[Air-L] WEBCAST THURS / FRI – West and Central African Research and Education Network Conference #WACREN2016 in Dakar

[Joly MacFie]

WIth the IANA hearing <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iana>
yesterday and the Kathmandu INET
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/inetktmd> today, the WACREN in
Dakar might have escaped your attention. The webcast is well worth catching
up on, chocabloc with technical presentations covering a wide range of
topics, ably streamed by ISOC's Africa Bureau.

joly posted: "On March 17-18 2016 the 2nd Annual West and Central African
Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference, hosted by the Senegal
Research and education Network (snRER), takes place at the Novotel Hotel,
Dakar. This year's conference brings together p"

[image: livestream]
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016>On *March
17-18 2016* the 2nd Annual *West and Central African Research and Education
Network (WACREN) Conference <https://indico.wacren.net/event/20/>,* hosted
by the Senegal Research and education Network (snRER), takes place at the
Novotel Hotel, *Dakar*. This year's conference brings together policy and
decision makers, scientists, researchers, network managers, collaboration
specialists, e-learning, identity and access management experts, and
connectivity and equipment providers from across Africa and the rest of the
world. the conference is preceeded by a series of workshops promoting
e-Infrastructure development and open science in Africa. The 2nd *TANDEM
National and Regional Conferences
<http://www.tandem-wacren.eu/tandem-2nd-series-of-events/>* and
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016>*AfricaConnect2
<https://www.africaconnect2.net/>* coordination meetings are also colocated
with the conference in a week of activities commencing on 14 March 2016 The
main theme of the conference is: "*Enabling Virtual Research and Education
Communities*", with the following sub-themes: *Authentication and
Authorization * Infrastructure (AAI) and Mobility *NREN Business and
Governance Models *Innovation in R&E Networks *Network Design and Operation
*Online Teaching and Learning Shared Experiences, *Best Practices and
Collaboration". The conference is being webcast live on the *Internet
Society's Livestream Channel 2
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016>*.



*View on Livestream*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016
*Twitter*: https://twitter.com/hashtag/wacren2016


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