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International Workshop on African Research & Education Networking

from Sunday, 25 September 2005 (08:00) to Tuesday, 27 September 2005 (18:00)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
25 Sept 2005
26 Sept 2005
27 Sept 2005
AM
09:00
Session 1.1 AFUNET workshop (until 10:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30
Session 1.2 AFUNET Workshop (part 1) (until 13:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:30 Overvieu of other network initiatives - Barren Barret (UNU-GVU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:40 Findings from the African DOT EDU Study - Banji Oyenyika (UNU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:50 Issues in Development of Telecom Networks - Bryan Ayres (Globalnet)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:00 A business model for AFUNET - Trond Skjesol (UNINETT)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:10 Universite de Bangui, Central African Republic - Jean M'Boliguipa   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:15 Universite de Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire - Toto Jerome Babou Bi   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:20 Makelle University, Ethiopia - Mintesinot Behailu   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:25 Addis Ababa University(Ethiopia) - Moges Dellengn   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:30 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana) - emmanuel Frempong   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:50 Universite de Conakry (Guinea) - Diouche Diallo   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00
Session 2.0: Introduction (until 09:15) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 Workshop Goals & Objectives - Hans Falk Hoffmann (CERN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
Video in CDS
09:15
Session 2.1: Major networking initiatives in Africa (until 10:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:15 African R & E networking overview - Mike Jensen (IDRC)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:20 Major EU Research infrastructure initiatives - M Campalargo (EU- Information Socity)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:25 India-Africa ICT program - V Ponraj   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 The EU EUMED-CONNECT project - Sabine Jaume (RENATER)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:35 High speed links to Western Africa's costal countries - Dr Don Riley (IEEAF)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Session 2.2 (part 1) The European & South American Experience (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
Video in CDS
11:05 "Setting up an NREN, Europeen experience" - J Dyer (TERENA)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:25 Establishing continental backbones "the DANTE/GEANT experience" - E Valente (GARR)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:30 CEENET, Fostering regional collaborations - Dr Oliver Popov (CEENET)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:35 The virtual Silk Road project - Dr Robert Janz (Virtual Silk Road project)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:40 Advancing South-East Europe into the e-Infrastructure era: "SEEREN & SEEFIRE" projects - Dr J.A. Sanchez-Papaspiliou (SEEREN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:45 ALICE/CLARA, The Latin American Networking Initiative - Dr Florencio Utreras (CLARA)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:50 Global Connectivity Policies of the Europeen NREN Consortium-GEANT2 - Prof. Vasilis Maglaris (GEANT2 Consortium and NTUA)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:30
Session 3.1 Thematic initiatives (part 1) (until 10:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
Video in CDS
08:30 African Virtual University (AVU) status & plans - Pete Bateman (AVU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:35 Partnership for Higher Education in Africa - John Butler-Adam (Ford Foundation)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:40 The African Institute for Mathematical Science(AIMS) - Fritz Hahne (AIMS)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:45 "The importance of bandwidth management and optimization techniques in research and education institutions with low bandwidth environments" - Mr Martin Bechler (INASP)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:50 Cisco's Network Academy Program & NEPAD's e-Schools project - Mr Fred Baker (Cisco) Mrs Julianne Susanne Sansa Otim (Makerere University)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:55 The African Union's NEXT project - Mr Mouhamet Diop (AU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 "Les communautés des opréateurs réseaux africains face au développement des capacités" - Mr Alain Patrick Aina (AU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:00 --- coffee break ---
10:30
Session 3.1 Thematic initiatives (part 2) (until 12:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:30 The Avicenna Virtual Campus Project - Prof. Mohamed Miloudi (UNESCO)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:35 WHO's Health InterNetwork & e-Health - Mr Joan Dzenowagis (WHO)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:40 WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP VSAT infrastructure - Dominique Metais (WHO)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:45 VolP, WiFi & PKI initiatives in French speaking Africa   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:50 Overview of projects funded by the "Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie" - Mr Didier Oillo (AUF)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:55 ICT development to support science in developing countries: The Abdus Salam ICTP experiences - Mr Marco Zennaro (ICTP)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:00 The SIST project - Joel Sor (CIRAD)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:05 Geneva -Lesotho collaboration project - Dominique Hausser (Observatoire Technologique de Geneve)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:10 Informaticiens sans frontieres, Africa@Home (poster, flyers & CD ROM) - Mr Silvano de Gennaro (CERN/ISF) Viola Krebs (ISF/ICVolunteers)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
PM
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Session 1.2 AFUNET worksop ( part 2) (until 16:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 University of Lesotho - Matseliso Moshoehoe-Chadzingwa   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:05 Universite de Nouachkott, Mauritonia - Ahmed-Salem Ould Cheikh   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:10 Ministere des enseignements secondaires et superieur de la recherche et de la technologie, Niger - Salifou Saloue   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:30 Universite de Dakar, Senegal - Abdou Salam Sali   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:35 University of Pretoria, South Africa - Dolf Jordaan   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:40 Mzumbe University, Tanzania - Joseph Kuzilwa   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:45 Universite du 7 Novembre a Carthage, Tunisia - Nawfel Eleuci   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:50 University of Zimbabwe   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:55 University of Makarere, Uganda   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
15:00 Universite de Yaounde, Cameroun   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
Session 1.3 AFUNET workshop (part 3) (until 18:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
18:30 --- Opening Reception & Buffet Dinner (CERN) ---
22:00
Speakers & Rapporteurs Information meeting (Closed Session) (until 22:45) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Session 2.2 (part 2) The African Experience (until 16:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
Video in CDS
14:00 Highlights from AFUNET first day workshop (Case studies) - Dr Harald Holt (UNU) Brendan Barret (UNU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:05 Highlights from recent Internet2 workshops on Africa - Dr Heather Boyles (Internet2)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:10 Established NRENS: MARWAN (Marocco) - Redouane Merrouch (MARWAN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:15 Emerging NREN: SANREN - Dr Imraan Saloojee (SANREN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:20 Regional projects & associations: The SARUA project - Dr Ben McGarry (SARUA)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:25 "The bandwidth initiative" - Mrs Nora Mulira (Association of African Universities (AAU))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:30 "The African digital divide - Towards a global approach to solving the problems" - Dr Bonaventure Mve-Ondo (AUF)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
Session 2.3 Existing & Emerging Telecom infrastructure in Africa (until 18:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:30 ITU's role in Supporting establishment of Policy and Regulatory Regimes in Africa - Mercy Wanjau (ITU/BDT/Sector Reform Unit)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:35 Telecom Policy & Regulatory Regimes in Africa - Prof. Adam Lishan (CITAD)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:40 Global VSAT Forum - Mrs Helen Jameson (GVF)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:45 Challenges involved in the establishment of an academic broadband backbone in Southern and East Africa - Prof. Bjorn Pehrson (KTH)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:50 Optical networking is the long-term solution - Albert Gazendam (Meraka Institute, CSIR (South Africa))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:55 Globalnet - Brian Ayres (Globalnet)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
17:15 EQUANT - Mr Adolphe Aloesode (EQUANT)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
17:25 FLAG Telecom - Mr Marco Bes (FLAG)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
17:30 VSNL International - Mr Elke Gerlach (VSNL)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
17:35 Cote d'Ivoire Telecom - Mr Didier Kla (Cote d'Ivoire Telecom)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
17:40 ONATEL (Burkina Fasso) - Mr Ali Drissa Badiel (ONATEL (Burkina Fasso))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
18:00 "Internet capacity building in Africa: the growing roles of AfriNIC and AfNOG" - Mr Pierre Dandjinou (AfriNIC) Mr Adiel A. Akplogan (AfNOG)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
18:05 "The role of Internet Exchange Points" - Mr Americo Muchanga (Director CIUEM Mozambique)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
19:30 --- Workshop Dinner ---
12:00 --- Sandwich Lunch ---
13:00
Session 3.2 Funding (until 14:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
Video in CDS
13:00 A survey of African donor's investment - Mrs Kate Wild (IDRC)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
13:05 Business models for National Research and Education Networking - Mr Trond Skjsol (UNINETT)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
13:10 The Europeen Development Fund - Harry De-Backer (EU-DEV)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
13:15 Overview of UNDP's report to WSIS "A survey of ICT development aids" - Mr Pierre Dandjinou (UNDP)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
13:20 Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF/FSN) - Mr Alain Clerc (FSN/ISF)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
13:25 India-Africa ICT program - Shashi U. Tripathi (Secretary (WEST), Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
13:30 Intergovernmental Francophony Agency invovment - Mr Pierre Ouedraogo (AIF)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:30
Session 3.3 Developing practical recommendations & roadmap (Parallel Working Groups) (until 16:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:30 Technical issues - Fred Baker (CISCO)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:35 Policy, regulatory, organizational, coordination & comunication - Prof. Lishan Adam   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:55 Business, Financial issues & Funding - Prof. Vasilis Maglaris   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Session 3.4: Conclusions & Recommendations (until 18:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
Video in CDS
17:00 Farewel messages - Asenath Mpatwa (ITU) Hans Falk Hoffmann (CERN) Harald Holt (UNU-GVU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
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