Name: Conférence WACREN 2022
Start: 2022-04-25T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-04-29T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Hybride (face à face et participation à distance)

Conférence WACREN 2022

from Monday, April 25, 2022 (9:00 AM) to Friday, April 29, 2022 (6:30 PM)

Monday, April 25, 2022
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Thursday, April 28, 2022
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome Remarks - CEO, WACREN - Boubakar Barry (WACREN)

9:05 AM Welcome Remarks - DG, UVCI - Tiemoman Kone (RITER)

9:10 AM Opening Remarks: Chair, WACREN - Eyouléki T. G. Venant PALANGA (WACREN)

9:15 AM Goodwill Messages: AAU, BOAD, UA, ASREN, GEANT, RENATER, NORDUnet

9:25 AM Address of Ambassador of the European Commission to Côte d’Ivoire

9:35 AM Opening Address: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d’Ivoire - Adama Diawara

9:50 AM Sponsors’ videos (Liquid Telecom, MainOne, ISOC)

10:00 AM Keynote Address: Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Côte d’Ivoire to UNESCO - Ramata Bakayoko-Ly,

10:20 AM Panel: Open Science in Africa. How to connect the dots?
11:00 AM HEALTH BREAK
HEALTH BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Une mise à jour du symposium national sur la science ouverte en Côte d'Ivoire - Tiemoman Kone (RITER)

12:20 PM Update from the 2nd LIBSENSE Regional Policy Development Workshop - Pamela Abbott (Information School | The University of Sheffield)

12:40 PM Update from the Regional Workshop on High Performance Computing (HPC) - Gaoussou Camara Maissa Mbaye (Université Gaston Berger de St-Louis)

1:00 PM Panel: The role of African university associations in Open Science Implementation
Friday, April 29, 2022
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Keynote Address: Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London. - Tim Unwin

9:20 AM Defining a Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy for Africa - Jill Claassen (University of Capetown) Iryna Kuchma (EIFL)

9:35 AM Savoirs locaux et valorisation des langues locales pour la promotion de la Science ouverte en Afrique : le Changement climatique tel que vécu par les aînés dans l’Ouest du Burkina Faso. - Minata TRAORE (Université Nazi BONI de Bobo-Dioulasso / BURKINA FASO)

9:50 AM Open Access publication of Public Health research in African journals - Dominic Agyei Dankwah (University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana)

10:05 AM Closing the gap: Implementing flexible and scalable shared repositories as a REN service - Owen Iyoha (Eko-Konnect) CECILE COULIBALY (UNIVERSITE VIRTUELLE DE COTE D'IVOIRE)

10:20 AM Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication on Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) using Microsoft 365: Case of NIH Collaboration in Mali and Uganda - Ivan Frank Nsimbi (Research Data and Communication Technologies)

10:35 AM A Cloud-based SDN/NFV Network Slicing in 4G/5G core Network: Testbed for Rural connectivity perspectives - Benjamin Koné (Ecole Superieure Multinationnale de Télécommunication de Dakar) Ahmed Dooguy Kora (Ecole Sperieur Multinationale de Télécommunication de Dakar)
11:00 AM HEALTH BREAK
HEALTH BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Le FabLab à ciel ouvert, un outil de communication entre le monde de la recherche et les artisans. - Fernand KOUAME (UNIVERSITE VIRTUELLE DE COTE D'IVOIRE (UVCI))

12:20 PM Designing a Needs Assessment for an Agricultural Data Repository Using RUFORUM as a Case Study - Nada Musa (RUFORUM) Pamela Abbott (Information School | The University of Sheffield)

12:40 PM La formation des chercheurs à la gestion des données de la recherche : cas d’usage de l’”Observatoire des Populations Santé Environnement” du Sénégal. - Pascal Aventurier (IRD)

1:00 PM Examining the Nexus between Training and Open Institutional Repositories in Federal University Libraries in South East Nigeria: the University of Nigeria Nsukka Imperative - Promise Ilo (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)

1:20 PM Africa DIgital Campus Project - Damien Alline (IRD)