Welcome and Opening:
• Welcome remarks SADC Chair, Mr Alberto Tonela, Mozambique
• Remarks by Ms Anneline Morgan, SADC Secretariat
Ms Anneline Morgan, SADC Secretariat:
• Record of the 9th SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Technical Experts meeting held in December 2019 Johannesburg, South Africa
• Background, expectations and outcomes of meeting
Progress report on implementation of SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Framework , Dr Happy Sithole, South Africa
Importance of Data in responding to COVID-19,
Mr Davis Adieno, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Presentation on Status of Open and Distance Learning in SADC implications of COVID-19 and future of digitation
UNESCO Ms Carloyn Medel-Anonuevo
and
Prof Jako Olivier UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources
Update on establishment of SADC University of Transformation-
Prof Martin Oosthuizen, Southern African Regional University Associations
Role of Cyber-Infrastructure in responding to COVID-19 (HPC and NReNs)
Mr Lourino Chemane- Mozambique,
Prof Anicia Peters-Namibia,
Dr Happy Sithole-South Africa,
and Mr Stein Mkandawire- Zambia
Update and progress on Weather and Climate project:
Dr Mary-Jane, Chief Scientist, South African Weather Service
Recap on Governance Structures and status
– Ms Anneline Morgan, SADC Secretariat
