[Community] Fwd: Promoting Open Science in Africa

[Omo Oaiya]

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From: Nodumo DHLAMINI <ndhlamini at aau.org>
Date: 8 February 2016 at 12:59

*Invitation to attend the Open Science Workshop in Dakar, Senegal (15th
March 2016)*

In collaboration with WACREN <http://wacren.net/content/about-us>(West and
Central African Research and Education Network),  the Association of
African Universities would like to invite you to attend the second joint
Sci-GaIA <http://www.sci-gaia.eu/>-TANDEM <http://www.tandem-wacren.eu/>-MAGIC
<http://www.magic-project.eu/>workshop organised with the support of the
European Commission (EC, DG CONNECT) and in conjunction with the WACREN
2016 Conference.

*Why You Must Attend This Workshop*

1.      The workshop presents the opportunity to engage with leading
African Scientists. The recent advances in Open Science
<https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/foster-taxonomy/open-science-definition>
services that have been developed for African Scientific Communities of
Practice will be demonstrated.

2.      You will have the opportunity to see how e-Infrastructures - such
as computing, data and networking infrastructures - as well Science
Gateways, Identity Federations, Open Access Data and Document Repositories
can be integrated into easy-to-use platforms to support Open Science.

3.      You will learn about  “Uniqueness and Persistence” services such as
those provided by DataCite <https://www.datacite.org/>and ORCID
<http://orcid.org/>and the role that they play in improving research impact
and visibility.

4.      You will be part of discussions about the key roles that other
international cooperation projects are contributing to Open Science.

5.      The highly interactive workshop will provide you with opportunities
to share about your research projects and the challenges.

6.      You will enjoy the networking opportunity with experts involved in
the WACREN e-Infrastructure projects for African research.

*When is this event?*
The event will be held on Tuesday 15th March 2016 at the Novotel Hotel in
Dakar, Senegal.

*How to Register for the event*
The event is FREE but registration is required as part of the conference
at  https://indico.wacren.net/event/20/registration/

*How Much are the WACREN Conference Registration Fees* - $100

*Make sure you don’t miss out, register and save the event in your
calendar.*





Ms Nodumo Dhlamini
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Omo Oaiya
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