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Day 1, 12 December 2013
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Opening (Joint for ASREN e-AGE 2013 and AROQA 5th annual conference) [VIDEO]
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- H.E. Moncef Bin Salem, Minister, MOHESR, Tunisia [VIDEO]
- H.E. Ali Al-Adeeb, Minister, MOESR, Iraq (Represented by Dr. Mohammed Atiya-Sarag, Director General, Research and Development Directorate) [VIDEO]
- H.E. AIi Abu Zuhri, Minister, MOHESR, Palestine [VIDEO]
- H.E. Bashir M. Eshtewi, Deputy Minister, MOHESR, Libya
- Mr. Kamel Braham, World Bank [VIDEO]
- H.E. Talal Abu Ghazaleh, Chairman, Chairman, ASREN, Jordan [VIDEO]
- Appreciation [VIDEO]
- Signing MOU between MOHESR of Iraq and ASREN [VIDEO]
*Opening Session Moderator: Salem Alagtash, Managing Director, Research, Education and Administration, ASREN, Bahrain
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10:00 – 10:30 Keynotes
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- Yousef Torman, “Regional Updates”, Managing Director, Technology, Networking and Infrastructures, ASREN, Jordan [VIDEO]
- Roberto Barbera, “Science Gateways”, University of Catania and INFN, Italy [VIDEO]
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10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session1: “Connect…”
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- Habib Yousef, "CCK: Past, Present and Future", General Manager, Computing Center Al Khwarizmi, Tunisia (CHAIR) [VIDEO]
- Hyong Soon KIM, "KOREN, the progress of ICT research infrastructure in Korea", Director, KOREN, Korea [VIDEO]
- Markus Buchhorn, “Advancement of the NREN Infrastructure and Applications in the Asia-Pacific Region”, APAN General Manager, Australia [VIDEO]
- Alberto Perez Gomez, “RedIRIS – New network infrastructure and new challenges”, Deputy Director for RedIRIS & International Relations of Dominios.es, Spain [VIDEO]
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12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Session2: “Access: R&E Enablers”
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- Hedi Haddada, "International cooperation of the CNRS", Research Director, CNRS, France, (CHAIR) [VIDEO]
- Magda Hussein Zaki, “The Role Arab League“, Director of Education and Scientific Research, LAS, Egypt [VIDEO]
- Hans Frese, “Filling gaps and needs of NRENs – the SILK experience“, Technical Advisor, NATO, Germany [VIDEO]
- Patrick FASSNACHT, “CERN: the main three axis - Research, Innovation and Training”, Adviser to DG for MENA, CERN, Switzerland [VIDEO]
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15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Session3: “Roundtable Discussion on ASREN and e-Infrastructures developments in the Arab World” [VIDEO]
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- Federico Ruggieri, CHAIN-REDS Project Manager, University of Rome III, Italy, (CHAIR)
- David West, EUMEDCONNECT3 Project Manager, DANTE, UK
- Salem Alagtash, Managing Director, Research, Education and Administration, ASREN, Bahrain
- Mohamad Eljazzar, Manager, Information Security, Qatar University , Qatar
- Tiwonge Msulira Banda, F&A Manager, UbuntuNet Alliance, Malawi
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18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Reception by Computing Center Al Khwarizmi [VIDEO]
Day 2, 13 December 2013
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:30 Session 4: “NRENs, Changes, Challenges and Opportunities”
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- Johnathon Chapman, “NREN 3.0 –Globalization”, Chair, Internet2 Emerging NRENs Middle East Special Interest Group, (CHAIR) [VIDEO]
- John Dyer, “The evolution & development of Research & Education Networks”, Business & Technical Strategist, TERENA, Netherlands [VIDEO]
- Yves Poppe, “Evolution of the Middle Eastern subsea cable capacity”, Director of Business Development and Strategy, Data Services, Tata Communications, Canada [VIDEO]
- Rodney Wilson, “Ultra-high Speed, long reach 400G Transmission made real”, Senior Director, External Research, Ciena [VIDEO]
- Fahd Batayneh, “Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) – A Community Driven Approach“, Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator, ICANN, Jordan [VIDEO]
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10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session5: “Innovate…"
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- Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine, “The regional gender research network in Africa and the Middle East into ICTs for empowerment (GRACE) : objectives, researchers, projects, working policies and lessons learned“, Professor, University of Tunis, Tunisia, (CHAIR) [VIDEO]
- Guido Zebisch, “Facilitating Knowledge Transfer: ALECSO´s Quatrilingual Arabic Technical Online Dictionary”, ARABTERM Project Coordinator, Morocco (presented via recorded video) [VIDEO]
- Hafedh Belmabrouk, “National Center for Nuclear Science and Technology – CNSTN", Director General , CNSTN, Tunisia [VIDEO]
- Jauad El Kharraz, “Arab World Association of Young Scientists”, Secretary General, ArabWAYS, Morocco (Presentation only)
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12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 Session6: “eScience Across Borders”
14:30 – 16:00 Session7: “Round Table Discussion on Clouds for Research and Education” [VIDEO]
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- Ognjen Prnjat, “Regional Development Approaches to Shared Computing Infrastructures”, "Oceanos and synnefo - clouds for global R&E", European and Regional e-Infrastructure Manager, GRNET, Greece, (CHAIR)
- Rafael Mayo-García, “A CHAIN-REDS Perspective about Data Access and Metadata Management”, Senior Researcher, CIEMAT, Spain [VIDEO]
- Karim Chine, “Elastic-R, Towards a Universal Platform for Research and Education in the Cloud”, Director, Cloud Era Ltd. UK [VIDEO]
- Salem Alagtash, Managing Director, Research, Education and Administration, ASREN, Bahrain
- Vincenzo Puliatti, Chairman, IT Synergy, Egypt
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16:00 – 16:30 End of e-AGE 2013 (Joint Closing for ASREN e-AGE 2103 and AROQA 5th Annual Conference) [VIDEO]
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- Questions, Comments, Announcements, Yousef Torman, Managing Director, Technology, Networking and Infrastructures, ASREN, Jordan
- Tunis Declarations, Salem Alagtash, Managing Director, Research, Education and Administration, ASREN, Bahrain
- Thank You by ASREN Team
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16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break