Biography
Cathrin Stöver is Chief International Relations and Communications Officer in DANTE responsible for the management of relationships with NREN organizations and regional bodies in other world regions, ensuring that the GÉANT network has the biggest possible geographic reach outside of Europe. Since the reorganization of DANTE in March 2012, Cathrin is also responsible for DANTE external Communications.
Today, Cathrin is also project manager of the AfricaConnect project working towards the creation of an R&E networking infrastructure in sub Saharan Africa. Cathrin leads a team of European and African colleagues working through procurement, operations, communications, etc of the Ubuntunet network to be created through AfricaConnect funding.
Between 2002 and 2009, Cathrin was project manager of the ALICE project, leading to the creation of the RedCLARA network, a regional R&E network interconnecting 15 Latin American countries to each other and to GÉANT
Abstract
GÉANT - connecting scientists across the Globe
Connectivity requirements do not stop at borders. Today, scientific projects and collaborations are truly global and often very much happening in the virtual space. Have you ever wondered what the R&E connectivity is to Australia, Japan or the US? To Afghanistan, Tajikistan or Guatemala? This session will show in detail what is available today through the global interconnections of the European GÉANT network
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