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DAY1: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
| 08:00 - 09:00 Registration [Video] | |
| 09:00 - 10:15 Inauguration and Joint Opening with AROQA [Video1] [Video2] [Video3] | |
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Welcome Address: HE Dr. Hilal Al Hinai, Secretary General of The Research Council, Oman
Launch of OMREN Logo: Mohammad Al Farei, Managing Director, Zeenah Group, Oman [pptx]
HE Adam Kulach, Ambassador-Head of Delegation of the European Union to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar
Keynote (1)
Thomas Delaney, “Community-Based Research Through Open R&E Exchanges: A New York University Perspective”, Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Global Technology Officer, New York University, USA [pptx]
Appreciation and Recognition
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| 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:45 Session (1): Evolution of ASREN’s Region (4 minutes each, no Q&A) [Video] | |
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- Libya: Abubkr Abdelsadiq, Elmergib University
- Palestine: Irene Makhoul, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University
- Qatar: Hassan Al-Derham , Vice President for Research, Qatar University
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11:45 - 12:45 Roundtable (1): AGE-OX and AGE-OP, Towards Intercontinental Connectivity [Video1] [Video2]
- Constantin Vaduva, CTO, QNREN, Qatar
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| 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break | |
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14:00 - 14:15 Keynote (2)
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14:15 - 15:30 Roundtable (2): International Co-operation in Research and Innovation - How to Make it Work for
- Keynotes:
- Carlos Oliveira, Responsible for International Co-operation, DG CONNECT, EC, Belgium [pptx] [Video]
- Salem Alagtash, German Jordanian University, ASREN, Jordan (Moderator)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 Session (2): Research Communities | |
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Federico Ruggieri, “e-Infrastructures Technical and Organisational Challenges”, Head of Computing and Storage Department, GARR, Italy (CHAIR) [pptx] [Video]
Anna Rajab, “Development of Genetic Services in the Sultanate of Oman”, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Director of National Genetic Center, Ministry of Health, Oman [Video]
Guido Zebisch, “ARABTERM, ALECSO´s Technical Terminology Database. A Future Hyper-Platform”, Project Director, ARABTERM Project - Deutsche GIZ GmbH, Morocco [pptx] [Video]
Brahim Lagoun and Oufa Bentaleb, “ABINIT, a First Step on GRID Infrastructures under CHAIN-REDS Project”, Professor & Researcher, Laghout University, Algeria [pptx] [demo 1, 2] [Video]
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| 17:00 - 17:45 Session (3): Education and Learning, to Where? | |
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Hisham Ibrahim, “Bridging Gaps: ICT and Innovation in the Arab World”, Regional Program Manager, RIPE NCC, UAE (CHAIR) [Video]
Karim Abdelghani, “ITU’s Regional Initiative on Smart Learning”, Programme Coordinator, ITU Regional Office for the Arab States, Egypt [pptx] [Video]
Ali Yazici, “Lifelong Learning (LLL): A Roadmap for the Developing Countries”, Head of Software Engineering Department, Atilim University, Turkey [pptx] [Video]
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18:30 - 19:30 ASREN Shareholders Meeting (closed meeting)
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DAY2: Thursday, December 11th, 2014
| 08:30 - 09:00 Registration | |
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09:00 - 09:15 Keynote (3)
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Barend Mons, “Data Stewardship, Boring or Soaring?”, Chair of DTL-data and Head of ELIXIR node NL, Netherlands [pptx] [Video]
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09:15 - 10:45 Session (4): e-Infrastructures and Services
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Brook Schofield, “Increasing eduGAIN Participation through the Evolution of Federation Development”, Project Development Officer, GÉANT Association , Netherlands [pptx] [Video]
Elisabetta Zuanelli, “Aquenergy: A Transboundary Platform for Water and Energy Information Availability”, Full chair Professor, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy [pptx] [Video]
Antonio Sanfilippo, "Shaping the Future Computing Infrastructure for a Research & Education Network in Qatar", Research Director, Qatar Foundation, Qatar [pptx] [Video]
Sergey Suchkov, “PPPM as a New Model of and thus a Unique Tool in a Global Reshuffling of National and International Healthcare Services”, Chair and Director, Dept for Preventive, Personalized and Translational Medicine, A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State Medical & Dental University, Russia [pptx] [Video]
Roberto Barbera, “The INFN Open Access Repository”, Associate Researcher, University of Catania and INFN, Italy [pptx] [Video]
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| 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break | |
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11:00 - 11:45 Roundtable (3): Internet Governance in the Arab region
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11:45 - 12:45 Session (5): Trends in Global Networking
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Johnathon Chapman, US Internet2 Special Interest Group Middle East (Internet2 SIG), Qatar (CHAIR) [pptx] [Video]
Greg Cole, “GLORIAD: The Next Generation of Innovations, Services, Communities and Leaders”, Principal Investigator and Director, GLORIAD, USA [Video]
Alexander van den Hil, “SURFnet: Network Services and International Collaboration”, Product Manager, SURFNet, Netherlands [pptx] [Video]
Marco Brandstaetter, “UAE-IX the Internet Exchange for the Middle East”, Business Development, UAE-IX, Austria [pptx] [Video]
Nasir Memon, “Cyber Stability and Security in the Gulf: Challenges and Opportunities”, Professor, New York University, USA [pptx] [Video]
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| 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break | |
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14:00 - 14:45 Session (6) CERN and Regional Cooperation
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Patrick Fassnacht, “CERN: from Fundamental Science to Daily Applications”, Adviser to DG for MENA, CERN, Switzerland (CHAIR) [pptx] [Video]
Albert De Roeck, “Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN: Challenges and Opportunities”, Senior Research Scientist, CERN, Switzerland [pptx] [Video]
Salman Matalgah, “SESAME as an International Research Lab”, Computing Group Leader, SESAME, Jordan [pptx] [Video]
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14:45 - 15:30 Roundtable (4): Technology Prospects
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Yves Poppe, “ASREN and High Performance Computing (HPC)”, Transcontinental Supercomputing Networking, A*STAR Computational Resource Centre, Singapore [pptx] [Video]
Michael Moore, “Are We Really Impacting Teaching and Learning?”, Senior Advisory Consultant, D2L Corporation, Canada [pptx] [Video]
Mohammad Mabrouk, Manager, Network Operations, Ankabut, UAE (Moderator)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break | |
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16:00 - 17:30 Session (8): Scientific Contributions
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Rafael Mayo García, “CHAIN-REDS Application Use Cases on Data Management”, Senior Researcher, CIEMAT, Spain (CHAIR) [pptx] [Video]
Bremananth Ramachandran, “An Efficient Approach of e-Iris Enrolling and Authentication for FS e-Apps”, Associate Professor, Sur University College, Oman [pptx] [Video]
Ognjen Prnjat, “Surveying Clouds in the Global Environment”, European and Regional e-Infrastructure Manager, GRNET, Greece [pptx]
Ognjen Prnjat, “Shared Computing Infrastructures: A Regional Operational Approach”, European and Regional e-Infrastructure Manager, GRNET, Greece [pptx]
Karim Zerhouni, “Comprehensive Distance - Flexible Learning through the Latest in Collaboration and Virtualization”, Chief Information Officer, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan [pptx] [Video]
Mimoun Hajj, “Aromatic Hydrodecyclization of Using Catalysts Based on Molybdenum and Tungsten Supported on the Remblend of Kaolin”, Professor, University of Boumerdes, Algeria [pptx] [Video]
Abubkr Abdelsadiq, "Towards Libyan Research and Education Network (LibREN)", Elmergib University, Libya [pptx] [Video]
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DAY3: Friday, December 12th, 2014
| 08:30 - 09:00 Registration |
| 09:00 - 14:00 ASREN & EUMEDCONNECT3 Project Meeting (by invitation only) |
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14:00 - 15:00 Closing and Lunch
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