Building Research and Education Network Infrastructure in Africa
The connectivity opportunities presented by the three East African submarine cables that have recently landed and the signing of the EU AfricaConnect project document is a pivotal moment. This unique confluence of events brings a rare opportunity for stakeholders to come together and look at both policy and practical issues in exploiting to the full benefit both for the NRENs and the broader knowledge society. This Workshop ran as a parallel event at IST-Africa Conference & Exhibition 2010 and was captured on GLOBAL Plaza.
Programme
| 09:00 - 11:00 | State-of-the-Art of the African Research and Education Networking and Lessons from South America |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Update on Establishment of WACREN, regional REN for West and Central Africa [Video] Omo Oaiya, WACREN |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | UbuntuNet Alliance: Progress and Challenges [Video] Duncan Martin, Director and CEO: TENET, South Africa |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Latin America and CLARA: From ALICE to ALICE2 [Video] Maria Jose Lopez, CLARA PR and Communications Manager |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | InnovaRed: An unfinished story of ups and downs [Video] Annibal Gattone, InnovaRED |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Discussions [Video] |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Emerging Content and Applications Networks |
| 11:00 - 11:10 | Recommendations for Exploiting Research INfrastructures potential in Key IST Areas [Video] Simon Taylor, Brunel University, ERINA4Africa Coordinator |
| 11:10 - 11:20 | ERINA4Africa Overview [Video] Margaret Ngwira, UbuntuNet Alliance |
| 11:20 - 11:35 | Current State and Prospects of Distributed Computing in Sub-Saharan Africa [Video] Bruce Becker, Coordinator, SAGrid, Meraka Institute |
| 11:35 - 11:50 | Practical Case Study in Uganda: ICT used in the Agricultural Sector - Taking advantage of the opportunities and the current trends in ICT advances [Video] Nodumo Dhlamini, RUFORUM |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Contents and Applications in Latin America through CLARA [Video] Annibal Gattone, InnovaRED |
| 12:05 - 12:30 | Discussions [Video] |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Political Awareness, Will and Capacity |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | European Commission Perspectives [Video] Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit, GEANT & e-Infrastructures |
| 14:10 - 14:20 | African Union Commission Perspectives [Video] Ahmed Hamdi, AU Commission |
| 14:20 - 14:35 | The AfricaConnect Implementation Plan [Video] Cathrin Stover, International Relations Manager, DANTE |
| 14:35 - 14:50 | FEAST Identification of Remaining Gaps [Video] Bjorn Pehrson, KTH |
| 14:50 - 15:05 | UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education networking [Video] Francis Tusubira, CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance |
| 15:05 - 15:10 | The eI-Africa Project - Strengthening Cooperation on e-Infrastructures between Europe & Africa [Video] Karine Valin, Managing Director, Sigma Orionis, Coordinator, eI-Africa |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Discussions [Video] |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Round Table on the Next Steps and Synergy between Actors |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Discussions [Video] Boubakar Barry, Francis Tusubira, Cathrin Stover, Bjorn Pehrson, Maria Jose Lopez |
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