Eko-Konnect Repository Workshop and eduID Policy meeting

Monday 27 Jan 2020, 09:00 → 19:30 Africa/Lagos

Obafemi Awolowo Room (Radisson Blu Hotel)

Charles Uwadia (Chair, Board of Trustees, Eko-Konnect), Owen Iyoha (Eko-Konnect)

This 1-day workshop which precedes the annual Eko-Konnect user conference will be held in collaboration with WACREN and the National Institute of Informatics, Japan (NII).

The morning session will focus on the WEKO3 multi-tenancy repository and a data management platform for open access to research, teaching and learning materials.
 
The afternoon session will be dedicated to contemporary methods for providing the identity-based frameworks needed to access these research materials securely and protect intellectual property.  It will also include the latest updates on eduID.ng, the pilot Nigerian Identity Federation.  

Audience

• Repository Managers, Researchers and Librarians
• ICT Directors and Network Managers
• Relevant National Development Agencies and Ministries

 

 

 

09:00 → 12:30 Eko-Konnect Repository Workshop

09:00 Introduction about the Japanese use case for repository cloud service

Speaker: Prof. Miho Funamori (National Institute of Informatics (NII))

Introduction_about_the_Japanese_use_case_for_repositorycloud service.pdf

09:30 GakuNin Identity federation and Research Data Management (RDM) as a killer service.

Speaker: Prof. Kazutsuna Yamaji (National Institute of Informatics (NII))

GakuNin Identity federation and Research Data Management (RDM) as a killer service.pdf

10:00 The role of the NREN, why Nigeria needs to think about these services

Speaker: Owen Iyoha (Eko-Konnect)

10:30 Tea Break

11:00 Overview of a Repository System with a Focus on the WEKO3 (Invenio) System

Speaker: Hayashi Masaharu (National Institute of Informatics (NII))

wekov3_.pdf

12:00 Interactive Discussion

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:00 eduiD Policy and Practice meeting: Policies and practice statements for the Nigerian Identity Federation - eduID.ng

13:30 Introduction about SAML based Identity federation

Speaker: Prof. Kazutsuna Yamaji (National Institute of Informatics (NII))

Introduction about SAML based Identity federation.pdf

14:00 Introduction to the eduID.africa cloud service (IDaaS)

Speaker: Omo Oaiya (WACREN)

eduID.africa

14:30 Lessons learnt from the eduID.ng pilots

Speaker: Owen Iyoha (Eko-Konnect)

15:00 Health Break

15:15 GakuNin experience

Speaker: Prof. Kazutsuna Yamaji (National Institute of Informatics (NII))

GakuNin experience.pdf

15:40 Federation Policy and Practice Statements

• Interactive session