2010 Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference

9 - 10 December 2010

Helsinki, Finland

Addressed topics

The Conference will address the whole e-Infrastructures programme (from research networking to global virtual research collaboration):

* Innovating the scientific process (global virtual research communities)
* Accessing knowledge (scientific data)
* Experimenting in silico (simulation and visualisation)
* Sharing the best computational resources (e-Science grid, supercomputing)
* Linking at the speed of the light (GÉANT)

Event objectives

* Allow European and African stakeholders involved in the development of cooperation on e-Infrastructures to get together
* Allow participants to exchange views, share information, and identify synergies in order to increase the impact of their activities
* Further support policy dialogues, apprehend medium- to long term perspectives and agree on an overall and coherent vision
* Raise awareness and promote the use of e-Infrastructures under development, encouraging the emergence of early adopters, of flagship projects in terms of application
* Give the highest visibility to ongoing initiatives aiming at supporting the development of NRENs in Africa and their interconnection to GÉANT
* Increase the number of sub-Saharan organisations involved in EU/FP7 collaborative projects


http://ei-africa.eu/at-a-glance/

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