Conveners
The Inevitable Covid Session: The Inevitable Covid Session
- Helga Spitaler (GÉANT)
Description
We are not out of the Covid woods yet, hence ‘inevitable’ in the session title. The pandemic has put NRENs to a test of resilience and agility, offering them however also an opportunity to demonstrate their relevance to the communities they serve.
In this session you will hear accounts of how NRENs and other national bodies positioned themselves as critical in keeping staff at member institutions safe, in keeping learning going and in breaking barriers down for performing arts collaborations across continents.
Join us to also find out how sustainable planning will turn these emergency responses from just-in-time to just-in-case.
The COVID19 pandemic disrupted every system globally. Education delivery in emerging economies was hardest hit due to underdeveloped support systems and infrastructural deficits. The Government of Ghana innovated several interventions to implement emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL). The presentation focuses on specific interventions rolled out by the Ghana Tertiary Education...
We take you on our journey that started with a cry for help from the Ministry of Education and the members of SURF during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has demonstrated that as an NREN we were the only party that had all the building blocks in place to make it happen. Federated authentication, procurement and legal experience and good personal relations were essential to deliver this new...
The last two years have seen an unprecedented crisis for all of us facing a major disruption of everyday life on a global scale. Internet2 and GÉANT have been partnering on delivering services to enable remote performances and the adoption of advanced networking for years. The co-organised and co-hosted Network Performing Arts Production Workshops (NPAPWs) is the flagship crossroad where an...
