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