Name: WACREN Conference 2016
Start: 2016-03-14T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2016-03-18T17:30:00+00:00
Location: Hotel Novotel

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

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

8:00 AM

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Room: Saly 1
Thursday, March 17, 2016

8:00 AM

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Room: Saly 1

9:00 AM

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
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
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
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

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Saly 1
9:00 AM
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
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

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Saly 1