IEEE AFRICON, Windhoek, Südafrika

With the success of IEEE AFRICON 2004 in Botswana, the IEEE South Africa Section has partnered with the Polytechnic of Namibia to organise the hosting, in Windhoek, Namibia of the 8th IEEE AFRICON Conference&#046; The hosting of this conference in Namibia has particular relevance: the Government’s vision 2030 has targeted Science and Technology as a priority and by 2030 envisages Namibia to be positioned side by side with the developed world in terms of technological output&#046; Namibia’s history has culminated in a country with diverse language and culture, a country in which English, Oshivambo, Herero, Damara and German and several other languages are spoken by just two million inhabitants&#046; It is the country in which John Moore’s desert drama, “Flight Of The Phoenix” was made&#046; This film epitomises the use of engineering ingenuity and resourcefulness in the rescue of humankind, something desperately required in today’s world&#046; <b>Keywords:</b> Communication and Signal Processing<br>Electron Devices and Circuits<br>Lasers and Electro&#8211;Optic Systems<br>Computational Methods and Applications<br>Antennas<br>Computational Semiotics<br>Energy and Power Systems<br>Engineering Management<br>Control and Automation<br>Modeling and Simulation<br>Power Electronics and Devices<br>Engineering Applications and Health<br>Education and Technology<br>Software Engineering<br>Information Systems<br>