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Progress and Challenges in Building National Research and Education Networks In Africa : A View from the Field. 18 September 2005 Philadelphia, PA USA. WELCOME!. Context Thanks Logistics Onto the agenda…. Context. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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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