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09:25

5th BELIEF Symposium Created 3 years ago

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When: Monday, 07 Dec 2009 at 09:25. Timezone: Madrid (CET, GMT +01:00)
Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
Organisers: Juan Quemada , Enrique Barra Arias , Carlos Barcenilla
Event features: Streaming , Video Recording

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Timezone: Madrid (CET, GMT +01:00)
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Program /Video list

Monday 07 Dec
Tuesday 08 Dec
Wednesday 09 Dec

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09:25

09:30

Welcome Speech

Happy Sithole
Director: Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), Meraka Institute (Meraka), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

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09:31

09:49

Opening Speech - National Cyber-Infrastructure as a major driver in boosting South Africa's R&D and HCD

Daniel Adams
Chief Director: Department of Science and Technology (DST)

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09:50

10:05

Towards an integrated National Cyber-Infrastructure

Colin Wright
Manager: Cyberinfrastructure, Meraka, CSIR

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10:05

10:20

CHPC Progress and its response to the Nation Cyber-Infrastructure

Happy Sithole
Director: CHPC, Meraka, CSIR

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10:20

10:35

Promoting e-Infrastructures - global and regional development

Stephen Benians
BELIEF Coordinator

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10:35

10:50

European policy for e-Infrastructure development

Kostas Glinos
European policy for e-Infrastructure development

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10:50

11:00

Q&A

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11:00

11:30

Morning Tea Interlude

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11:30

11:45

Harnessing an integrated National Cyber-Infrastructure ecosystem through research and education

Jeff Chen
Acting Operations Manager: CHPC, Meraka, CSIR

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11:45

12:00

CHPC computational platforms - progress to date and future plans

Dorah Thobye
Acting Technical Manager: CHPC, Meraka, CSIR

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12:00

12:15

SANReN: history, progress, future

Christiaan Kuun
Project Manager: SANReN, Meraka, CSIR

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12:16

12:30

Very Large Data Base initiative for e-Research communities

Colin Wright

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12:30

12:40

Q&A

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12:40

13:40

Networking Lunch

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13:40

14:00

The underpinning role of NRF in fostering an integrated cyberinfrastructure

Romilla Maharaj
Executive Director: HICD, National Research Foundation

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14:00

14:20

JISC: Supporting e-Infrastructure for research in the UK

Malcolm Read
JISC Executive Secretary

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14:20

14:40

The potential and impact of e-Infrastructure in education In Africa

Johan Eksteen
Regional Standards Officer, Microsoft South Africa and West, East, Central Africa & The Indian Ocean Islands

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14:40

15:00

PRACE: Building a new e-Infrastructure in Europe-means for influencing science communities and stake holders

Ari Turunen
CSC - Finnish centre for high-performance computing and networking

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15:00

15:20

Q&A

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15:20

15:50

Afternoon Tea Interlude

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15:50

16:10

High performance computing: industrial research & development to production

Cynthia McIntyre
Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations and HPC Initiative, Council on Competitiveness (US)

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16:10

16:30

From EGEE to EGI: building the European e-Infrastructure

Bob Jones
EGEE/EGI Coordinator

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16:30

16:50

The distributed European infrastructure for supercomputing applications (DEISA 2): goals, strategies and achievements

Hermann Lederer
Deputy Director, Garching Computing Centre of the Max Planck Society

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16:50

17:10

Increasing needs in the e-Infrastructures for supporting e-Science

Leif Laaksonen
e-IRG Chair

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17:11

17:30

Q&A

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17:30

18:10

Round Table Discussion

# Funding agencies' commitment and long-term goals
# Education as the cornerstones (towards creating a critical mass of skilled researchers and bridged the digital divide)
# Best practises: lessons learned from our international partners and how to apply them in South Africa and Africa
# Fostering collaboration amongst Africans and between Africa and international partners

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18:10

18:30

Remark of Day 1

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18:30

20:00

Cocktail Dinner

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