PROGRAMME
Saturday 12th March 2016
Women in ICT in WACREN
Venue: UCAD II -Salle Visio
Federated services workshop for snRER engineers
Venue: UCAD II -Salle Ateliers
Monday 14th March 2016
AAI Workshop
AfricaConnect2 Cluster 2 Meeting (on Invitation)
Venue: Hotel Ndiambour(Salle Soweto)
Tuesday 15th March 2016
Open Science Workshop
WACREN Board Meeting (on Invitation)
WACREN NREN CEOs Meeting (on Invitation)
WACREN NREN CTOs Meeting (on Invitation)
Venue: Hotel Ndiambour (Salle Soweto)
Wednesday 16th March 2016
AfricaConnect2 Coordination Meeting (on Invitation)
TANDEM National and Regional Workshop
TANDEM Community Workshop
TANDEM PODWAG Meeting (on Invitation)
Venue: Novotel
15.00 – 19.00 REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
18.30 – 20.00 WELCOME RECEPTION
Venue: Novotel
Thursday 17th March 2016
08.00 – 08.45 Registration continues
09.00 – 10.30 OPENING CEREMONY
Chair: Prof. Mary Teuw Niane, Minister of Higher Education and Research of Sénégal
- Welcome Address: Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO, WACREN
- Welcome Address: Dr. Ibrahima Niang, Coordinator, snRER
- Opening Remarks: Prof. Nii Narku Quaynor, Chairman of the Board, WACREN
- Goodwill Messages
- Sponsors’ Presentations:
- AfricaConnect2 (Platinum Sponsor)
- XON (Gold Sponsor)
- Short Presentation on Higher Education and Research in Sénégal
- Address and Opening: Prof. Mary Teuw Niane, Minister of Higher Education and Research of Sénégal
10.30 – 11.00 Group Photograph / Tea Break
11.00 – 12.30 PLENARY SESSION I – Paper Presentations
Chair: Pascal Hoba, UbuntuNet Alliance
Rapporteur: Agnes Carbon, IRD
- An NREN in a national and global environment: value creation at SURFnet (Bram Peeters)
- NREN survival strategies (Robert Janz)
- Mapping the NREN business model using the business model canvas: the case of TENET (Tiwonge Banda)
- The NREN of the Future in Africa (Francis Tusubira)
- Sponsors’ Minute: MainOne (Silver Sponsor)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 PLENARY SESSION II – Paper Presentations
Chair: Yousef Torman, ASREN
Rapporteur: Benjamin Eshun, GARNET
- Advanced Services in Collaboration with Research Community: Creating Locally, Thinking Globally (Rafael Valle) – Remote presentation
- Cloud Infrastructure, an essential component of resource sharing for African National Research and Education Networks (Babatunde Omogbai) – Remote presentation
- From National to Global e-Infrastructures (Ognjen Prnjat)
- AfricaConnect2 – R&E networking for West and Central Africa (Cathrin Stöver)
- Sponsors’ Minute: Cisco (Silver Sponsor)
15.30 – 16.00 Tea Break
16.00 – 18.00 PLENARY SESSION III – Paper Presentations
Chair: Cathrin Stöver, GEANT
Rapporteur: Tiwonge Banda, UbuntuNet Alliance
- DNS business and security: a role for the academia (Pierre Dandjinou)
- L’enseignement de la science ouverte dans les écoles doctorales en Afrique de l’Ouest et Centrale : potentiel et obstacles (Diéyi Diouf)
- Just-in-Time-Teaching - “ State of the Art of a Blended Learning and Teaching Approach? (Margareth Gfrerer)
- Experiences from an Online Educational Program in Public Health: Peoples-uni (Sophia Osawe)
- World Development Report 2016 – Tech Hubs (Tim Kelly)
20.00 – 22.30 Gala Dinner
Venue: Restaurant Terrou Bi
Friday 18th March 2016
08.00 – Registration continues
09.00 – 10.30 PLENARY SESSION IV – Paper Presentations
Chair: Ibrahima Niang, snRER
Rapporteur: Owen Iyoha, Eko-Konnect
- Internet Number Resources IPv4 uptake and IPv6 deployment (Madhvi Gokool)
- perfsonarUI and eduGAIN federated login (Antoine Delvaux)
- Enabling Virtual Research and Education in Environment monitoring - The role of research and education networks (Björn Pehrson)
- Dynamic Spectrum and the Future of Affordable Access (Steve Song)
- Sponsors’ Minute: Thomson Reuteurs (Silver Sponsor)
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break
11.00 – 12.30 PLENARY SESSION V – Paper Presentations
Chair: Nii Quaynor, WACREN
Rapporteur: Manuella Abram, GEANT
- Towards a Regional Communication and Information Network for WACREN (Donna Oti)
- E-Readiness Survey: Know Your Customer - Plan the Future (Stephan Magya)
- OAU-METLINK: An Online Resource for Teaching of Physical Meteorology in Nigerian Universities (Oluwagbemiga Jegede)
- Virtual Private Clouds Performance investigation on educative network (Issa Traoré)
- Sponsors’ Minute: SONATEL (Connectivity Provider)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.30 WACREN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Saturday 19th March 2016
09.00 – 12.30 AfricaConnect2 Suppliers Information Day (on Invitation)