BLOCK 1: State of the art of African Research and Education Networking and lessons from South America
CHAIR: F F Tusubira, UbuntuNet Alliance
i. General Perspectives and WACREN – Bobakar Barry, AAU (15 minutes)
ii. UbuntuNet Alliance - Duncan Martin (15 minutes)
iii. RED CLARA – María José López (15 minutes)
iv. InnovaRed, Argentina – Annibal Gattone (15 minutes)
Discussion – 30 minutes
BLOCK II: Emerging content and applications networks
CHAIR: Bjorn Pehrson
i. ERINA – Simon Taylor (10 minutes)
ii. ERINA4Africa – Margaret Ngwira (10 minutes)
iii. Grid Computing in Africa – Bruce Becker, SAGrid (15 minutes)
iv. Practical case study in Uganda: ICT (distributed computing & networking) used in the Agricultural Sector – Nodumo Dhlamini (15minutes)
v. Examples from CLARA - Annibal Gattone (15 minutes)
Discussion – 25 minutes
BLOCK III: Policy Perspectives and Africa Connect
Co-Chairs: Leonardo Flores (EC, GEANT & e-Infrastructures) & Ahmed Hamdy (AUC, HRST)
Speakers / Panelists
i. EC, GEANT & e-Infrastructures: Kostas Glinos - European Commission Perspectives (10’)
ii. AUC, HRST: Vera Brenda Ngosi - African Union Commission Perspectives (10’)
iii. DANTE: Cathrin Stover - The AfricaConnect Implementation Plan (15’)
iv. KTH: Bjorn Pehrson - FEAST Identification of Remaining Gaps (15’)
v. AAU: Boubakar Barry - The Role of African RRENs and NRENs (15’)
vi. Sigma Orionis: Karine Valin - The eI-Africa Project (5’)
Discussions (20’)
BLOCK IV Round table on next steps and synergy between actors
CO-CHAIRs: Kostas/Leonardo EC-DG-INFSO and Vera Brenda, AUC
Panel members:
i. Boubakar Barry (AAU)
ii. Tusu (UbuntuNet Alliance)
iii. Cathrin Stover (DANTE)
iv. María José López (CLARA)
v. Bjorn Pehrson (KTH)