Name: Eko-Konnect Users Conference 2020
Start: 2020-01-28T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2020-01-30T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos

Eko-Konnect Users Conference 2020

from Tuesday, January 28, 2020 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, January 30, 2020 (4:30 PM)

Monday, January 27, 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

8:00 AM

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome Address - Charles Uwadia (Chair, Board of Trustees, Eko-Konnect)

9:15 AM Goodwill Message - Boubakar Barry (WACREN)

9:30 AM Keynote Address - Miho Funamori (National Institute of Informatics (NII))
10:30 AM Tea Break & Group photo
Tea Break & Group photo
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
Contributions

11:00 AM Development of National ICT Infrastructure for Education, Research and Learning - Muhammad B. Abubakar (Galaxy backbone)

11:30 AM Role of the Internet Exchange Points in a Research and Education Network - Muhammed Rudman (CEO, IXPN)

12:00 PM Overcoming Last-mile Challenges And Connecting Rural Education Communities - Wole Abu (Pan African Towers)

12:30 PM Edge Data Centres For Industrial IoT And Ensuring Reliable Content Delivery - Ikechukwu Nnamani (medallion communications ltd)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
Contributions

2:00 PM Promoting and Funding Research and Education in Nigeria - Olufemi Bamiro ( Chair, National Research Fund, TETFUND)

2:30 PM The Eastern Research and Education Cluster: From Concept to Operation - Charles Esimone (Nnamdi Azikiwe University)

3:00 PM Open Access for Digital Humanities in Nigeria - Tunde Opeibi (University of Lagos)

3:30 PM The need for Open and publicly available Datasets in Nigeria: The case for Healthcare Research - Felix Emeka Anyiam (Centre for Health and Development, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

4:00 PM Science Communication and Collaboration: Tools and Platforms for Internationalizing Nigerian Research - Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari ( Elizade University)
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
Contributions

9:00 AM The LIBSENSE Initiative - Omo Oaiya (WACREN)

9:30 AM Establishing National Repositories: Experiences from Cote D’Ivoire - CECILE COULIBALY (UNIVERSITE VIRTUELLE DE COTE D'IVOIRE)

10:00 AM JPCOAR and JAIRO Cloud: A case study from Japan - Kazutsuna Yamaji (National Institute of Informatics (NII))

10:30 AM Tooling for Open Access in Covenant University Library: Successes and Challenges - Promise Ilo (Covenant University)
11:00 AM Tea Break
Tea Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
Contributions

11:30 AM The role of ORCID for the institution and the researcher - Nabil Ksibi (ORCID)

12:00 PM eduID.ng - Access and Authentication to Nigerian Research Infrastructures - Owen Iyoha (Eko-Konnect)

12:30 PM Introducing the Federated Identity Management for Libraries Initiative (FIM4L) - Peter Gietz (CEO, DAASI/FIM4L)
1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 1:05 PM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room

1:05 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:05 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Nnamdi Azikiwe Room
Thursday, January 30, 2020