Proceedings
Meeting the networking needs of the e-Infrastructures domain, the ‘2010 Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference’ (which took place at the Scandic Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland on Dec. 9-10, 2010) succeeded in becoming a key place for main stakeholders in the field coming from all over Africa and Europe.
The ‘2010 Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference’ has been organised in the framework of the ‘2010 Euro-Africa Week on ICT Research & e-Infrastructures’ (Dec. 7-10, 2010) and has been co-located with the ‘3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research’ (Dec. 7-8, 2010), held in Helsinki at the same venue.
The Conference organising team has successfully set up an exciting event filled with discussions and debates, networking opportunities, and knowledge-sharing among all key stakeholders in the field and policymakers.
The conference featured various session types:
| Plenary sessions | Featuring officials from the European Commission, the African Union Commission, Governments, and internationally acknowledged e-Infrastructures experts. |
| Presentation sessions | Organised around the main conference themes. Each session was made up of several presentations (6 presentations of about 15 minutes in length), where key stakeholders in the field presented their visions, experiences and findings. Some of these sessions featured case studies and others specific focus sessions (sessions including a mix of presentations and panel discussions and featuring a very single topic). |
| Discussions and debates sessions | Offering participants the opportunity to actively contribute to the Conference outputs. Intended to be very lively and and highly interactive, these sessions encouraged open discussions on many of the e-Infrastructures related topics. |
| Networking sessions | Aiming at facilitating additional and informal networking opportunities. |
A summary report, the conference outputs, as well as all the presentations, are now available.
Please note: no PowerPoint presentations have been made by the panelists during the roundtable discussions.
Thursday, December 9
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Setting the scene… Part I - Research Infrastructures & e-Infrastructures for Science to Global Virtual Research Collaboration…
Chaired by Colin J Wright -
Ikonen Eeva
Research_Infrastructures_-_Tools_for_the_Construction_of_an_Innovative_Europe.pdf -
Leif Laaksonen
An_open_e-Infrastructure.pdf -
Setting the Scene… Part II From Research Networking to Global Virtual Research Collaboration…
Chaired by Kostas Glinos & Ahmed Hamdy -
Ognjen Prnjat
Sustainable_Regional_Development_for_e-Infrastructures_-_a_case_study.pdf -
Colin J Wright
Sharing_the_best_computational_resources_-_a_South_African_perspective.pdf -
Kimmo Koski
Sharing_the_best_computatonal_resources_(eScience_grid)_-_The_PRACE_initiative.pdf -
Jens Vigen
Accessing_knowledge_(scientific_data).pdf -
Interconnecting Africa Creating and sustaining regional infrastructure networks and services in Africa
Chaired by Bjorn Pehrson & Boubakar Barry -
Esam Abulkhirat
The_EU-Africa_Partnership_on_Infrastructures.pdf -
Speranza Ndege
e-Learning_and_e-Infrastructure_-_building_virtual_communities_fro-sharing_research_results.pdf -
Dai Davies
AfricaConnect_-_Implementation_Roadmap_and_Achievements.pdf -
Interconnecting the African NRENs to each other & to global research and education resources via GEANT
Chaired by Bjorn Pehrson & Bayingana Moses -
Frederick F. Tusubira
Shaping_the_NRENs_landscape_in_Africa_-_The_UbuntuNet_Alliance.pdf -
Mumuni Dakubu
Shaping_the_NRENs_landscape_in_Afrca_-_The_West_and_Central_African_Research_Education_Network_(WACREN).pdf -
Dai Davies
GEANT_-_Bringing_cultures_together_across_continents_through_global_research.pdf -
Florencio Utreras
Harnessing_on_ALICE2_-_Latin_America_focuses_on_consolidation_of_RedCLARA.pdf -
Cables - Status & Perspectives
Chaired by Anders Comstedt
Cables_-_State_and_perspectives.pdf -
Mike Last
EASSy_(the_East_African_Submarine_Cable_System)_-_Eastern_Africa_Future_Digital.pdf -
Jean-Louis Parmentier
SEACOM_-_East_Africa_Submarine_Cable.pdf -
Gary Waterworth
Submarine_Cable_Networks_-_an_Accelerator_for_Social_&_Economical_Development_of_African_Contries.pdf -
Sandro Bazzanella
Guidelines_on_access_to_submarine_cables_in_West_Africa_-_an_input_to_pan-African_definition_and_implementation_of_Open_Access_principle.pdf -
Shaping the NRENs landscape in Africa Harnessing on European National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) Best Practices
Chaired by Karel Vietsch & Banda Tiwonge Msulira
Shaping_the_NRENs_landscape_in_Africa.pdf -
Gerti Foest
The_German_NREN_-_DFN.pdf -
Joao Nuno Ferreira
The_Portuguese_NREN_-_FCCN.pdf -
Lars Fischer
The_Nordic_Backbone_Network_-_NORDUnet.pdf -
Sabine Jaume
The_French_NREN_-_RENATER.pdf -
Martin Potts
The_6DEPLOY_2_Initiative.pdf
Friday, December 10
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Linking Policies to Applications - Overview & Existing Synergies -
Björn Pehrson
Day2-introduction.pdf -
Exploiting e-Infrastructures Potential for Boosting Research and Innovation in Africa and for Fostering Euro-Africa Cooperation Investigating Best Practices for e-Infrastructure Application Development - Part I (Organised by the ERINA4Africa EU-funded Pro
Chaired by Simon J.E. Taylor & Boubakar Barry -
Simon J.E. Taylor
Investigating_African_e-Infrastructure_Applications_of_the_Future_-_Results_of_the_ERINA4Africa_Workshops_20100.pdf -
Simon J.E. Taylor
ERINA4Africa-analysis.pdf -
Americo Muchanga
Local_and_Global_-_the_role_of_the_Regulator_in_facilitating_Research_and_Education_Networking.pdf -
Vasilis Koulolias
Afirca4all_-_The_Parliamentary_Initiative.pdf -
Dibungi T. Kalenda
In_Silico_search_for_Phytomedicines.pdf -
Louise Karamage
Digital_Education_Revolution_in_Rwanda_-_the_Case_of_Rwanda_Education_Common.pdf -
Cheikh Tidiane Touré
Telemedicine_in_Africa_-_Status_and_Perspectives.pdf -
Exploiting e-Infrastructures Potential for Boosting Research and Innovation in Africa and for Fostering Euro-Africa Cooperation Investigating Best Practices for e-Infrastructure Application Development - Part II
Chaired by Bjorn Pehrson & Margaret Ngwira -
Robert Klapisch
Pioneering_the_Future_Internet_through_addressing_geographic_issues.pdf -
Nodumo Dhlamini
RUFORUM_-_The_regional_Universities_Forum_for_Capacity_Building_in_Agriculture.pdf -
Antonio Parodi
ICT-based_hydrometeorology_science_and_natural_disasters_prediction_and_mitigation.pdf -
Hannu Saarenmaa
North-south_data_sharing_using_the_e-Infrastructures_of_the_Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility_(GBIF).pdf
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