WACREN Conference 2014
from
Thursday, 13 March 2014 (08:00)
to
Friday, 14 March 2014 (18:30)
Monday, 10 March 2014
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Thursday, 13 March 2014
09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
Goodwill Messages
Goodwill Messages
09:20 - 09:45
09:45
Opening Address - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Togo
Opening Address - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Togo
09:45 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
NREN Reports – Where do we stand at country level?
NREN Reports – Where do we stand at country level?
10:30 - 12:00
12:00
General discussion
General discussion
12:00 - 12:25
12:25
Sponsors’ minute
Sponsors’ minute
12:25 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Presentations
-
Khoudia Sy Guèye
(
snRER
)
Joseph Odoi
(
MainOne
)
Roland Kouakou
(
ECOWAS
)
Omo Oaiya
(
WACREN
)
Presentations
Khoudia Sy Guèye
(
snRER
)
Joseph Odoi
(
MainOne
)
Roland Kouakou
(
ECOWAS
)
Omo Oaiya
(
WACREN
)
14:00 - 15:30
Building and operating a large campus network – UCAD’s case (Khoudia Sy Guèye, snRER) Sustainable and Cost-effective REN Infrastructure for West & Central Africa (Omo Oaiya, WACREN) ECOWAS Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation (Roland Kouakou, ECOWAS) Regional connectivity solutions platform for HEIs in WA and Africa (Joseph Odoi, MainOne)
15:30
Sponsors’ minute
Sponsors’ minute
15:30 - 15:35
15:35
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:35 - 16:00
16:00
Presentation
-
Phil Regnauld
(
NSRC
)
Sabine Jaume
(
RENATER
)
Pierre Dandjinou
(
ICANN
)
Foster Ofosu
(
AfDB
)
Fatma Ben Abda
(
AfDB
)
Presentation
Phil Regnauld
(
NSRC
)
Sabine Jaume
(
RENATER
)
Pierre Dandjinou
(
ICANN
)
Foster Ofosu
(
AfDB
)
Fatma Ben Abda
(
AfDB
)
16:00 - 17:30
Engagement of Academia in ICANN (Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN) Knowledge, Capacity Building and R&E Connectivity (Fatma Ben Abda & Foster Ofosu, AfDB) RENATER Network and Services (Sabine Jaume, RENATER) Virtualization: Systems and Services for Network Operations (Phil Regnauld, NSRC)
Friday, 14 March 2014
08:30
Network and Campus Best Practices
-
Michel Labadie
(
IRD
)
Network and Campus Best Practices
Michel Labadie
(
IRD
)
08:30 - 10:00
10:00
Sponsors’ minute
Sponsors’ minute
10:00 - 10:10
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
10:30
Virtualization: Systems and Network Capacity Building for RENs
-
Phil Regnauld
(
NSRC
)
Alain Aina
(
NSRC
)
Virtualization: Systems and Network Capacity Building for RENs
Phil Regnauld
(
NSRC
)
Alain Aina
(
NSRC
)
10:30 - 12:00
12:00
Closing remarks
Closing remarks
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
WACREN AGM
WACREN AGM
14:00 - 16:00