Program
Program
Workshop I: 29 – 30 November 2016 - Antoun Ghattas Karam e-Classroom, Jafet Library (MAP) | |
09:00 - 17:00 Serge Droz, Jaap van Ginkel, “Workshop on Computer Security Incident Response Team” |
Project meetings: 30 November 2016 | |
09:00 - 17:30 EUMED and AfricaConnect2 Cluster3 Meeting
Internet2 SIG Middle East Meeting
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13:00 – 17:30 AfricaConnect2 Coordinators meeting (closed meeting) |
DAY1: Thursday, December 1st, 2016
08:00 - 09:00 Registration – Bathish Auditorium, West Hall (MAP) | |
09:00 - 09:50 Session (1): Opening ceremony and welcoming remarks with OSSCOM & AROQA [Video] | |
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Dr. Mohammad Harajli, Provost, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
HE Yasser AbdulMunem, Director of Education and Scientific Research, League of Arab States, Egypt
HE Sabry Saidam, Minister of Higher Education, Palestine
HE Boutros Harb, Minister of Telecommunications, Lebanon
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09:50 - 10:10 Keynote (1) | |
Stéphanie Truillé-Baurens, “International Cooperation in an Era of Information Explosion”,International Cooperation Officer, European Commission, Belgium |
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10:10 - 10:30 Appreciation and Recognition
Moderator: Salem Alagtash, Arab States Research and Education Network, Jordan
Yousef Torman, Arab States Research and Education Network, Jordan
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10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break | |
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Chair: Yousef Torman, “ASREN Updates 2016”, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, Jordan
David West, “Perspectives of AfricaConenct2/ EUMEDCONENCT3 Projects”, Project Manager, GEANT, UK
Yousif Asfour, “AUB Contributions towards Lebanese Research & Education Network”, CIO, AUB, Lebanon
Johnathon Chapman, “Middle East Internet2 Special Interest Group”, Consultant - Global Relations, Internet2, USA
NRENs in the Arab Countries:
3.Maged Mohamed El-Sadek (Egypt)
5.Walid Karam (Lebanon)
6.Abdulmonem AL Kharusi (Oman)
7.Hassan Bouhaddou (Morocco)
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12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
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14:00 - 14:15 Keynote (2) [Video] | |
Steve Cotter, “Opportunities and Challenges of Research and Education Networks”, CEO, GEANT, Netherlands
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14:15 - 15:30 Session (3): Roundtable on Global R&E Networking [Video]
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CHAIR: Boubakar Barry, “West and Central African Research and Education Network”, CEO, WACREN, Senegal
Jim Ghadbane, Canadian Research and Education Network,CANARIE, Canada
Pascal Hoba, Sub Saharan Research and Education Network, Ubuntunet Alliance, Malawi
Johnathon Chapman, The USA Internet2 for Universities, USA
David West, The European GEANT Network, UK
Salem Alagtash, The Regional Arab States Research and Education Network, ASREN, Jordan
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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break | |
16:00 - 17:30 Session (4): Global Science Communities, the Biodiversity Case [Video] | |
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CHAIR: Pascal Hoba, CEO, Ubuntunet Alliance, Malawi
Yousef Torman, “MAGIC Project”, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, Jordan
Tiwonge Banda, “Global Science Communities”, Head of Administration and Finance, UbuntuNet Alliance, Malawi
Tania Altamirano, “Colaboratorio” Coordinadora General de Comunidades”, Academic Communitties Coordinator, ReDClara, Chile
Rhea Kahale, “The flora of Lebanon at your fingerprints”, Project Manager, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon
Ibrahim Fathy Moawad, “Biodiversity Informatics: Scientific Data Management”, Associate Professor, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Manal R. Nader, Director, “Mapping Potential Responsible Hunting Areas in Lebanon”, Institute of the Environment, University of Balamand, Lebanon
Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah, “Where Surgery meets Augmented Reality”, Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, AUB, Lebanon
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18:00 - 19:00 ASREN Shareholders Meeting (Closed to ASREN members and by invitation)
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DAY2: Friday, December 2nd, 2016
08:00 - 09:00 Registration – Bathish Auditorium, West Hall (MAP) | |
09:00 - 09:15 Keynote (3) [Video] | |
Ayman El-Sherbiny, “Key Issues on the Information Society, Digital Economy and Smart Development”, Chief, Information and Communication Technology Policies, UN-ESCWA, Lebanon |
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09:00 - 10:30 Session (5): Research, Education and Collaboration (1) [Video] | |
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CHAIR: Habib Youssef, General Director, Computing Center el Khawarizmi, Tunisia
Chafic Chaya, “The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI)”, Regional Communications Manager, Middle East Region, RIPE NCC - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tarek Sadek, “Regional Initiative on Climate Change in the Arab Region: Regional Knowledge Hub”, Economic Affairs Officer on Climate, ESCWA, Lebanon
Sara Najem, “Beirut Solar Map”, Researcher, CNRS-L, Lebanon
Rainer Herpers, “Research potentials in the NREN domain”, BRSU, Germany
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10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break | |
11:00 - 12:00 Session (6): Infrastructures and Services (1) [Video] | |
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CHAIR: Ahmed Dabbagh, Chief Education & Technology services Officer, Emirates College of Technology, UAE
Salem Alagtash, “Pan Arab Services for Research and Education”, ASREN and GJU, Jordan
Patrick Fassnacht, “Updating the ASREN Community on the MENA-CERN collaborations”, Physicist, CERN, Switzerland
Yves Poppe, “Convergence of Computing, Storage and Networking: Supercomputing without Borders”, A*Star, Singapore
Antonio Saravia González, “RedIRIS: Consolidation and Development and Deployment of New Services”, Deputy Director, RedIRIS, red.es, Spain
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12:00 - 12:30 Session (7): IoT and NRENs [Video]
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CHAIR: Walid P. Karam, University of Balamand, Lebanon
Fred Baker, “IoT and Securiy”, Consultant, USA
Chafic Chaya, “IoT evolutions and impact”, Regional Communications Manager, Middle East Region, RIPE NCC – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salam Yamout, “Internet Society Trends in IoT”, Regional Bureau Director for Middle East, Internet Society, Lebanon
Marc Nader, “Evolution of IoT Applications and Technologies”, COO, Data Consult, Lebanon
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12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break | |
14:00 - 14:20 Keynote (4) [Video] | |
Lars Fischer, “Integrated and Ubiquitous e-Infrastructures with Open Exchanges”, Strategy and Policy Officer, NORDUNet, Denmark |
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14:20 - 15:30 Session (8): Infrastructures and Services (2) [Video] | |
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CHAIR: Aouaouche El-Maouhab, Director, ARN, Algeria
Michal Prochazka, “CESNET Services and Best Practices”, Researcher, CESNET, Czech Republic
Mohamad Nawar Alawa, “e-Infrastructure: Enabler for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region”, Regional Advisor on Technology for Development, ESCWA, Lebanon
Alexander Van Den Hil, “The benefits of the Advanced North-Atlantic 300G for the global R&E community”, Product Manager, SURFnet, Netherlands
Radwan Mousalli, “Pushing the Limits on Research & Education with the Cloud”, Senior Vice President, TATA Communications, United Arab Emirates
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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break | |
16:00 - 17:30 Session (9): Research, Education and Collaboration (2) [Video]
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CHAIR: Ibrahim Fathy Moawad, Associate Professor, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, “Incidence of Entomopathogenic Fungi of the Oat Bird-Cherry Aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Homoptera: Aphididae) Infesting Wheat Plants at Assiut”, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt
Mohammad Daoud, “Medical applications in the scientific domain”, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, GJU, Jordan
George Ghinea, “Potential research collaboration in a global context”, Brunal University, UK
Nagib Ghaleb Nasher Mohammed, “Quality of Rainwater From Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Sanaa”, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
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17:30 - 18:00 Session (10): Joint Closing with OSSCOM & AROQA [Video]
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Closing Keynote: Ramin Sedehi, Chief Operating Officer, AUB
Beirut Declaration and event conclusion: Yousef Torman and Salem Alagtash, ASREN
Welcome by the host of e-AGE 2017
Thank You, Appreciation and Group Photo.
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Workshop II: 3 – 4 December 2016 - Antoun Ghattas Karam e-Classroom, Jafet Library (MAP) | |
09:00 - 17:00 Michal Prochazka, Jan Oppolzer, “Identity Federation”, CESNET, Czech Republic |