Workshop Towards an African Open Science Platform Infrastructure Framework

Wednesday Nov 1, 2017, 8:00 AM → 5:00 PM UTC

8:00 AM → 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM → 9:50 AM Opening & Welcome Remarks

Convener: Mr Zelalem Assefa

9:00 AM Welcome Remarks from the Host, EthERNet

Speaker: Mr Zelalem Assefa (EthERNet)

9:10 AM Welcome Remarks from Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS)

Speaker: Prof. Masresha Fetene (Ethiopian Academy of Sciences)

9:20 AM Welcome Remarks from the African Open Science Platform (AOSP)

Speaker: Ms Susan Veldsman (Academy of Sciences of South Africa)

9:30 AM Welcome Remarks from UbuntuNet Alliance

Speaker: Dr Pascal Hoba (UbuntuNet Alliance)

9:40 AM Welcome Remarks from the Ethiopian Government

Speaker: Prof. Afework Kassu (State Minister for Science and Technology)

9:50 AM → 11:00 AM Session 1: Context

Convener: Dr Margareth Gfrerer (Education Strategy Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

9:50 AM African Open Data/Open Science Agenda

Speaker: Ms Susan Veldsman (Academy of Sciences of South Africa)

Slides aosp-slides-1nov2017-171101130717.pdf

10:15 AM Ethiopia Open Data/Open Science Agenda

Speaker: Mr Teklemichael T. Wordafa

Slides openscienceethiopia-171101155609.pdf

10:40 AM Discussion

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Health break and refreshments

11:30 AM → 1:30 PM Session 2: Training & Capacity Building Needs

Convener: Prof. Masresha Fatene

11:30 AM Competency Framework: Computer/Networks/Systems/Data Infrastructure Engineers, Statisticians, Data Scientists, Librarians, Data Curators & Researchers, perspectives from NICIS

Speaker: Wim Hugo

Slides G803.0.1_AOSP_2017_W_Hugo_(1).pdf

11:55 AM Basic collaboration skills for e-infrastructure engineers (experience from Africa-Arabia ROC and Sci-GaIA)

Speaker: Dr Bruce Becker (CSIR Meraka Institute)

ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6607-7145

Slides collaboration_skills.pdf

12:20 PM Conjugating Open Science and Open Education: the Sci-GaIA e-Research Hackfest model

Speaker: Roberto Barbera (University of Catania)

ORCID profile http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5971-6415

Slides https://oar.sci-gaia.eu/record/585

12:45 PM Data Carpentry

Speaker: Ms Anelda van der Walt (TALARIFY)

Slides The_Carpentries.pdf

1:10 PM Discussion

1:30 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch

2:30 PM → 4:05 PM Session 3: Technical Infrastructure Requirements

Convener: Dr Simon Hodson

2:30 PM Role and Progress by UbuntuNet Alliance and NRENs

Speaker: Dr Pascal Hoba (UbuntuNet Alliance)

Slides uaopensciences-addis-171101131512.pdf

2:55 PM Developments in Regional SADC Cyberinfrastructure to Support Open Data and Open Science, SKA

Speaker: Dr Tshiamo Motshengwa

Slides Ubuntu-connect-2017-SADC-CI-final.pdf

3:20 PM Ethiopian Cyberinfrastructure

Speaker: Mr Zelalem Assefa (EthERNet)

Slides cyberinfrastructure-171101131031.pdf

3:45 PM Discussion and Wayforward