The MAGIC Global Science Communities. Tiwonge Msulira Banda Pre-conference Workshop on Engaging End User Communities November 2, 2016

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1 The MAGIC Global Science Communities Tiwonge Msulira Banda Pre-conference Workshop on Engaging End User Communities November 2, 2016

2 Outline MAGIC Project Brief Global Science Communities Engagement Lessons Learnt so far

3 About MAGIC Project MAGIC: Middleware for collaborative Applications and Global virtual Communities 2 year H2020 project co-funded by the EC, from May 2015 Aim: Seeks to establish a set of agreements for participating World Regions, aiming at consolidating and completing the building blocks of middleware necessary for the establishment of a marketplace of services and realtime applications for international and inter-continental research groups which facilitates mobility and the work of global science communities.

4 Project Partners Grant Partners RedCLARA (Latin America) GÉANT (Europe) RENATA (Colombia) RNP (Brazil) SURFnet (Netherlands) REUNA (Chile) CEDIA (Ecuador) CUDI (Mexico) RENATER (France) GRNET (Greece) CESNET (Czech Republic) CKLN (Caribbean) UbuntuNet Alliance (S&E Africa) WACREN (W&C Africa) ASREN (Arab States) TEIN*CC (Asia-Paci c) CAREN NOC NITC (Central Asia) NIIFI (Hungary) CSIR (South Africa) MoU Partners InnovaRed (Argentina) APAN (Asia Pacific) AARNet (Austraria) EthERNet (Ethiopia)

5 Activities at a Glance consolidating and completing the building blocks of middleware necessary for the establishment of a marketplace of services and real-time applications for international and inter-continental research groups

6 Activities at a Glance Federated Group Management (FGM) Standard Applications that will adopt the FGM Standard Pilot portals for the participant regions Deployment of a pilot Federated Cloud Sevice Model for NRENs

7 Global Science Communities Groups of experts (researchers and/or academics) from different parts of the world with a common interest, working together on activities, sharing best practice, knowledge and experiences

8 Working Strategy Regional approach regional reps work with NRENs Region Organisation Responsible Person Arab Region ASREN Yousef Torman Eastern and Southern Africa UbuntuNet Alliance Tiwonge Banda West and Central African WACREN Omo Oaiya Asian countries TEIN*CC Patch Lee Caribbean countries CKLNA Colleen Wint Latin America CLARA Tania Altamirano Europe GEANT Tom Fryer

9 Establishing the Communities Contacts requested through regional reps, who in turn contacted NRENs WACREN Focal Points proved very useful Invitations sent directly to the contacts to join the GSCs Community spaces created on Virtual Collaboration Platform, Colaboratorio: Champions and anchors identified Initial engagement events organised in February 2016

10 Colaboratorio GSC working places

11 Four Communitieis E-Health First meeting: Feb 2nd Members: 58 Thematic Leader: Luiz Ary Messina, National Coordinator of Rute (Rede Universitária de Telemedicina), Brazil. Biodiversity First meeting: Feb 11th Members: 31 Thematic Leader: José Ramón Martínez Professor and researcher of the Universidad Autònoma de santo Domingo (UASD), Dominic Republic. Environment First meeting: Feb 18th Members: 28 Thematic Leader: David C. Smith, Coordinator Intitute for Sustainable Development, The UWI, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Remote Intrumentation First meeting: Feb 25th Members: 16 Thematic Leader: Patricia Santiago, Associate Professor Physics Institute, Universidad Autònoma de Mèxico (UNAM), Mexico.

12 Communitiy Activities Funding and Partner opportunities through Colaboratorio and alerts Exchanging ideas and information sharing Virtual events (Webinars) on key topics specific to the field and/or of general interest e-health Grand Rounds Remote Instrumentation in Medical Applications Webinar on Science Communication Webinar on H2020 funding Opportunities All presentations and materials available online Plan is to see a project emerge from the GSCs

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15 Lessons Learnt GSCs are a forum or platform where people with special interests come together Removes isolation Low participation from Africa Dissemination? Interest? Connectivity? Tools? Not easy to attract in existing communities NRENs (and institutions?) need to catch up with services Connectivity Identity Providers/Federations

16 Closing the gap How can we close the gap between NRENs and End User Communities (small or big/organised)? How can we bring more participation from Africa?

17 Thank you for your attention!