities where people can freely access
  internet and get all the benefits. We focused on
  schools and professional bodies as the first
  point of action on Internet diffusion.

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RSUST IT CENTER

• We started sourcing for funds and the first
  project was launched on the 23rd of October, 2002
  at the Rivers State University of Science and
  Technology (RSUT) Port Harcourt, where we built
  and installed internet facilities worth 50,000
  USD at the Faculty of Engineering, Department of
  Electrical and Computer Engineering, Port
  Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The center was
  equipped with the following facilities
• v    One conference room
• v    One office
• v    Two toilettes
• v    One internet room with
• v    6 computers Pentium 4 with all accessories
  including printers connected in LAN
• v    1 wireless internet system with 128
  dedicated band shared by LAN into the 6 computers
  ( which will be updated in the near future.)

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IT CENTER NSE PORT HARCOURT

• Another project was the commissioning of Internet
  center to the Port Harcourt Branch of the Nigeria
  Society of Engineers (NSE). The center, which was
  commissioned on the 17th May, 2003 has a 40
  square foot full air
• conditioned portakabin equipped with 10
  computers, printers, accessories and a satellite
  Internet connection. The Internet center costed
  35,000 USD and was also dedicated to the memory
  of Jon Postel for his tremendous contributions
  and impact on Internet.(A NET BUILDER THAT LOVED
  INVENTION AND NOT PROFIT)

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IT CENTER NSE HDQTR LAGOS

• On the 3rd of October, 2003 an Internet center
  was commissioned at the Nigeria Society of
  Engineers (NSE), Headquarters Lagos State (South
  West Nigeria) The center was equipped with the
  following facilities
• Twelve full multimedia desktop computers of
  1.8GHz, 40 GB HDD, 512MB RAM and CD writers for
  each
• Laser jet printers, scanners and all other
  related accessories
• No. 2 A/C split unit system
• A VSAT Internet system in Ku band with the
  capacity of 300Kbps 6000Kbps upload and down
  load respectively. The value of the center can be
  estimated as US 35,000.

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IT CENTER UNIPORT PORT HARCOURT

• The fourth IT center worth 40,000 USD was
  commissioned on the 8th of March 2004.
• The IT Center was estabilished at the Department
  of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
• Federal University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)
• The center comprises
• v    One VSAT on KU Band with a speed of
  600kbs Downloading and 300kbs Uploading
• v    No.9 Computers with the following
  characteristics
• Pentium 1,8 GHz, 256 MB RAM, CD Writer, 15
  Monitor,
• Floppy, 40GB HDD, P4 Casing, Lan Ethernet card,
  Sound card,
• Modem, Keyboard and mouse, USB card, Speakers,
  UPS, Stabilizer 1KVA.
• Laser jet printers, scanners and all other
  related accessories
• No. 3 A/C split unit system
• Full furniture for the computers and the full
  electrical and civil refurbishment of the
• Rooms hosting the center.
• One stand by generator of 16KVA power.

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UNIZIK UNIVERSITY SEMINAR

• On 20 February2004, we participate to one seminar
  hosted at the FederalUniversity Nmamadi Nzike at
  Akwa, Nigeria for the development of IT
  inNigeria specifically on the education
  sector.The seminar was organized inpartnership
  with IEEE Nigeria Section.At that ceremony we
  presented a donation of no. 6 Computers
  withaccessories.On 27 February 2004 in
  partnership with Nigeria Society of Engineers,
  PortHarcourt Branch and in conjunction with an
  US based  no-profit organization,we started a
  project for the Donation of 25,000 technical and
  science bookthat will be distributed to some
  tertiary institution in Rivers State,Nigeria.We
  have already sent the relevant money for the
  shipping of the said booksand we have started
  all the required procedure to obtain the waiver
  of theCustom Duties from the Federal Ministry of
  Finance. We are expecting thesaid books in
  three-four months time.

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IT CENTER AT FUTO OWERRI

• Another ISOC Nigeria Chapter project has started
  involving the FederalUniversity of Technology,
  Owerri (FUTO). The project has two phases
  Thefirst phase involves the establishment of a
  Research Center for Energyand Power System with
  the installation of 8 Computers connected in a
  LANalong with a printer and a scanner as well as
  all the related furnitureand 2 A/C Systems. This
  work will be completed before the end of
  April2004. The second phase comprises the
  establishment of an IT Center with10 Computers
  connected in a LAN including printers and a
  scanner. A VSATwill be connected to the network.
  This work will be completed on June2004.The
  two Centers dedicated to the memory of Jon Postel
  are thecontinuation of the program to bring to
  reality the diffusion ofInternet in Nigeria,
  ISOC Nigeria Chapter's main Mission.

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IT CENTER TELEMEDICINE AT UPHTH

• As per the Telemedicine facility, it is going to
  be seen as a great innovation of the Internet.
  Here the will be collaboration among doctors in
  Italy and in Nigeria. The center will make
  possible the treatment of patients with relative
  ease and efficiency. It is a joint venture of
  ISOC, Nigerian society of Engineers, IEEE
  ,Robotics and Automation Society, University of
  Port Harcourt Teaching hospital, the University
  of Verona-Department of Computer science, Italy
  and The General Hospital of Verona
• It will comprise of
• An IT center for the doctors. Here, there will be
  about eight computers, printers and scanners, all
  connected in LAN. This in turn will be connected
  to the VSAT internet facility.
• A tele-consulting room with two computers
  interfaced with a digital camera, an echography
  equipment, a telecamera, a set of laboratory test
  equipment and a printer. Here the the doctors on
  both end-Italy and Nigeria are connected via the
  Internet and can thus engage in video
  conferencing. Thus they can carry out life
  teleconsulting, diagnosis and treatment.
• The third room will make possible to the faculty
  students lecturers and doctors to participate in
  the discussions and consultancies online. To make
  this possible will be a multimedia projector
  connected with the consulting room.
• It will greatly face a change to the old and
  obsolete Nigerian medical system, thus granting
  even the people that cannot afford good medical
  attention without having to travel out.
• Already, a member of ISOC Nigeria chapter, Engr.
  O.O Oruye, has been invited to present a paper on
  the telemedicine at the conference SUSTANABLE
  MANAGEMENT IN ACTION, SMIA03 taking place in
  Geneva from 4th -6th Sept 2003 and he will
  present another paper on the same subject at
  AFNOG Conference that will be hold in Dakar,
  Senegal the next 24th May, 2004.

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THE FUTURE

• To continue and expand this program we are
  locating other institutions where can be
  established such IT centers.
• We are scouting for other funds to realize our
  plans.
• We are planning with IEEE Nigeria Section to
  build a national center for both organization
  having an IT Center.