Events

UbuntuNet Alliance Annual General Meeting of Members week to offer FedApps, NREN Managers training workshops

UbuntuNet Alliance 10th Annual General Meeting of Members (AGMM) week  which will be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in April, 2016 will, among other events, include a Federated Applications training workshop for system engineers as well as a capacity building seminar for NREN Managers and Senior University Leaders from the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region. …

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Register for TNC16

Be among the early birds to catch the discounted registration fee for TNC16 by registering for Europe’s largest research networking conference between now and February 29, 2016. TNC is coordinated by Europe’s research and education network GÉANT and the next edition of the prestigious conference, TNC16, will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 12-16 June, 2016. …

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Recounting the success story of UbuntuNet-Connect 2015

At least 150 participants from the global research and education collaboration community converged at VIP Grand Hotel in the coastal city of Maputo, Mozambique on 19-20 November 2015, to attend UbuntuNet-Connect 2015; the eighth annual networking conference of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The conference, held under the theme: “Beyond Connectivity: The Road …

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UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to honor UbuntuNet Alliance founders

UbuntuNet-Connect 2015, to be held in Maputo, Mozambique, on 19-20 November 2015 will not be a usual conference characterized by the presentation of papers and the routine activities associated with the annual conference. This is a special conference which will mark the Alliance’s 10th Anniversary and the anniversary cannot come and go without mentioning the …

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UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 venue unveiled, registration opens

Located conveniently in the Bay of Maputo in Avenida 25 de Setembro, one of the city’s most prestigious commercial areas and at a distance of a 15 minute drive from the Malavane’s International Airport, there could be no better venue for UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 than the VIP Grand Maputo Hotel. The 5 star Hotel is the …

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10 added members, 10 Points of Presence, 10 years of existence

The UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on 19-20 November this year is extra special to the UbuntuNet Alliance as it will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Eastern and Southern Africa Research and Education Network. November 2015 will mark exactly 10 years since the UbuntuNet Alliance was formed at the World …

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Submission of Abstracts for UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 extended to 31st August 2015

The UbuntuNet Alliance has extended the deadline for receiving Abstracts for presentation at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 from 15 August to 31st August 2015. UbuntuNet -Connect is a series of annual  conferences organised by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by NREN Members. This year, hosted by MoRENet, the Mozambican NREN, the conference will be held in Maputo, …

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UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to recognise research projects

In keeping with the theme for this year’s UbuntuNet-Connect conference to be held in Maputo, Mozambique and hosted by MoRENet, the country’s NREN, UbuntuNet Alliance has added an exciting element on the conferences’ menu: recognition of outstanding research projects or output from NREN Members. The theme for this year’s conference, which will be held from …

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IST-Africa 2016 preaches open innovation, collaboration

The eleventh edition of the IST-Africa conference series, IST-Africa 2016, was held in Durban, South Africa from 11-13 May 2016 with organisers and delegates at the conference placing more emphasis on the value of open innovation and collaboration among researchers. The conference opened on Wednesday, 11 May, with a high level panel discussion whose participants …

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Proceedings of UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 published

The long awaited Proceedings and Report of the 7th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference has been published on the UbuntuNet Alliance website and are available for download. The proceedings include 31 full text papers presented at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2014, which was held in Lusaka, Zambia on 13-14 November 2014. Download your copy for free now! As you …

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