WACREN Conference 2019

Africa/Accra
Nkrumah Ballroom (Accra Marriott Hotel)

Nkrumah Ballroom

Accra Marriott Hotel

Liberation Road, Airport City, Accra, Ghana
Boubakar Barry (WACREN)
Description

WACREN is organizing its 5th Annual Conference on 14-15 March 2019 in Accra, hosted by the Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (GARNET).

The theme of the conference is: "Beyond Networks: Applications and Services" with the following sub-themes.

  • Applications and Services (Cloud Services and Collaboration Tools, Trust and Identity, Cybersecurity)
  • User and Science Engagement
  • Teaching and Learning
  • NREN Business Models and Use Cases
  • Advanced Network Technologies

The conference is organized in a special context: the first to be hosted in a country connected to the WACREN backbone amidst pilots of advanced services and collaborations aimed at maximum utilisation and growth of the infrastructures.

Participants