Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Location:
The World Bank Headquarters
Preston Auditorium
1818 H Street NW
Washington DC 20433
Transportation:
Subway passes, maps and staff assistance will be available at the Internet2 Member Meeting Registration desk.
Subway Directions and Maps from the Crystal City Metro Stop to the World Bank Headquarters
Agenda: (all times are Eastern Daylight Time)
8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and Opening: Michael Foley, World Bank and Dale Smith, NSRC, University of Oregon, and chair Emerging NREN Special Interest Group, Internet2
8:15 – 9:30 South Asia Special Interest Group (SIG). Chair: Jim Williams, Indiana University
Reports:
• Current status of ACE+TP3 – Jim Williams
ACETP3 SMM SASIG.pdf
• Quick review of US-India Workshop – Jim Williams
Catalysing Networkenabled Collaboration through Workshopping v1.0.pd
IUCRG_Internet2_Fall2010.pdf
Upcoming events of interest:
The Chinese American Network Symposium (CANS) - Don Riley
APAN - New Dehli - August 2011 - Jacqueline Brown (via Jim W)
Country Updates:
• Nepal: Nepal NREN - Kishor Panth by VC from Kathmandu
NepalRENPresoInt221stApril011.pdf
• Bangladesh: BdREN - Yousuf Niaz, BdREN, by VC from Dhaka
• India: National Knowledge Network (NKN) - R S Mani, NKN, by VC from Delhi
NKN-DC-21-April-2011.pdf
9:30 – 10:30 Middle East SIG. Chair: John Chapman Georgetown University, Qatar Campus
Middle East SIG Meeting Spring 2011.pdf
• Need for information centers and libraries to support research in the Middle East; Pat Ward, Former Dean of Library, Zayed University, University Library Emerita and Professor Emerita, American University
Internet2 Info Cntrs April 2011.pdf
• ANKABUT Update: Dean Hoke, ANKABUT, UAE
Ankabut Presentation to World Bank April 21 Final.pdf
• ASREN Update: Yousef Torman, JUNET, Jordan
ASREN Update Internet2 Spring meeting Yousef Torman.pdf
• Connectivity Needs of Researchers: Zainab Allawi, MNSHD, World Bank
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 Africa SIG. Chair Greg Palmer, MAGPI, University of Pennsylvania
• The Penn/Botswana Initiative: Dr. Steven Fluharty, Sr. Vice Provost for Research, Univ. of Pennsylvania
World Bank Fluharty 04.21.11 FINAL.pdf
• Towards a Nigerian REN, The Journey So Far: Dr. Joshua Atah, Head, ICT Projects, NUC, Abuja Nigeria
Towards a Nigerian NREN The Journey so far Internet2.pdf
• Creating Intra-African and Global Connectivity and Linkages: Tom Fryer, DANTE
20110421fryerIntraAfrican and Global Connectivity.pdf
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 The World Bank and National Research and Education Networks
Moderator: Michael Foley, South Asia Region Development Effectiveness (SARDE)
• H. David Lambert, President and CEO, Internet2: Internet2 and World Bank Partnership.
• Philippe Dongier, Sector Manager, Transport, Water and ICT (TWICT): Telecom Regulation, Investment in Telecoms, Funding of NRENs, Capacity Building in ICT, and Funding of applications.
• Dave Newsom, Manager, The World Bank's Global Connectivity Division (ISGGC): The World Bank's Global network, current status and strategy for development.
• Peter Materu, Acting Manager, Africa region Education Sector (AFTED): Support for the establishment and capacity building of African Research and Education Networks, and ICTs in education generally.
• Han Fraeters, Manager, World Bank Institute's Knowledge Exchange Division (WBIKE): How the South-South Experience Exchange agenda of the Bank can partner with National Research and Education Networks for knowledge sharing.
• Eric V. Swanson, Senior Advisor, Development Economics (DEC) Development Data Group: How the World Bank is using (and encouraging others to use) new technologies to expand the reach of its databases.
1:30 – 2:45 Caribbean SIG. Chair: Heidi L. Alvarez, CIARA, Florida International University
• Regulation for the Telecom Sector in Haiti: Jean Jaunasse Élysée, Executive Director of RDDH (The Network of Durable Development in Haiti)
Haiti presenationWB April 2011.pdf
* Internet Service provisioning in Haiti
: Paolo Chilosi, Directeur Général, MultiLink
HaiREN.pdf
• TeleHealth for Haiti: Scott C. Simmons, Director of TeleHealth, UM Miller School of Medicine
RENHAITITelehealthSimmons18April2011.pdf
• CKLN / C@ribNET Update: David Edwards, Programmes Manager, Colleen Wint-Smith, Advocacy & Communications Specialist, Carlson Samuels, C@ribNET Project Manager at CKLN
Building CribNET (rev2.1) Caribbean SIG WB Apr2011.pdf
• RedCLARA2, Advances in Networking and User Communities: Florencio Utreras, CEO
RedCLARA2 Advances in Networking and User Communities.pdf
* University of the West Indies Evolving Network & Applications
: Shiraz Mohammed, Systems Engineer, St. Augustine Campus IT Services
shiraz UWIREN v2.pdf
2:45 – 3:00 Closing remarks, Michael Foley and H. David Lambert