Name: WACREN Conference 2014
Start: 2014-03-13T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2014-03-14T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Lome, Togo

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