Arab League Headquarters, Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt,
8th December 2010
Held under the patronage of the Secretary General of the League of Arab States
His Excellency Mr. Amre Moussa
And The Chairman of ASREN Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010 |
| 10 am |
Registration |
| 10.30 am – 11:45 am |
Opening ceremony
- Welcome message: ASREN Chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
- Dr. Saleh Hashem, Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities
- HE Marc Franco, Ambassador / Head of the European Commission Delegation to the Arab Republic of Egypt, accredited to the League of Arab States
- Dr Kostas Glinos, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media
- HE Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States
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| 11.45 am– 12.15 pm |
Press Conference/ Coffee Break |
| 12.15 pm 12.45 pm |
Session 1: Keynote address: " A Global World, a Global Education"
- Yves Poppe, TATA Communications Director for Business Development and Strategy IP Services Global Carrier Solutions
- Radwan Moussalli, TATA Communications Managing Director / Regional Head for Middle East & N. Africa
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| 12.45pm - 1.30 pm |
Session 2: ASREN Strategic Plans
- ASREN Chief Executive Officer
* ASREN Strategic plan 2012-2015
- ASREN Head of Technical Committee
* Assuming and building ASREN infrastructure |
| 01.30 pm – 3 pm |
Lunch |
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3 pm – 4 pm
4 pm – 5 pm
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Session 3: User Perspectives
Panel discussion: applications and achievement enabled by research networks / user perspectives
Session chaired by Federico Ruggieri, INFN, Italy, EUMEDGRID-Support project.
Panellists:
- Giovanni Frisoni, Vice Scientific Director, IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio FBF, Italian Centre for Alzheimer's and Mental Diseases - neuGRID/OutGRID/DECIDE projects
- Amal El-Beshlawy, El Monira University Hospital, University of Cairo, Egypt - ITHANET project
- Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, University Mohammed V-Agdal, Academie Hassan II des Sciences et Techniques, Morocco, ATLAS project
- Ashraf Hussein, Director, Higher Education Information Centre at Supreme Council of Universities, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt
- Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN), Italy
Session 4: NREN Perspectives
Panel discussion chaired by David West, DANTE
Panellists:
- Enzo Valente (GARR, Italian NREN)
- Dany Vandromme (RENATER, French NREN)
- Redouane Merrouch (MARWAN, Moroccan NREN)
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| 5 pm – 5.15 pm |
Closing remarks by ASREN Chairman |
| 8 pm - 9 pm |
Reception offered by HE Marc Franco - Ambassador / Head of European Commission Delegation to the Arab Republic of Egypt, accredited to the League of Arab States |
