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Tuesday November 14, 2006 |
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DAY 1 |
08:00-09:00 |
Registration |
09:00 -09:30 |
Opening ceremony |
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Chair: Asenath Mpatwa, ITU |
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Rapporteur: Randsford Bekoe, AAU |
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Panelists:
Paul Effah, NCTE, representing the Minister of Education
Akilagpa Sawyerr, Secretary General, AAU
M ike Jensen, IDRC
Andrea Johnson, PHE Africa
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10:00 -10:30 |
Session 1: NRENs and RRENs in Africa: AAU’s role and vision |
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Chair: Asenath Mpatwa, ITU |
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Rapporteur: Randsford Bekoe, AAU |
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Towards an African Research and Education Network (AfREN) Akilagpa Sawyerr, Secretary General, AAU
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Speech |
10:30-12:30 |
Session 2: Establishing NRENs: models, implementation process and lessons learned (1) |
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Chair: Andrea Johnson, Partnership Higher Education for Africa, USA |
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Rapporteur:Aminu Ibrahim, Ng ICT Forum, Nigeria |
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Henda Ben Ghezala, CCK, Tunesia |
Presentation |
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Victor Kyalo, KENET, Kenya |
Presentation |
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Omar Karam, EUN, Egypt |
Presentation |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30-16:00 |
Session 3: Establishing NRENs: models, implementation process and lessons learned (2) |
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Chair: Mike Jensen, IDRC, Canada |
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Rapporteur:Aminu Ibrahim, Ng ICT Forum, Nigeria |
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Dany Vandromme, RENATER, France |
Presentation |
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Klaus Ullmann/Gerti Foest, DFN, Germany |
Presentation |
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Enzo Valente, GARR, Italy |
Presentation |
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Heather Boyles, Internet2, USA |
Presentation |
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Vadim Navotniy, Uzbekistan |
Presentation |
16:00-16:15 |
Coffee Break |
16:15-17:45 |
Session 4: Regional Research and Education Networks – Models and experiences |
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Chair:Nii Quaynor, AfNOG |
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Rapporteur:Gerti Foest, DFN, Germany |
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Victor Kyalo, UbuntuNet |
Presentation |
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Cathrin Stöver, DANTE |
Presentation |
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Dany Vandromme, GEANT2 |
Presentation |
| 17:45-18:00 |
Closing remarks for Day 1 |
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18:00 |
Welcome cocktail at Novotel |
DATE |
Wednesday November 15, 2006 |
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Speaker |
Title |
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DAY 2 |
9:00 – 10:30 |
Session 1: Establishing NRENs in the region: Country updates (1) |
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Chair: Sandra Aluoch |
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Rapporteur: Steve Huter, NSRC, USA |
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Benin |
Presentation |
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Burkina |
Presentation |
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Cameroun |
Presentation |
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Côte d’Ivoire |
Presentation |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Session 2:Establishing NRENs in the region: Country updates (2) |
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Chair: Henda Ben Ghezala, CCK , Tunesia |
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Rapporteur: Steve Huter, NSRC, USA |
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Ghana |
Presentation |
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Nigeria |
Presentation |
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Senegal |
Presentation |
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Togo |
Presentation |
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30-15:15 |
Session 3: Bandwidth issues and strategies for low-cost access |
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Chair:Harald Holt, UNU |
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Rapporteur: Oumarou Sié, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
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Sandra Aluoch, AVU, Kenya |
Presentation |
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Martin Belcher, INASP, UK |
Presentation |
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Dale Smith / Victor Kyalo, NSRC / KENET, USA / Kenya |
Presentation |
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AfNOG |
Presentation |
15:15-15:30 |
Coffee break |
15:30-17:15 |
Session 4: Studies, regional projects and their financing/business models |
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Chair: Lishan Adam |
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Rapporteur: Martin Belcher, INASP, UK |
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Robert Proulx, Xit Telecom, Canada |
Presentation |
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John L. Mack, USA |
Presentation |
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Ben McGarry, SARUA, South Africa |
Presentation |
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Karanja Gakio, Botswana |
Presentation |
17:15-17:30 |
Closing Remarks for Day 2 |
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19:00 |
Dinner hosted by AAU at African Universities House |
DATE |
Thursday November 16, 2006 |
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DAY 3 |
9:00 – 10:30 |
Session 1: Action plan for the next 6 months |
Breakout sessions |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:00-13:00 |
Session 2: Report Breakout Sessions |
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Chair: Pierre Dandjinou UNDP |
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Rapporteur: Victor Kyalo, KENET, Kenya |
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Panelists: Sessions’ rapporteurs |
Panel |
13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-15:00 |
Session 3: Launching ceremony Ghanaian NREN |
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Chair: AAU Secretary General |
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Rapporteur:Pascal Hoba AAU |
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Panelists : Representatives from Ghanaian universities (UCC, UDS, UEW, UoG, KNUST) |
Panel |
15:00-15:30 |
Session 4: Closing Remarks |
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Chair:Representative, Ministry of Education |
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Rapporteur:Mumuni Dakubu, University of Ghana |
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Panelists: AAU Secretary General, IDRC, ITU, Partnership for Higher Education in Africa |
Panel |
15:30 |
Refreshments |
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AAU Regional Research and Education Networking Workshop
