EU-Med Event 3
Conference on e-Infrastructures across the Mediterranean

Reception sponsored by the EUMEDCONNECT2 project

Formal opening ceremony

David West, Project Manager EUMEDCONNECT2, DANTE
Session slides (pdf)

Kostas Glinos, European Commission, Head of Unit F3 'GÉANT & e-Infrastructure', DG INFSO, European Commission

Pierre Deusy, European Commission, External Relations

Mashhour Abudaka, Minister of Telecom and Information Technology, Palestinian National Authority

Talal Abu Ghazaleh, Chair UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development Script (pdf)

MED ministers and senior officials will discuss the development of a regional association to form a permanent platform for collaboration among NRENs in the Mediterranean region, and their collaborations for Grid computing. The speakers will be invited to comment on their participation in these developments and their role in sustaining e-Infrastructures.

This panel session will draw on the experience of projects currently using or planning to use e-Infrastructures to facilitate collaborative research and education activities.

Session Chair: Federico Ruggieri - Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics, Coordinator of EUMEDGRID-Support project

Amel Mrabet, Department of Neurology, EPS Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis - International collaboration on epilepsy surgery in Tunisia - a model for the future Presentation (pdf)

Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, University Mohammed V-Agdal, Academie Hassan II des Sciences et Techniques, Morocco - High-performance networking in the context of the ATLAS particle physics experiment Presentation (pdf)

Torild van Eck, Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS) - European E-science and Research Infrastructure initiatives in earthquake seismology and earthquake hazard; opportunities for cooperation across the Mediterranean Presentation (pdf)

Annamaria Marzetti, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies, Italy - ARIMNET- Coordination of agricultural research in the Mediterranean: e-Infrastructure tools Presentation (pdf)

Salem Al-Agtash, Yarmouk University, Jordan - TEMPUS project - ICT education in the globalized world of today: new challenges Presentation (pdf)

Cosimo Notarstefano, Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) - Learning from the Past, Looking at the Present, Moving into the Future Presentation (pdf)

Mohamed Swehli, Lybian Board of Medical Specialties Presentation (pdf)

Valentino Cavalli, TERENA
Report on the sustainability of NRENs, positioning and funding from the TERENA study 'The Case for NRENs' Presentation (pdf)

Spiros Livieratos, GRNET (Greek Research and Education network) Presentation (pdf)

Steven Winstanley, ANKABUT, UAE Presentation (pdf)

Drawing on the experience of senior officials from the European Commission and the Mediterranean countries as well as representatives from other regions, this session will explore ideas for establishing institutions, securing stakeholders' commitment, and co-operative working to lead to sustainable e-Infrastructures.

Session chair: Dany Vandromme, RENATER (French Research and Education network) Presentation (pdf)

Dai Davies, General Manager, DANTE

Leonardo Flores Añover, European Commission, Information Society and Media Presentation (pdf)

Johnathon Chapman, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar Presentation (pdf)

Saleh Hashem Mustafa Abdel-Razeq, Secretary General, Association of Arab Universities

Concluding remarks.