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Joint eI4Africa/iMENTORS Conference
e-Infrastructures for Africa: Gateways to the Future
An event organised under the aegis of the European Commission (DG CONNECT)
and the African Union Commission
October 29, 2014
Hotel Bloom - Brussels, Belgium
Agenda
(as of September 19, 2014)
08:00 - 09:00
Registrations and welcome coffee
09:00 - 09:30
Opening session
09:00
Opening addresses
Karine Valin, Managing Director, Sigma Orionis & Coordinator of the eI4Africa Project, France
Louis Papaemmanuel, Project Manager, eGovLab & Coordinator of the iMentors Project, Sweden
09:10
Welcome addresses
Anni Hellman, Deputy Head of Unit e-Infrastructures, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Edmund Katiti, Acting Head: NEPAD e-Africa Programme - Infrastructure Programme, South
Africa
09:30 - 10:00
Setting the scene…
Chair
Leonardo Flores Anover, Scientific Officer & eI4Africa/iMentors Project Officer, e-Infrastructures
Unit, DG CONNECT, European Commission
9:30
e-Infrastructures & Horizon 2020
Anni Hellman, Deputy Head of Unit e-Infrastructures, DG CONNECT, European Commission
9:45
PIDA Priority Action Plan and Implementation of African Internet Exchange System
Project
Moses Bayingana, ICT Expert, Information Society Division, African Union Commission
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee/tea break & networking
10:30 - 12:30
Keynote addresses & Panel Discussion
Chair
Francis Tusubira, CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance, Uganda
10:30
e-Infrastructures - What? Why? How? Who?
Simon J E Taylor, Director of the Modelling & Simulation Group, Department of Computer Science,
Brunel University London, UK
10:45
e-Infrastructures in Europe - Status & Perspectives
Yannick Legré, Director, EGI, The Netherlands
11:05
Capitalizing on available resources: iMENTORS, a tool to connect e-infrastructures,
scientists and donors together
Dr. John Owuor, Research Officer - Spider, Stockholm University, Sweden
Louis Papaemmanuel, Project Manager, eGovlab, Stockholm University, Sweden
11:20
e-Infrastructures in Africa - Status & Perspectives
Hassan Mshinda, Director, COSTECH, Tanzania
11:40
Panel discussion
Leonardo Flores Anover, Scientific Officer, e-Infrastructures Unit, DG CONNECT, EC
Edmund Katiti, Acting Head: NEPAD e-Africa Programme - Infrastructure Programme, South Africa
Simon J E Taylor, Brunel University London, UK
Yannick Legré, Director, EGI, The Netherlands
Hassan Mshinda, Director, COSTECH, Tanzania
Bruce Becker, Senior Researcher, Meraka Institute of CSIR, South Africa
Roberto Barbera, Professor at University of Catania, Italy
12:30 - 13:30
Networking buffet lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session #1 - Encountered challenges and means to overcome them
(Open access, data management, governance inter-operability, services, multi-disciplinary, costeffectiveness, cross community, inclusivity, capacity building and hands-on experience, etc.)
Chair
+ Session Overview
Boubakar Barry
CEO, West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), Ghana
13:40
Pharmacology Science Gateway
Collet Dandara, Associate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
13:50
TRODAN Repository
Bode Gbobaniyi, Head, Technical Division, Centre for Atmospheric Research, Anyigba, Nigeria
14:00
Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Julianne Sansa-Otim, Lecturer and IT Specialist, Makerere University, Uganda
14:10
Certification Authorities and Identity Federations
Roberto Barbera, Professor at University of Catania, Italy
14:20
Panel discussion
15:00 - 16:00
Chair
+ Session Overview
Session #2 - Impact and benefits
Louis Papaemmanuel
Project Manager, eGovLab & Coordinator of the iMentors Project, Sweden
15:10
The impact of ei4Africa demonstrators on local communities in rural Northern Tanzania
Joshua Mirumbe, Bunda District Commissioner, Tanzania
15:20
The impact of ei4Africa demonstrators on SomaliREN and the development of Somalia
Abdi Dalmar, President, Benadir University, Somalia
15:30
Impact matters: using iMENTORS to evaluate ICT initiatives in Africa
Dr. Aron Larsson, Lecturer in risk and decision analysis, eGovlab, Stockholm University, Sweden
15:40
Panel discussion
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee/tea break & networking
16:30 - 17:40
Session #3 - Considerations on how to establish and sustain African communities of
users of e-Infrastructures
Co-facilitators
Boubakar Barry, CEO, West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN),
Ghana
Francis Tusubira, CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance, Uganda
Panel discussion
Moses Bayingana, ICT Expert, Information Society Division, African Union Commission
Edmund Katiti, Acting Head: NEPAD e-Africa Programme - Infrastructure Programme, South Africa
Lars Gustafsson, Professor, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden
Amos Nungu, Head, CoeICT/DIT, Tanzania
Simon J E Taylor, Brunel University London, UK
Louis Papaemmanuel, Project Manager, eGovLab & Coordinator of the iMentors Project, Sweden
Roberto Barbera, Professor at University of Catania, Italy
Bruce Becker, Senior Researcher, Meraka Institute of CSIR, South Africa
Yannick Legré, Director, EGI, The Netherlands
Bjorn Pehrson, Professor & Head of the Telecommunication Systems, KTH, Sweden
Vincenzo Puliatti, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, IT Synergy S.A, Egypt
17:40 - 18:00
Conclusions
Edmund Katiti
Acting Head: NEPAD e-Africa Programme - Infrastructure Programme, South Africa
Leonardo Flores Anover
Scientific Officer & eI4Africa/iMentors Project Officer, e-Infrastructures Unit, DG CONNECT, EC
Louis Papaemmanuel
Project Manager, eGovLab & Coordinator of the iMentors Project, Sweden
Karine Valin
Managing Director, Sigma Orionis & Coordinator of the eI4Africa Project, France
18:30 - 21:00
Networking cocktail & End of the joint eI4Africa / iMentors Conference