Program

Session 2.1: Science Cooperation and UN SDGs [Recording]

Chair: Declan Kirrane, Chairman, Intelligence in Science, Belgium

Keynote II: "BUILDING BRAINS IN PALESTINE: Investing in Neuroscience Research Infrastructure", Mohammad Herzallah, Founding Director, Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative, Al-Quds University, Palestine [ppt]

• "Role of the United Nations in advancing e-infrastructure of STI", Haidar Fraihat, Senior Innovation and Technology Adviser, UN-ESCWA, Lebanon [ppt]
• "ASREN's Strategy on Science Engagement", Yousef Torman, Managing Director, ASREN, Jordan [ppt]
• "Constructing Health Collaborative Network for Knowledge Dissemination", Luiz Ary Messina, Brazilian National Coordinator of the Telemedicine University Network RUTE, Brazilian National Research and Education Network RNP, Brazil [ppt]
• "Data Policy at SESAME", Andrea Lausi, Scientific Director, SESAME, Jordan [ppt]
• "GEANT and the Sustainable Development Goals", Hendrik Ike, Public Affairs Officer, GÉANT, Netherlands [ppt]

Session 2.2: Science Communities and NRENs [Recording]

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

• "GEANT Supporting User Communities", Chris Atherton, Senior Research Engagement Officer, GÉANT, Netherlands [ppt]
• "Arabic Natural Language Understanding as a Sustainable AI Research", Mustafa Jarrar, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Birzeit University, Palestine [ppt]
• "Misiones - A Biodiversity Territory", Andrés Enrique Gustavo Ruuth & Emanuel Grassi, IMiBio, Misiones, Argentina [ppt]
• "Benchmarking HPC in the Cloud", Nesreen Al-Malkawi, Systems Administration, German Jordanian University, Jordan [ppt]
• "Public Key Infrastructure in the Cloud: A Case Study", Anass Al Ksasbeh, Systems Administration Section Head, German Jordanian University, Jordan [ppt]

Session 3.1: Open Science – Concept, Policies and Recommendations [Recording]

Chair: Islam Abou El-Magd, Vice - President, the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Egypt

• "Egypt's Policies, Strategies and Action Plans Towards Promoting Open Science", Islam Abou El-Magd, Vice - President, the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Egypt [ppt]
• "How NRENs and Universities are Supporting Open Science", Sarah Jones, EOSC Engagement Manager, GÉANT, Netherlands [ppt]
• "UNESCO Open Science Recommendation: International Policy Framework for Open Science", Ana Persic, Programme Specialist, UNESCO, France [ppt]
• "LIBSENSE - An African Framework for Sustainable Open Science", Omo Oaiya, Chief Strategy Officer, West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), Ghana [ppt]
• “Adopting ORCID to Maximize Impact of Research Contributions”, Nabil Ksibi, Engagement Lead, ORCID, South Africa [ppt]
• "Implementing Open Science at Institutional and National Levels", Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager, EIFL, Lithuania [ppt]

Session 3.2: Open Science – Platforms, Initiatives [Recording]

Chair: Raed Al-Zoubi, Director of the Centennial Library, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

• "Academic Libraries Role in Open Science Era", Raed Al-Zoubi, Director of the Centennial Library, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan [ppt]
• "LA Refrencia: Latin American Network of Open Science Repositories", Lautaro Julian Matas, Executive and Technical Director, LA Referencia, Spain [ppt]
• "Building a Regional Open Science Cloud: NI4OS-Europe", Ognjen Prnjat, Director, European Infrastructures and Projects, GRNET, Greece [ppt]
• "Science Reproducibility and Reusability with FAIR-compliant Frameworks", Roberto Barbera, Professor, University of Catania, Italy [ppt]
• "ASREN’s Efforts on Open Science", Yasmeen Al-Kouz, Senior Communications Officer, ASREN, Jordan [ppt]
• "Leveraging the Power of Community for Open Science", Abdullahi Bihi Hussein, CEO, SomaliREN, Somalia [ppt]
• "Libraries as Catalysts for Open Science Platforms and Initiatives", Ola El Zein, Head of Saab Medical Library, American University of Beirut, Lebanon [ppt]