NRENs exist to serve their users – research and education communities. Traffic patterns from the regional network show that the vast majority of the traffic passing through the network is still between Africa and other continents. There is very little traffic between African countries, which may suggest that even when it comes to research collaborations, these are still is very little inter-country collaboration. Through initiatives primarily those funded by the European Commission, the Alliance and selected NRENs have been trying to engage end user communities of practice. This has often resulted in situations where the NREN does not have contacts of end user communities of practice beyond the ICT Directors and Vice Chancellors that they are often in contact with. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum where the NREN community including its stakeholders discuss the best ways of engaging end user communities of practice to drive up demand for connectivity and value added services.
08:00
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08:30
Registration
08:30
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08:35
Welcome Remarks5m
Speaker:
MrIsaac Kasana
08:35
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08:40
Workshop Introduction5m
Speaker:
DrPascal Hoba
08:40
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09:10
The role of NRENs in supporting End User Communities30m
09:10
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09:40
End User Engagement Lessons from GEANT30m
Speaker:
MsCathrin Stover
Slides
09:40
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10:10
End User Engagement Lessons from RedCLARA30m
Speaker:
MsTania Altamirano-Lopez
Slides
10:10
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10:40
Health break
30m
10:40
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11:05
Sci-GaIA project and Communities of Practice25m
Speaker:
DrAmos Nungu
Slides
11:05
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11:30
MAGIC Global Science Communities25m
Speaker:
MrTiwonge Banda
Slides
11:30
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11:55
TANDEM Focal Points25m
Speaker:
MrOmo Oaiya
Slides
11:55
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12:20
WIMEA-ICT25m
Speaker:
MrMaximus Byamukama
Slides
12:20
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12:45
AfriGEOSS Community25m
Speaker:
MrYousef Torman
Slides
12:45
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14:00
Lunch
1h 15m
14:00
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15:00
Experience from NRENs (Each NREN to share how they are engaging End User Communities)1h
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16:00
Brainstorming: How NRENs can best Engage End User Communities1h
