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• Oct

  2012

  19

  e-AGE 2012 Conference (0)

  

  [ December 12, 2012 to December 13, 2012] The 2nd International Platform on Integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a Global Environment e-AGE 2012 is taking place on December 12-13, 2012 at the Convention Center of the Zayed University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

  Under the theme “Collaborate towards developing the regional e-Infrastructures”, the conference will focus on the following topics:

  National and Regional Research Networking experiences, [...]

   
• Sep

  2012

  21

  DRIHM Newsletter just published (0)

  

  The DRIHM (Distributed Research Infrastructure for Hydro-Meteorology, www.drihm.eu) newsletter is now available online.
  DRIHM is a project funded under the EU’s FP7 Capacities Programme (INFRA-2011-1.2.1: e-Science environments) with the aim of develop a prototype e-Science environment to facilitate collaboration between Hydro-Meteorology Research (HMR) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and provide end-to-end HMR services (models, datasets [...]

   
• May

  2012

  22

  e-IRG workshop (0)

  

  [ June 11, 2012 to June 12, 2012] The next e-IRG open workshop will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 11-12, 2012. The workshop is co-hosted by the e-IRG Danish delegation, now the Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation (DeIC), together with the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC), consisting of the five Nordic e-Infrastructure providers – i.e. from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The workshop will be organised under the auspices of the Danish Presidency of the European Union

   
• Oct

  2011

  13

  ACE: a new submarine cable between Africa and Europe (0)

  

  France Telecom-Orange announced on October 10, 2011 the landing in Penmarc’h, Brittany, of ACE, the new submarine cable serving 23 countries by linking France to South Africa.

   
• Oct

  2011

  13

  Report on Knowledge without borders – GÉANT 2020 (0)

  

  Source
  European Commission

  In short

  This report presents the GÉANT experts’ views on the future of the pan-European research and education network GÉANT. It makes specific recommendations to policy makers, funding bodies and the research and the education networks community for supporting and expanding knowledge communities, pushing state-of-the-art technology and adapting to change both from a governance and [...]

   
• Sep

  2011

  30

  Neelie Kroes’ visit in Kenya: how ICT helps developing countries – some Kenya case stu (0)

  

  On the occasion of the Internet Governance Forum, held in Nairobi on 27-30 September 2011, the Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes visited Kenya to further explore the role of ICT in the developing world.

   
• Aug

  2011

  29

  2012 INNOVATION PRIZE FOR AFRICA (0)

  

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) to be awarded for the first time in February 2012. This prestigious and well-endowed award aims at encouraging innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa.

   
• Aug

  2011

  20

  AfricaConnect Implementation Moves into High Gear (0)

  

  The implementation of AfricaConnect has well and truly started. During the last eight weeks, the technical design team has gathered the coordinates of POPs among the member NRENs. These are required as a component of the Request for Information and later the formal Request for Proposals.

   
• Aug

  2011

  20

  Climate Change and the role of ICT (0)

  

  Issues of Climate Change are topping the agenda in almost every discipline. In the field of ICT, there are multiple aspects to consider. On the downside, NRENs are aware of the contribution of the energy used by ICT equipment impacting negatively on climate and also of the challenge of safely disposing of this equipment at the end of its life cycle.

   
• Aug

  2011

  20

  KENET to set up the first EDUROAM Service in Africa (0)

  

  In collaboration with DFN (the German Research and Education Network), KENET (the Kenya Education Network) is setting up the EDUROAM service in Kenya, which is going to be the first in Africa. The service will benefit thousands of university staff and students as they roam with their laptops.