Speakers...

HE Dr. Talal Abu Ghazaleh

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Affiliation: Talal Abu Ghazaleh Organization

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H.E. Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh born on April 22nd, 1938 in Jaffa, is the Chairman and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization.  Founded in 1972 (TAG-ORG) is an international professional services group, empl   More...

HE Dr. Khaled Toukan

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Affiliation: Chairman of JAEC, Jordan

Title of Presentation: " e-Infrastructure based research: SESAME Case Study"

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Dr. Khaled Toukan was appointed by a Royal Decree as the Mini   More...

Ambassdore Faeqa Saeed ALSALEH

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Affiliation: Advisor to the Secretary General of the League of Arab States

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She is currently Advisor to the Secretary General of the League of Arab States (LAS). She is also Director of   More...

Prof. Federico Ruggieri

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Affiliation: Director of Research, INFN - Italy

Title of presentation: e-Infrastructure as means for advancing research and education

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Dr. Federico Ruggieri, is Director of Research of INFN and works on On-Line and   More...

Prof. Sultan Abu-Orabi

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Affiliation: Association of Arab Universities

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Prof. Sultan Abu-Orabi is an Organic Chemist who obtained his PhD from the Un   More...

Prof. Paul Lefrere

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Affiliation: Open University, UK

Title of presentation: "Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures - anticipating user needs”

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Dr. Paul Lefrere is a Professor of eLearning at the UK Open University's Institute o   More...

Prof. Najat Rochdi

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Affiliation: Policy, Communication & Operation, UNDP, Geneva

Title of presentation:  “e-infrastructure: the backbone for local development”

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Directrice Adjointe / Deputy Director Policy, Communication & Operat   More...

Prof. Tapio Varis

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Affiliation: University of Tempera, Finland

Title of presentation: “Global eLearning and cultural literacy”

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Professor and Chair of Media Education, Finland (Research Centre for Vocational Education, and Hyper   More...

Dr. Florencio Utreras

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Affiliation: Executive Director CLARA

Title of presentation: RedCLARA2: An Advanced Collaboration Tool for Latin America

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Dr. Florencio I. Utreras is the Executive Director of CLARA, the Latin American Cooperation of Rese   More...

HE Dr. Isam Zabalawi

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Affiliation: Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan

Title of Presentation: The Role of e-Infrastructure in Reshaping Higher Education

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Dr. Za   More...

Prof. Anton Mangstl

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Affiliatiion: German Jordanian University, Jordan

Title of Presentation: Knowledge Management, ICT'S for Development and e-learning initiatives in the Agricultural Sector

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Anton Mangstl has a Ph.D. in Cro   More...

Mr. David West

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Affiliation: Project Manager at DANTE

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David West is the project manager at DANTE for the regional network projects EUMEDCONNECT2, TEIN3 and CAREN in the southern Mediterranean rim, Asia-Pacific and C   More...

Dr. Yousef Nussier

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Affiliation: UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Title of presentation: Regional Integration for Building the Information Society

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Graduated from England, worked with the Royal Scientific S   More...

Ms. Samia Melhem

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Affiliation: World Bank Group

Title of presentation: Best practice cases of eGovernment projects in an ICT infrastructure environment for improved public service delivery

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Samia Melhem chairs the eDevelopment Commu   More...

Prof. Roberto Barbera

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Affiliation: University of Catania, Italy

Title of presentation: “Trends in Grid Computing”

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Prof. Roberto Barbera was born in Catania (Italy) in October 1963. He graduated in Physics "cum laude" at the Univer   More...

Dr. Antonella Fresa

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Affiliation: DC-NET and INDICATE Technical Coordinator

Title of presentation: “Towards a Digital Cultural Heritage e-Infrastructure”

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ICT expert, working on European cooperation projects and policy development framewo   More...

Mr. Yves Poppe

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 Affiliation: Tata Communications

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Yves Poppe is the Director, IP Business Development and Strategy for Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group.
Mr. Poppe has over 35 years of experience in th   More...

Ms Margaret Ngwira

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Affiliation: Ubuntu Net Alliance, Malawi

Title of presentation: “Enabling Researchers and Research Collaboration in Africa”,

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Mrs Margaret Ngwira holds a Bachelors Degree in English and Economics and M   More...

Mr. John Dyer

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Affiliation:Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association/ TERENA, Netherlands

Title of presentation:The Future of National Research and Education Networks

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John Dyer is the Business and Tec   More...

Dr. Fabrizio Gagliardi

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Affiliation: Microsoft

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In the present position since July 2008. In this position leading an EMEA team responsible for MSR Connections in EMEA. Based in Geneva with main office at the MSR research centre in Cambridge UK.   More...

Mr. Serkan Orcan

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Affiliation:Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBİM)

Title of presentation: Perspectives on the Turkish Research and Education Network

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Serkan Orcan is the deputy director of Turkish Academic Ne   More...

Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny

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Affiliatiion: ESCWA

Title of Presentation: Regional Backbone Initiatives

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Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny, the Chief of ICT Policies Section in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), has more than 20 years background i   More...

Prof. Hanan I. Malkawi

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Affiliation: Vice President for Research & International Relations- Yarmouk University, Jordan

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Résumé: Prof. Hanan I. Malkawi had her bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at Yarmouk University-Jordan, then she was offered a   More...

Dr. Jomana Amara

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Affiliation: Defense Resources Management Institute & Naval Postgraduate School

 

Title of Presentation: Energy security in a turbulent world

Résumé: Jomana Amara, Ph.D., P.E., is assistant professor of economics a   More...

Dr. Ognjen Prnjat

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Affiliation: Greek Research and Technology Network

Title of Presentation: CHAIN eInfrastructure sustainability recommendations and existing sustainability guidelines

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Dr. Ognjen Prnjat holds the position    More...

Prof. Salwa Mohamed Nassar

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Affiliation: Electronics Research Institute

Title of Presentation: Grid and High Performance Computing Technologies in Egypt: Opportunities

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Prof. Dr. Eng. Salwa Mohamed Nassar, Head of Computer & Systems    More...

Dr. Robert Klapisch

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Affiliation: Sharing Knowledge Foundation

 

Title of Presentation: ASREN as a tool to scientific cooperation within the Arab World

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Robert Klapisch (PhD   More...

Prof. Constantia Alexandrou

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Affiliation: The Cyprus Institute, LinkSCEEM-2

Title of Presentation: Developing Computational Science in the Eastern Mediterranean region

 

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Constantia Alexandrou received a BA degree in Physics    More...

Mr. Niels Hersoug

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Affiliation: DANTE

Title of Presentation: "Experiences of Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe"

Résumé: Niels Hersoug joined DANTE as General Manager in 2011. A Certified Project Manager and Master of Science and Business Administration   More...

Dr. Fotis Karagiannis

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Affiliation: e-FISCAL

Title of Presentation: "Towards Sustainable Computing e-Infrastructures across the Mediterranean"

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Dr. Fotis Karagiannis (http://www.linkedin.com/in/fotisk) has 17 years of experience   More...

Dr. Tryfon Chiotis

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Affiliation: GRNET, Greece

 

Title of Presentation: High Performance Computing and Cloud Technologies in Greece and South Eastern Europe

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Tryfon Chiotis is working for the Greek Research and Tech   More...

Mr. Johnathon Chapman

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Affiliation: Internet2 Middle East Regional Interest Group

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Johnathon Chapman is Chief Information Officer for Georgetown University in Qatar. He is also active in Internet2, the US national research and education network,   More...

Agenda...

Day1

09:30-10:30  Inauguration
                     Welcoming remarks

 

10:30-11:30  Opening Address

 

11:30-12:00  Coffee Break

 

12:00-13:30  Trends in e-Infrastucture

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Day2

09:00-10:40   Research Networking       09:00-13:00   Internet2 SIG Meeting (by invitation only) 

 

10:40-11:00   Coffee break

 

11:00-12:30   e-Infrastructure technologies and applications

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Day3

09:00-13:00 EUMEDCONNECT3/ ASREN Meeting (NREN representatives)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 EUMEDGRID Support Meeting (by invitation only)

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Day 4

09:00-13:00 EUMEDGRID Support Meeting (by invitation only)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 Closing remarks

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