[Chapter-delegates] FW: International Workshop on African Research and Education Networking

[David McAuley]

Dear Chapter Delegates:

I am forwarding a note from Mirjam Kuehne, ISOC Senior Program Manager,
regarding ISOC's involvement in the upcoming International Workshop on
African Research and Education Networking. 

This includes contributions from ISOC members, trustees and staff and is an
important endeavor in pursuit of our vision that the Internet is for
Everyone.

Mirjam's report is most interesting - please take a look below.

Thanks and best regards,
David  

David McAuley
Membership Director
Internet Society
703-326-9880, ext 104
703-963-5887 (mobile)
mcauley at isoc.org


Please find below some information about the 'International Workshop
on African Research and Education Networking' and ISOC's involvement
in it.

Kind Regards,
Mirjam
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ISOC's involvement in the International Workshop on African Research &
Education Networking

In conjunction with the WSIS prepcom III in Geneva in September, CERN
together with ITU and the United Nations University (UNU) is holding a
three day International Workshop on African Research & Education
Networking in close cooperation with DANTE, IDRC, IEEAF, Internet2,
ISOC, RENATER, TERENA and UNESCO.

ISOC is supporting a number of individuals from various African
research institutes to attend the workshop in Geneva.

ISOC is also actively contributing to the agenda of the workshop: Fred
Baker, the chairman of the ISOC Board of Trustees, will be chairing a
working group on Technical issues related to "Developing practical
recommendations & Roadmap".

ISOC has further invited Pierre Dandjinou, chairman of AfriNIC and
Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AfriNIC to report about "Internet capacity
building in Africa: the growing roles of AfriNIC and AfNOG". Pierre
Dandjinou is also involved in the session dedicated to Funding.

In addition to that, among the speakers there are a number of ISOC
members, e.g. Mouhamet Diop, Alain Aina, Pierre Ouedraogo to name just
a few.

The purpose of the Geneva workshop is to facilitate scientific and
medical collaborations with Africa by Enhancing Research and Education
Network Connectivity to and within Africa but also bringing in
additional European and International experience and actors, namely:
European governments and European Union representatives, and
International organizations such as ICTP, ISOC, TWAS, UNESCO, WHO.

The workshop will be hold on 25 - 27 September at CERN in Geneva,
Switzerland.

More information about the workshop can be found at
http://cern.ch/event-africa-networking