e-AGE 2015, Call for Participation, Papers, Presentations and Posters, 7-8 December 2015, Casablanca, Morocco

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Call for Participation, Papers, Presentations and Posters 

It is our sincere pleasure to invite you to e-AGE 2015 December 7-8, 2015, Casablanca, Morocco.

Integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a Global Environment, e-AGE, is the annual international conference organized by the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), moving from one Arab country to another. e-AGE is in line with ASREN’s major objectives related to creating awareness, promoting R&E collaboration and joint activities and establishing human networks in order to facilitate collaboration and cooperation among researchers and academicians in the Arab region and the rest of the world. e-AGE platform had established itself as an important venue for networking among experts and scientists from all over the world.

Topics of interest

- Research collaboration in energy, environment, health, climate, water, agriculture, biology, economy, medicine and other pressing global issues and problems.

- Perspectives on NRENs, including challenges, operation, sustainability, funding, governance, business models, security and services.

- Access to research & education resources, repositories, libraries and contents, clouds, grids and HPCs.

- Connectivity options including technologies, services, cables, circuits and equipment.

- Internet developments and impact on R&E networks.

- e-Services like e-Science, e-Government, e-Libraries, e-Learning, e-*…

- Virtual Research Environments, Science Gateways, Federation of Identities, eduroam, eduGAIN

Purpose of this Call

1. Call for Papers

Researchers and educators are invited to submit papers to be presented in this conference in special sessions for research papers. Paper contributions are accepted in English. Papers should be submitted with no more than 8 to 10 pages, and no more than 8000 words. Each paper should include (1) Abstract with no more than 500 words and 7 keywords that refer to the key subjects and concepts that have been developed in the paper (2) Author(s) biography: First name, Last name, Institution, Full address, Fax, Email, and short CV.

Papers should be submitted in MS-Word. After submission, all contributions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee to evaluate the pertinence of each submitted paper. 

2. Call for Presentations

Renowned speakers and experts are invited to give presentations and participate in panel discussions on latest developments of e-Infrastructures and applications, different aspects of R&E networks, Telecommunication technologies, Industry and Research, Internet, R&E funding and topics of interest above.

3. Call for Participation

Representation from academia, research, industry, telecom and networking organizations, NRENs, governments and all people interested in the developments of R&E networks and e-Infrastructures are invited to join the conference and to share experience and exchange knowledge in relevant aspects.

4. Call for Posters

Students and researchers are invited to participate in the conference by providing them with a space to show a high quality poster that summarizes their work. Posters will help students and researchers to advertise and promote their work. For those who are interested, please send a summary in MS-Word format including title of the poster, name and affiliation of author(s) and a short abstract of maximum one page.

Submit your Participation HERE

Events and Activities

- e-AGE 2015 Annual Conference

- The 8th Event on Euro-Mediterranean e-Infrastructure

- The 5th annual meeting of ASREN

- AROQA 7th Annual Conference

- EUMEDCONNECT3 and AfricaConnect2 Project Meetings

- Technical Workshops on R&E networking on Clouds, Science Gateways and more (TBA)

Important dates

· Submission deadline: 15 October 2015

· Acceptance Notification: 1 November 2015

· Registration Deadline: 30 November 2015

· Final PDF Posters, Word Papers and Presentation Slides: 1 December 2015

· e-AGE 2015 Conference: 7-8 December 2015

For more information, please visit the conference website: http://asrenorg.net/eage2015/