Enhancing Research and Education Network Connectivity to and Within Africa

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Enhancing Research and Education Network
Connectivity to and Within Africa

• Warren Matthews and Don Riley
• (co-chairs)

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Thanks

• IEEAF and Internet2
• Program Committee
• Heather Boyles and Ana Preston
• Steve Huter
• Anil Srivastava, Bob Hawkins
• Andrea Johnson
• George Sadowsky
• Scribed by Ben Chinowsky
• Mostly a BIG thanks to the presenters and
  attendees.

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Goals

• Build a critical momentum
• Bring together major initiatives
• Particularly those with bandwidth requirements
• Build a partnership
• Share and co-ordinate
• International Interest in Africa
• Heres what our community can do.

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Related Events

• ICFA
• CERN/WSIS
• Follow-up workshop in September?
• NRENs.
• Further follow-up workshops focusing on
  Applications
• Tele-medicine, distance learning.

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Other Notes

• Please register
• We need to know who you are!
• Report
• Proceedings and (if any) recommendations.

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Agenda

• http//international.internet2.edu/resources/event
  s/2005/smmafricamtgagenda.html