WACREN Conference 2016
from
Monday, March 14, 2016 (8:00 AM)
to
Friday, March 18, 2016 (5:30 PM)
Monday, March 14, 2016
9:00 AM
Federated Identity Management - What, Why and How - March 14
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
8:00 AM
Promoting Open Science in Africa - March 15
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
9:00 AM
TANDEM Workshops and Meetings - March 16
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Thursday, March 17, 2016
8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Room: Saly 1
9:00 AM
OPENING CEREMONY
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Saly 1
10:30 AM
Group Photograph / Tea Break
Group Photograph / Tea Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Saly 1
11:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION I – Paper Presentations
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Contributions
11:00 AM
An NREN in a national and global environment: value creation at SURFnet
-
Bram Peeters
(
SURFnet
)
11:20 AM
NREN survival strategies
-
Robert Janz
(
Project manager
)
11:40 AM
Mapping the NREN business model using the business model canvas: the case of TENET
-
Tiwonge Banda
(
Ubuntunet Alliance
)
12:00 PM
The NREN of the Future in Africa
-
Francis Tusubira
(
Knowledge Consulting Limited
)
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Saly 1
1:55 PM
PLENARY SESSION II – Paper Presentations
1:55 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Contributions
2:00 PM
Advanced Services in Collaboration with Research Community: Creating Locally, Thinking Globally
-
Rafael Valle
(
RNP - Brazilian NREN
)
2:20 PM
Cloud Infrastructure, an essential component of resource sharing for African National Research and Education Networks.
-
Babatunde Omogbai
(
WACREN
)
2:40 PM
From National to Global e-Infrastructures
-
Ognjen Prnjat
(
GRNET
)
3:00 PM
AfricaConnect2 – R&E networking for West and Central Africa
-
Cathrin Stöver
(
GEANT
)
3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Saly 1
4:00 PM
PLENARY SESSION III – Paper Presentations
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Saly 1
Contributions
4:00 PM
DNS business and security: a role for the academia
-
Yaovi Atohoun
(
ICANN
)
4:30 PM
Just-in-Time-Teaching – State of the Art of a Blended Learning and Teaching Approach?
-
Margareth Gfrerer
(
Ethiopia
)
5:00 PM
Experiences from an Online Educational Program in Public Health: Peoples-uni
-
Sophia Osawe
(
People’s Open Access Education Initiative, Peoples-uni, UK, Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria
)
5:30 PM
World Development Report 2016 – Tech Hubs
-
Timothy Kelly
(
World Bank
)
Friday, March 18, 2016
8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Saly 1
9:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION IV – Paper Presentations
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Saly 1
Contributions
9:00 AM
Internet Number Resources IPv4 uptake and IPv6 deployment
-
MAdhvi GOKOOL
(
AFRINIC Ltd
)
9:20 AM
perfsonarUI and eduGAIN federated login
-
Antoine Delvaux
(
PSNC/GÉANT
)
9:40 AM
Enabling Virtual Research and Education in Environment monitoring - The role of research and education networks
-
Björn Pehrson
(
KTH
)
10:00 AM
Dynamic Spectrum and the Future of Affordable Access
-
Steve Song
(
NSRC
)
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Saly 1
11:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION V – Paper Presentations
11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
Room: Saly 1
Contributions
11:30 AM
Towards a Regional Communication and Information Network for the West African Research and Education Network (WACREN)
-
Donna Oti
(
CEI Consulting Firm
)
11:50 AM
E-Readiness Survey: Know Your Customer – Plan the Future
-
Stephan Mgaya
(
TERNET
)
12:10 PM
OAU-METLINK: An Online Resource for Teaching of Physical Meteorology in Nigerian Universities
-
Adewale Ajao
(
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
)
12:30 PM
Virtual Private Clouds Performance investigation on educative network
-
Issa TRAORE
(
RITER / Côte d'Ivoire
)
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Saly 1
3:00 PM
WACREN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Saly 1