Planning Meeting: Enhancing Research and Education Connectivity to and within South Asia
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Salon K
8:00am to 5:00pm
Agenda
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| 7:30 a.m. | BREAKFAST |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome - Internet2 |
| 8:10 a.m. | Enhancing South Asian R&E connectivity - Challenges, Opportunities, Drivers and Lessons - George McLaughlin, APAN/TEIN2 [htm] [ppt] |
| 8:30 a.m. | Country Report: Pakistan -> Pakistan Education & Research Network: PERN2 - Looking into the future - Anwar Amjad, PERN [htm] [ppt] |
| 8:50 a.m. | Country Report: Bangladesh - Jamilur Reza Choudhury, BRAC, Baerin [htm] [ppt] |
| 9:10 a.m. | Country Report: Bhutan - Sonam Penjor, IT Manager, RUB WAN [htm] [ppt] |
| 9:30 a.m. | Country Report: Nepal - Prashant Mandahar, Prime College [htm] [ppt] |
| 9:50 a.m. | Country Report: Afghanistan - Tariq Meeran, Kabul University [htm] [ppt] |
| 10:10 a.m. | Country Report: Sri Lanka - Nimal Ratnayake, LEARN [htm] [ppt] |
| Break | |
11:15 a.m. |
Quantifying the need for R&E networks SCIC Digital Divide - Workshop and Panels NSF International Science and Engineering Activities in South Asia |
| LUNCH | |
| 1:00 p.m. | TEIN2 experience in Southeast Asia - David West, DANTE [htm] [ppt] |
| 1:20 p.m. | APAN and South Asia - Shigeki Goto, APAN [htm-part1] [ppt-part1] [htm-part2] [ppt-part2] [htm-part3] [ppt-part3] |
| 1:40 p.m. | World Bank/GDLN and South Asia - Michael Foley, WorldBank [htm] [ppt] |
| 2:00 p.m. | Overview of PRAGMA and View to the Future: Examples of Team Science and Global Engagement in Asia Pacific and South Asia |
| 2:40 p.m. | Reliance/FLAG Infrastructure in the Region |
| BREAK | |
| 3:30 p.m. | NSF IRNC plans and South Asia - Kevin Thompson, NSF - Alan Blatecky, RENCI - Jim Williams, TransPAC2 |
| 3:50 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion on Next Steps - Country Participants and All |
| 4:30 p.m. | ADJOURN |
