{"id":1427,"date":"2018-08-25T17:04:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2018-08-25T17:04:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:04:24","slug":"deadline-for-submission-of-abstracts-for-ubuntunet-connect-2018-extended-to-31st-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/25\/deadline-for-submission-of-abstracts-for-ubuntunet-connect-2018-extended-to-31st-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline for submission of Abstracts for UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 extended to 31st August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m_-549562395372437719WordSection1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" src=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018-1024x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018-1024x226.png 1024w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018-768x169.png 768w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018-624x137.png 624w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntunet-connect2018.png 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>UbuntuNet-Connect is the Annual Conference of UbuntuNet Alliance that focuses on research and education networking activities in Africa. It is organised by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by member NRENs. The Conference brings together practitioners in the research and education networking community, researchers, policy makers, academicians, connectivity providers, and a pool of expertise from across Africa and beyond. In previous years, the conference has attracted sponsorship from leading commercial companies and service providers.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>This year,<span class=\"m_-549562395372437719Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>UbuntuNet-Connect 2018<\/b>, the 11th edition of the series of UbuntuNet-Connect conferences\u00a0will be held in Zanzibar and will be hosted by the<span class=\"m_-549562395372437719Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET)<\/b>, the NREN of Tanzania. The conference will take place\u00a0on<span class=\"m_-549562395372437719Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_716205188\"><span class=\"aQJ\">22-23 November 2018<\/span><\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">See the Call for Abstracts at<\/span><span class=\"m_-549562395372437719Apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/events.ubuntunet.net\/event\/16\/abstracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/events.ubuntunet.net\/event\/16\/abstracts\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535302513576000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhy3BeV69Ji8hNTuptruZaY5TcWA\">https:\/\/events.ubuntunet.<wbr \/>net\/event\/16\/abstracts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further information and sponsorship opportunities, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:uc2018@ubuntunet.net?subject=Inquiry%20about%20UbuntuNet-Connect%202018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uc2018@ubuntunet.net<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UbuntuNet-Connect is the Annual Conference of UbuntuNet Alliance that focuses on research and education networking activities in Africa. It is organised by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by member NRENs. The Conference brings together practitioners in the research and education networking community, researchers, policy makers, academicians, connectivity providers, and a pool of expertise from across Africa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}