Progress and Challenges in Building National Research and Education Networks In Africa : A View from the Field

18 September 2005Philadelphia, PA

USA

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WELCOME!

• Context• Thanks• Logistics• Onto the agenda…..

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Context

• Internet2 community interest in extending the reach of research and education networking• Special Interest Group

• US National Science Foundation interest in funding connectivity• IEEAF (Internet Equal Education Access

Foundation) – Internet2 co-organized meeting in May 2005

• Partnership for Higher Education, IDRC projects, previous and upcoming meetings

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Thanks!

• Travel funding• Partnership for Higher Education• Carnegie Corporation• Ford Foundation• Rockefeller Foundation

• IDRC• EUMEDCONNECT

• Workshop support• Microsoft Research

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Thanks!

• Steve Huter, Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)

• Andrea Johnson, Carnegie Corporation• Liz Levey, Ford Foundation• Jennifer Pawlowski, Rockefeller

Foundation• Steve Song, IDRC• Stéphane Roberge, IDRC

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Thanks!

• Warren Matthews, Georgia Tech, Internet2 SIG chair

• Ana Preston, Internet2• Giselle Trent, Internet2• Karen Doemer, Internet2

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Logistics

• Lunch at 1 p.m. in • Handouts of agenda, speaker

information• Web site will have presentations, links

to projects

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On to the agenda…….

• Keynote• Sessions with format of 4-5 kick-off speakers

with discussion from other speakers, audience

• Final “moving forward” discussion session• Rapporteur and writers• Karen Theroux, Carnegie• Ben Chinowsky, Internet2

• Archived stream• Thanks to Ohio State University, Internet2

Commons NOC

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