Greetings, Please share widely within your networks and feel free to join us: Strathmore University's @iLabAfrica, @iBizAfrica and IBM have organized a panel discussion on Software Development and Innovation in Kenya. The panel discussion is the grand finale of a two weeks developer work­shop on Cloud, Mobile, Web, Social and the Inter­net of Things. The panel ses­sion will exam­ine the cur­rent state of soft­ware devel­op­ment in Kenya, the future of soft­ware devel­op­ment, as well as provide an oppor­tun­ity for the Next Gen­er­a­tion Applic­a­tion Devel­op­ment work­shop train­ees to show­case apps developed using the IBM Blue­Mix plat­form, over the period of the two weeks train­ing program. The panel ses­sion will be atten­ded by highly influ­en­tial tech­no­logy and ICT stake­hold­ers in Kenya from the private sec­tor, gov­ern­ment and the Kenya soft­ware devel­op­ment com­munity at large. Confirmed panelists include: 1. Dr. Joseph Sevilla– Dir­ector @iLabAfrica, Strath­more University 2. Veron­icah Ogeto Tchoketch– Head of Innov­a­tion at Safar­icom LTD 3. Rachel Reinitz-​Distinguished Engin­eer and CTO of Soft­ware Ser­vices for Web­sphere, IBM Soft­ware Group 4. Con­rad Akunga– Co-​Founder & Dir­ector of Product Devel­op­ment and Research, Innova Ltd 5. ICT Author­ity Kenya 6. Kenya Edu­ca­tion Network (KENET) This event is FREE and open to the pub­lic, espe­cially people in the soft­ware devel­op­ment field, stu­dents, edu­cat­ors and all tech­no­logy enthu­si­asts in the country. *Date*: 22nd May 2014 *Venue*: Strath­more Uni­ver­sity Auditorium *Time*: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Let us know if you are coming by signing up here<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-discussion-software-development-and-innovation-in-kenya-tickets-11615589541>! We look forward to seeing you. There will also be two meetups as follows: 1. Next Generation Application Development Meetup 2. Big Data Analytics Meetups *Both meetups are free to attend!* Let us know if you will be joining us by signing up here<http://www.ilabafrica.ac.ke/index.php/media-news/news/391-catch-the-biggest-developer-meetups-on-mobile-and-big-data-at-ilabafrica-strathmore-university-with-ibm> ! Best Regards, -- Bernard Chiira Twitter: @Benshira <https://twitter.com/Benshira> | Facebook: bmchiira<https://www.facebook.com/bmchiira>| G+: Bernard Chiira <https://plus.google.com/u/0/100789417128616157631/posts> | Skype: bchiira