International Workshop on African Research & Education Networking

25 Sept 2005, 08:00 → 27 Sept 2005, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Hans Falk Hoffmann (CERN)

The workshop is jointly organized by CERN, ITU and the United Nations University (UNU) in close cooperation with DANTE, IDRC, IEEAF, Internet2, ISOC, RENATER, TERENA and UNESCO. The Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD) is funding a feasibility study for the African University Network (AFUNET) as a practical response to the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Plan of Action. AFUNET's main objective is to enhance the capabilities of African academic and scientific institutions to take advantage of the opportunities associated with the emergence of the global information society.

Sunday, 25 September

09:00 → 10:00 Session 1.1 AFUNET workshop

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 → 13:00 Session 1.2 AFUNET Workshop (part 1)

10:30 Overvieu of other network initiatives

Speaker: Barren Barret (UNU-GVU)

10:40 Findings from the African DOT EDU Study

Speaker: Banji Oyenyika (UNU)

10:50 Issues in Development of Telecom Networks

Speaker: Bryan Ayres (Globalnet)

11:00 A business model for AFUNET

Speaker: Trond Skjesol (UNINETT)

11:10 Universite de Bangui, Central African Republic

Speaker: Jean M'Boliguipa

11:15 Universite de Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire

Speaker: Toto Jerome Babou Bi

11:20 Makelle University, Ethiopia

Speaker: Mintesinot Behailu

11:25 Addis Ababa University(Ethiopia)

Speaker: Moges Dellengn

11:30 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)

Speaker: emmanuel Frempong

11:50 Universite de Conakry (Guinea)

Speaker: Diouche Diallo

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:00 Session 1.2 AFUNET worksop ( part 2)

14:00 University of Lesotho

Speaker: Matseliso Moshoehoe-Chadzingwa

14:05 Universite de Nouachkott, Mauritonia

Speaker: Ahmed-Salem Ould Cheikh

14:10 Ministere des enseignements secondaires et superieur de la recherche et de la technologie, Niger

Speaker: Salifou Saloue

14:30 Universite de Dakar, Senegal

Speaker: Abdou Salam Sali

14:35 University of Pretoria, South Africa

Speaker: Dolf Jordaan

14:40 Mzumbe University, Tanzania

Speaker: Joseph Kuzilwa

14:45 Universite du 7 Novembre a Carthage, Tunisia

Speaker: Nawfel Eleuci

14:50 University of Zimbabwe

14:55 University of Makarere, Uganda

15:00 Universite de Yaounde, Cameroun

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 Session 1.3 AFUNET workshop (part 3)

18:30 → 22:00 Opening Reception & Buffet Dinner (CERN)

22:00 → 22:45 Speakers & Rapporteurs Information meeting (Closed Session)

Monday, 26 September

09:00 → 09:15 Session 2.0: Introduction

09:00 Workshop Goals & Objectives

Speaker: Hans Falk Hoffmann (CERN)

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09:15 → 10:30 Session 2.1: Major networking initiatives in Africa

09:15 African R & E networking overview

Speaker: Mike Jensen (IDRC)

09:20 Major EU Research infrastructure initiatives

Speaker: M Campalargo (EU- Information Socity)

09:25 India-Africa ICT program

Speaker: V Ponraj

09:30 The EU EUMED-CONNECT project

Speaker: Sabine Jaume (RENATER)

09:35 High speed links to Western Africa's costal countries

Speaker: Dr Don Riley (IEEAF)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Session 2.2 (part 1) The European & South American Experience

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11:05 "Setting up an NREN, Europeen experience"

Speaker: J Dyer (TERENA)

11:25 Establishing continental backbones "the DANTE/GEANT experience"

Speaker: E Valente (GARR)

11:30 CEENET, Fostering regional collaborations

Speaker: Dr Oliver Popov (CEENET)

11:35 The virtual Silk Road project

Speaker: Dr Robert Janz (Virtual Silk Road project)

11:40 Advancing South-East Europe into the e-Infrastructure era: "SEEREN & SEEFIRE" projects

Speaker: Dr J.A. Sanchez-Papaspiliou (SEEREN)

11:45 ALICE/CLARA, The Latin American Networking Initiative

Speaker: Dr Florencio Utreras (CLARA)

11:50 Global Connectivity Policies of the Europeen NREN Consortium-GEANT2

Speaker: Prof. Vasilis Maglaris (GEANT2 Consortium and NTUA)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:00 Session 2.2 (part 2) The African Experience

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14:00 Highlights from AFUNET first day workshop (Case studies)

Speakers: Brendan Barret (UNU), Dr Harald Holt (UNU)

14:05 Highlights from recent Internet2 workshops on Africa

Speaker: Dr Heather Boyles (Internet2)

14:10 Established NRENS: MARWAN (Marocco)

Speaker: Redouane Merrouch (MARWAN)

14:15 Emerging NREN: SANREN

Speaker: Dr Imraan Saloojee (SANREN)

14:20 Regional projects & associations: The SARUA project

Speaker: Dr Ben McGarry (SARUA)

14:25 "The bandwidth initiative"

Speaker: Mrs Nora Mulira (Association of African Universities (AAU))

14:30 "The African digital divide - Towards a global approach to solving the problems"

Speaker: Dr Bonaventure Mve-Ondo (AUF)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Session 2.3 Existing & Emerging Telecom infrastructure in Africa

16:30 ITU's role in Supporting establishment of Policy and Regulatory Regimes in Africa

Speaker: Mercy Wanjau (ITU/BDT/Sector Reform Unit)

16:35 Telecom Policy & Regulatory Regimes in Africa

Speaker: Prof. Adam Lishan (CITAD)

16:40 Global VSAT Forum

Speaker: Mrs Helen Jameson (GVF)

16:45 Challenges involved in the establishment of an academic broadband backbone in Southern and East Africa

Speaker: Prof. Bjorn Pehrson (KTH)

16:50 Optical networking is the long-term solution

Speaker: Albert Gazendam (Meraka Institute, CSIR (South Africa))

16:55 Globalnet

Speaker: Brian Ayres (Globalnet)

17:15 EQUANT

Speaker: Mr Adolphe Aloesode (EQUANT)

17:25 FLAG Telecom

Speaker: Mr Marco Bes (FLAG)

17:30 VSNL International

Speaker: Mr Elke Gerlach (VSNL)

17:35 Cote d'Ivoire Telecom

Speaker: Mr Didier Kla (Cote d'Ivoire Telecom)

17:40 ONATEL (Burkina Fasso)

Speaker: Mr Ali Drissa Badiel (ONATEL (Burkina Fasso))

18:00 "Internet capacity building in Africa: the growing roles of AfriNIC and AfNOG"

Speakers: Mr Adiel A. Akplogan (AfNOG), Mr Pierre Dandjinou (AfriNIC)

18:05 "The role of Internet Exchange Points"

Speaker: Mr Americo Muchanga (Director CIUEM Mozambique)

19:30 → 22:00 Workshop Dinner

Tuesday, 27 September

08:30 → 10:00 Session 3.1 Thematic initiatives (part 1)

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08:30 African Virtual University (AVU) status & plans

Speaker: Pete Bateman (AVU)

08:35 Partnership for Higher Education in Africa

Speaker: John Butler-Adam (Ford Foundation)

08:40 The African Institute for Mathematical Science(AIMS)

Speaker: Fritz Hahne (AIMS)

08:45 "The importance of bandwidth management and optimization techniques in research and education institutions with low bandwidth environments"

Speaker: Mr Martin Bechler (INASP)

08:50 Cisco's Network Academy Program & NEPAD's e-Schools project

Speakers: Mr Fred Baker (Cisco), Mrs Julianne Susanne Sansa Otim (Makerere University)

08:55 The African Union's NEXT project

Speaker: Mr Mouhamet Diop (AU)

09:00 "Les communautés des opréateurs réseaux africains face au développement des capacités"

Speaker: Mr Alain Patrick Aina (AU)

10:00 → 10:30 coffee break

10:30 → 12:00 Session 3.1 Thematic initiatives (part 2)

10:30 The Avicenna Virtual Campus Project

Speaker: Prof. Mohamed Miloudi (UNESCO)

10:35 WHO's Health InterNetwork & e-Health

Speaker: Mr Joan Dzenowagis (WHO)

10:40 WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP VSAT infrastructure

Speaker: Dominique Metais (WHO)

10:45 VolP, WiFi & PKI initiatives in French speaking Africa

10:50 Overview of projects funded by the "Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie"

Speaker: Mr Didier Oillo (AUF)

10:55 ICT development to support science in developing countries: The Abdus Salam ICTP experiences

Speaker: Mr Marco Zennaro (ICTP)

11:00 The SIST project

Speaker: Joel Sor (CIRAD)

11:05 Geneva -Lesotho collaboration project

Speaker: Dominique Hausser (Observatoire Technologique de Geneve)

11:10 Informaticiens sans frontieres, Africa@Home (poster, flyers & CD ROM)

Speakers: Mr Silvano de Gennaro (CERN/ISF), Viola Krebs (ISF/ICVolunteers)

12:00 → 13:00 Sandwich Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Session 3.2 Funding

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13:00 A survey of African donor's investment

Speaker: Mrs Kate Wild (IDRC)

13:05 Business models for National Research and Education Networking

Speaker: Mr Trond Skjsol (UNINETT)

13:10 The Europeen Development Fund

Speaker: Harry De-Backer (EU-DEV)

13:15 Overview of UNDP's report to WSIS "A survey of ICT development aids"

Speaker: Mr Pierre Dandjinou (UNDP)

13:20 Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF/FSN)

Speaker: Mr Alain Clerc (FSN/ISF)

13:25 India-Africa ICT program

Speaker: Shashi U. Tripathi (Secretary (WEST), Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

13:30 Intergovernmental Francophony Agency invovment

Speaker: Mr Pierre Ouedraogo (AIF)

14:30 → 16:30 Session 3.3 Developing practical recommendations & roadmap (Parallel Working Groups)

14:30 Technical issues

Speaker: Fred Baker (CISCO)

14:35 Policy, regulatory, organizational, coordination & comunication

Speaker: Prof. Lishan Adam

14:55 Business, Financial issues & Funding

Speaker: Prof. Vasilis Maglaris

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 18:30 Session 3.4: Conclusions & Recommendations

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17:00 Farewel messages

Speakers: Asenath Mpatwa (ITU), Hans Falk Hoffmann (CERN), Harald Holt (UNU-GVU)