Program

09:00 – 10:30 (UTC)

Regional Meetings (By Invitation)

- ASREN NRENs Community

- EUMEDCONNECT3 and AfricaConenct2(3) Cluster3 Projects

10:30 – 10:45 (UTC)

Break

10:45 – 11:45 (UTC)

- Internet2 Middle East SIG Meeting (Open Meeting)

09:00 – 11:00 (UTC)	Session I: Global Opening [Video] Chair: Habib Youssef, General Director, CCK, Tunisia
	Habib Youssef, “Welcome by The Host”, General Director, CCK, Tunisia Yousef Torman, "A Decade of Success", Managing Director, ASREN, Jordan Barbé Thierry, Head of Unit for “Knowledge, Statistics and Data Hub” - DG DEVCO, European Commission, Belgium [Speech] HE Dr. Doaa Khalifa, Minister Plenipotentiary, Director of Education & Scientific Research Social Sector, League of Arab States, Egypt [Speech] HE Prof. Amr Salama, Secretary General, Association of Arab Universities, Jordan [Speech] HE Prof. Dr. Hussein Hazeb, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Republic of Yemen [Speech] HE Prof. Olfa Benouda Sioud, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia HE Dr. Talal Abu Ghazaleh, ASREN Chairman, Jordan
	Roundtable: Working Globally Chair: Abdulmonem Al Kharusi, Director, OMREN, Oman
	- Erik Huizer, CEO, GÉANT, Netherlands - Howard Pfeffer, President and CEO, Internet2, USA - Luis Eliecer Cadenas, CEO, RedCLARA, Chile - Louis Hyunho Choi, Executive Officer, TEIN*Cooperation Center, South Korea - Matthews Mtumbuka, CEO, Ubuntunet Alliance, Malawi - Jim Ghadbane, CEO, CANARIE, Canada - Boubakar Barry, CEO, WACREN, Ghana - Salem Alagtash, ASREN, Jordan

11:00 – 12:00 (UTC)

Break

12:00 – 14:00 (UTC)

Session II: Global Support [Video]

Chair: Yousif Asfour, Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer, AUB, Lebanon

14:00 – 14:30 (UTC)

Break

14:30 – 15:30 (UTC)

ASREN Shareholders’ Meeting (By Invitation)

09:00 - 11:00 (UTC)

Session III: Regional and Global R&E Communities [Video]

Chair: Helga Spitaler, Project Manager, GÉANT, United Kingdom

- Andrea Lausi, “SESAME: Introduction and Science”, Scientific Director, SESAME, Jordan
- Mahaman Bachir Saley, “GMES and Africa”, Senior Scientific Officer, African Union Commission, Ethiopia
- Juan Miguel González Aranda, “Establishing Synergies with ASREN e-AGE on e-Biodiversity for EU Green Deal & SDG 2030”, Chief Technology Officer, LifeWatch ERIC, Spain
- Declan Kirrane, “Science and Technology will Redefine Banking”, Managing Director, ISC Intelligence in Science, Belgium
- Mohamed Jemni, “ALECSO e-Learning Initiative to Face COVID-19 Pandemic”, Director of Information and Communication Technologies, ALECSO, Tunisia
- Rachad Sanoussi, “Role of The Structured Cabling on The Performance of a University Intranet”, Laboratory Technician, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

11:00 – 12:00 (UTC)

Break

12:00 - 13:30 (UTC)

Session IV: Open Science and Open Access [Video]

Chair: Abdullahi Bihi Hussein, CEO, SomaliREN, Somalia

- Kostas Glinos, "The EU Open Science Policy and EOSC", Head of Unit for “Open Science”- DG RTD, European Commission
- Ognjen Prnjat, “NI4OS-Europe Open Science Cloud”, Director, European Infrastructures and Projects, GRNET, Greece
- Salem Alagtash, “ASREN Survey on Open Science and Cloud Needs”, ASREN, Jordan
- Rawia Awadallah, “Towards National Research Information Management System in Palestine”, Assistant Professor, The Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
- Nabil Ksibi, “ORCID: A Reliable Open Research e-Infrastructure Enabler”, Engagement Lead, ORCID, South Africa
- Iryna Kuchma, “LIBSENSE Open Science Initiative”, Open Access Programme Manager, EIFL, Lithuania

13:30 – 14:00 (UTC)

Break

14:00 – 16:00 (UTC)

AfricaConnect3 PMB Meeting (By Invitation)

09:00 – 11:00 (UTC)	Workshop 1: Routing Security with ISOC [Video]
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC)	Break
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC)	Workshop 2: LIBSENSE – Next Steps [Video]
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC)	Workshop 3: ORCID Workshop [Video]