[afren] Fwd: Call for Participation: e-AGE 2011-Integrating Arab eInfrastructure in a Global Environment

Boubakar Barry barry at aau.org
Mon Sep 5 09:58:37 UTC 2011


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*e-AGE 2011* Call for Participation

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*Under the Patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan*****

*1st  International Platform on Integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a
Global Environment
*12-14 December 2011, Amman, Jordan****

http://eage2011.ASRENOrg.net/ ****

*Objective:*
To promote opportunities for cooperation between networks of research and
education in the Arab countries, Europe and North America; to launch the
third phase of the EUMEDCONNECT project; and to expand the framework of
effective participation of e- infrastructure linking the Arab Organizations
for research and education to the world. ****

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*Main events:*****

-          The fourth Event on Euro-Mediterranean  e-Infrastructure ****

-          The annual meeting of the US Internet2 Special Interest Group,
Middle East ****

-          The first annual meeting of ASREN ****

Moreover special sessions will be dedicated to specific domains such as
Digital Cultural Heritage, Global Warming, Economic Crisis, Climate Change,
and Energy.****

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*Submission deadline: *****

   - *November 15 , 2011 (full papers, short papers, demonstrations, special
   sessions)* ****

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With the following keynotes and panel discussions on the e-AGE 2011platform:
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*Inauguration:*****

-       Royal Statement****

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*Opening:*****

*                **Welcoming remarks*****

-       HE Mr. Atef Tell, Minister of Information and Communications
Technology****

-           Director Mario Campolargo, Directorate of Emerging Technologies
and Infrastructures, DG Information Society and Media-European Commission***
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-           HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of ASREN****

* *

*Invited Lecture*****

-       HE Dr. Khaled Toukan, “e-Infrastructure based research: SESAME Case
Study”, Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources, Jordan****

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*Opening Address*****

-       Director Dr. Faeqa AlSaleh, Directorate of Education and Research,
League of Arab States****

-       Secretary General Dr. Sultan Abu-Orabi, Association of Arab
Universities****

-     Deputy Director Najat Rochdi, “e-Infrastructure: the backbone for
local development”, Policy, Communication & Operation, UNDP, Geneva****

-          President and CEO Dave Lambert,  “Highlights on the US Internet 2
advanced networking consortium”, Internet2, USA ****

-       General Manager Niels Hersoug, “Overview of Experiences: Delivery of
Advanced Network Technology to Europe”, Dante, UK****

-       Chair of e-Development, Ms. Samia Melhem, “Best practice cases of
eGovernment projects”, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank ****

-       Chief of ICT Policies, Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny,”Regional Backbone
Initiatives”, United Nations - ESCWA, Lebanon****

-       UNESCO****

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*Keynotes:*****

-      Professor Federico Ruggieri, “e-Infrastructure as means for advancing
research and education”, INFN, Italy****

-      Professor Paul Lefrere, “Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures -
anticipating user needs”, Open University, UK****

-      Professor Salwa Nassar, “Grid and High Performance Computing
Technologies in Egypt: Opportunities”, National Research Center, Egypt****

-      Professor Dae Young KIM, “Highlights on APAN and its community in
this Asia-Pacific region”, APAN, South Korea ****

-      HE Professor Isam Zabalawi, “The Role of e-Infrastructure in
Reshaping Higher Education”, Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences,
Jordan****

-      Dr. Antonella Fresa, DC-NET and INDICATE Technical Coordinator,
“Towards a Digital Cultural Heritage e-Infrastructure”, Italy ****

-      Professor Yves Poppe, Canadian Research and Education Networking:
CANAREI, Canada****

-      Professor Hanan Malkawi, “e-Infrastructure based Science Applications
– Case Study”, Yarmouk University, Jordan****

-      Professor Tapio Varis, “Global eLearning and cultural literacy”,
University of Tempera, Finland****

-      Director Florencio Utreras,”RedCLARA2: An Advanced Collaboration Tool
for Latin America”, CLARA, Chile****

-    Professor Rainer Herpers, “Visualization through e-Infrastructure”,
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany         ****

-      Director Margaret Ngwira, “Enabling Researchers and Research
Collaboration in Africa”, Ubuntu Net Alliance, Malawi****

-      Dr. Yousef Nusseir, “Regional Integration for Building the
Information Society”, Director Information and Communication Technology
Division, UN-ESCWA****

-      Professor Roberto Barbera, “Trends in Grid Computing”, University of
Catania, Italy****

-      Professor Johnathon Chapman, "Scientific Research, Internet2 -
Special Interest Group in the Middle East", Qatar ****

-      Director John Dyer, Trans-European Research and Education Networking
Association – TERENA, Netherlands****

-      Dr. Salem Al-Agtash, “Towards an Integrated Arab e-Infrastructure”,
ASREN, Jordan****

-      Dr. Mohamad Saraireh, “Center of Excellence for Library Services:
Experiences”, Yarmouk University, Jordan  ****

-      Professor Mohamad Rafet, “e-Library project at the Association of
Arab Universities”, Egypt****

-      Professor Christos Nicolaou, “LinkSCEEM-2: HPC infrastructure for the
Eastern Mediterranean”, LinkSCEEM, Cyprus****

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*Panel Discussion:*****

-         Federica Tanlongo, GARR – Italian Research and Education Network**
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-      Ayman Bahaa,  Egypt University Network****

-         Serkan Orcan, Perspectives on the Turkish Research and Education
Network, ULAKBIM Experience****

-      David West, Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe****

-      Sa’ed Awienat, Qatar Foundation****

-      Redouane Merrouch,  Moroccan Research and Education Network, CNRS
experiences****

-      Ahmad Dabbagh, ANKABOUT experiences in the United Arab Emirates****

-      ( ), Experiences of Saudi Arabia in developing Research and Education
Network****

-          Dahir Hassan, Perspectives on the Somalian Research and Education
Network****

            -      Yousef Torman, the Jordanian University Network -
JUNET                  ****

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*Conference venue* ****

           Four Seasons, Amman – Jordan ****

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*Topics of interest* ****

    -  e-Infrastructures in the fields of: ****

- Storage and hosting of content delivery ****

- Network communication tools ****

- Network computing resources, including GRID computing and coordination
within NREN community for CPU use ****

     - Research and Education in the fields of:
                - Educational challenges in the 21st Century ****

- Education for all in the digital age ****

- Schools – eLearning, eContent, distance education ****

- E-Learning / Tele-teaching /e-research ****

- Virtual Learning Environments ****

- Digital Repositories ****

    - Innovative Applications and technologies ****

                - Energy conservation ****

- Resource protection ****

- Food and water production and distribution ****

- Waste management
- Information sharing and knowledge ****

- Weather prediction and control ****

- Natural resource management ****

- Climate change ****


and presentations of practical experiences in e-Infrastructure and grid
context****

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*Language*
            English

*Travel*
           Royal Jordanian Airlines <http://www.rj.com/> (RJ) is the
official carrier of e-AGE 2011, as a participant you will get up to 35%
discount on your RJ air ticket

*Organizers and sponsors*
The Platform will be organized by *Arab States Research and Education
Network GmbH** * in cooperation with: ****

-          Jordanian Ministry of Information and Communications Technology**
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-      Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research****

-      Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization ****

-          Association of Arab Universities****

-       Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Ltd (DANTE) ****

-       European Euro-Mediterranean Connect project (EumedConnect3), ****

-       US Internet2 Special Interest Group Middle East, ****

-       Jordanian University Networks****

-       Yarmouk University****

-       European Euro-Mediterranean Grid support project (EMEDGRID-Support)*
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-       Coordination and Harmonization of Advanced e-Infrastructure (CHAIN)*
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*Program Committee*****

-          Salem Al-Agtash, Yarmouk University, Arab States Research and
Education Network, Germany****

-       Federico Ruggieri, The Italian National Institute of Nuclear
Physics, Italy****

-       Ralf Danzer, Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany****

-       Roberto Barbera, University of Catania, Italy****

-       Paul Lefrere, Open University, UK****

-       Tapio Varis, University of Tempera, Finland****

-       Rainer Herpers, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
Germany         ****

-       Jomana Amara, Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Post
Graduate School, USA****

-       Amjed Al-Fahoum, Yarmouk University, Jordan****

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*Organizing committee*****

-          Salem Al-Agtash, Yarmouk University, Arab States Research and
Education Network****

-       Yousef Torman, The Jordanian University Network****

-       David West, Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Ltd  *
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-       Sara Al-Eisawi, Arab States Research and Education Network****

-       Jonathon Chapman, US Internet2 Special Interest Group Middle East, *
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-       Federico Ruggieri, The Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics
****

-       Haithem Qaisi, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology*
***

-       Mustafa Nassereddin, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization****

-       Karam Abdullatif, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization****

-       Khaled Jayossi,  Association of Arab Universities****

-       Kamal Freig, Association of Arab Universities****

-       Natalie Keuroghlian, European Euro-Mediterranean Connect project ***
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-       Federica Tanlongo, GARR, Italy****

-       Valentino Cavalli, Trans-European Research and Education Networking
Association****

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*Important dates *****

   November 15, 2011                        Submission deadline  ****

   November 25, 2011                        Notification of acceptance ****

   December 5, 2011                           Camera ready due****

   December 12-14, 2011                   Conference****

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*Registration fees *****

Authors                                                              150
     Euro****

ASREN Members                                            200      Euro****

ASREN non-members                                    250      Euro****

Special arrangements are made for sponsors, partners, keynote speakers,
panelists, and EUMED/Internet2 group members****

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*For more information and paper submission, please contact*               **
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Paper submission - send email to one of the following members:****

        -     Salem Al-Agtash -  alagtash at yu.edu.jo; alagtash at ASRENOrg.net,
        -     Federico Ruggieri – federico.ruggieri at roma3.infn.it

Registration, payment, reservations and others
        -          Sara Al-Eisawi, office at ASRENOrg.net
                Phone: +962 6 5509222 ext. 2403****

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