AfREN 2018

Monday 7 May 2018, 11:00 → 17:30 Africa/Dakar

Radisson Blu, Dakar

Boubakar Barry (WACREN)

11:00 → 12:30 Session 1

11:00 Introductions

11:20 ASREN update

Speaker: Mr Yousef Torman (ASREN)

11:35 Ubuntunet Alliance Update

Speaker: Dr Pascal Hoba (Ubuntunet Alliance)

Slides UbuntuNet_Update_at_AfREN_-d1.pdf

11:50 WACREN Update

Speaker: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

Slides WACREN-UPDATE-AFREN-2018-v3.pdf

12:05 AAU Remarks (TBC)

Speaker: Ms Nodumo Dhlamini (Association of African Universities)

12:20 General discussion on REN updates

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Session 2

14:00 Blockchain; What it is and why NRENs should be involved

Speaker: Prof. Nii Quaynor (AfNOG)

14:20 Internet of Things (IoT)

Speakers: Isaac Armah-Mensah (University of Cape Coast), Uli Raich (University of Cape Coast)

14:40 LIBSENSE - Library Support for embedding NREN Services and e-Infrastructure

Objectives, on-going study, AfREN collaboration and current status

Speaker: Mr Omo Oaiya (WACREN)

Slides LIBSENSE_AfREN_2018.pdf

15:00 Bootstrapping NREN Identity Federations and the eduroam Confederation in Africa

Update on the African eduroam Regional Proxy Server (RPS), growth of national roaming operators (NROs) and current status of eduID.africa.

Speaker: Mr Tiwonge Banda (Ubuntunet Alliance)

Slides Bootstrapping_NREN_IdF_and_eduroam_-d2.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Session 3

16:00 Towards formalization of AfREN

17:20 Closing remarks