[afnog] AfNOG and AfriNIC Joint Announcement: Meetings in April/May 2007
Badru Ntege
ntegeb at one2net.co.ug
Mon Sep 4 19:26:38 SAST 2006
AfNOG and AfriNIC Joint Announcement: Meetings in April/May 2007
8th AfNOG Meeting
AfriNIC-6 Meeting
The African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African Network
Information Centre (AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 8th AfNOG
Meeting and the AfriNIC-6 Meeting will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, in
April/May 2007.
About the entire event
AfNOG and AfriNIC are jointly organizing a two-week event
that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology
(offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop),
several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting,
and a two-day AfriNIC Meeting.
In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted
in collaboration with other organizations such as the AAU and ISOC.
Further information about the event may be found at
<http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/> and <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>.
Timetable
AfNOG Workshop 23 - 27 April 2007 (Sunday - Friday)
AfriNIC IPV6 W/shop 28 - 29 April 2007 (Saturday - Sunday)
AfREN Meeting 28 - 29 April 2007 (Saturday - Sunday)
AfNOG Tutorials 29 - 30 April 2007 (Sunday - Monday)
AfriNIC LIR W/shop 30 April (Monday)
AfNOG Meeting 1 May 2007 (Tuesday)
AfriNIC-6 Meeting 2 - 3 May 2007 (Wednesday - Thursday)
INET Africa Day 4 May 2007 (Friday)
Venue
The exact venue has not yet been finalized. Updated information
will be made available at <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/> and
<http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>.
About AfNOG
AfNOG (see <http://www.afnog.org/>) is a forum for cooperation
and the exchange of technical information between operators of
Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized
an event like this one every year since 2000.
About AfriNIC
AfriNIC (see <http://www.afrinic.net/>) is a Regional Internet
Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources Mangement
in the Africa region. AfriNIc organizes two Public Policy meetings every
year (see <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>).
AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology
The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced
training to people who are in the process of developing and
enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and
international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and
mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers
(ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks.
This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops
held annually from 2000 to 2006 in seven different African countries,
and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from
1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's
instructors are an international team with many years of experience
operating large networks and teaching about network operations.
The workshop is divided into four parallel tracks:
Track E0 - Unix System Administration (in English), focused on
using a Unix-like operating system as a platform for
delivery of Internet services.
Track E1 - Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused
on the design and operation of email, web, and other
Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle
large numbers of end users.
Track E2 - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused
on the design and operation of networks using routers
and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large
numbers of interconnected sites.
Track F2 - Infrastructure Reseaux IP (en francais),
similar to track E2, but given in French.
Further information and application forms are available at
<http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/workshop/>
AfREN Meeting
The Africa Research and Education Networking community will be
holding a two-day meeting on 28 and 29 April 2007. The meeting will
discuss issues of interest to the NREN community such as coordination on
activites in the region, advocacy, bandwidth consortia, regional RENs
etc
AfNOG Tutorials
Beginining in 2007, AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s)
tutorials on advanced topics.
Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and
may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are
non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They
are intended to offer advanced training on technology already
deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services
provisioning for ISP operations.
People interested in presenting a tutorial are invited
to submit a proposal, following the instructions at
<http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/tutorial/>
8th AfNOG Meeting
The 8th AfNOG meeting will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, on
1 May 2007. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the
coordination and dissemination of technical information related
to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational
practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance
to current and future African backbone engineering practices.
The AfNOG 2005 conference in Maputo, Mozambique, drew over 150
participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff
from national service providers, and members of the research and
education community.
People interested in making a presentation or chairing
a panel discussion at the AfNOG meeting are invited to
to submit a proposal, following the instructions at
<http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/conference/>
AfriNIC-6 Meeting
The AfriNIC-6 meeting will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 2 and
3 May 2007. This meeting is both a public policy meeting and an
Annual General Member meeting. The public policy part of the
meeting will include discussion of proposed policies on how
AfriNIC should manage Internet Number resource in the region.
Further information is available at <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>.
ISOC Africa INET Conference
The Internet Society will be organizing an INET Africa Conference on
4 May 2007 in conjunction with the AfriNIC 6 and AfNOG 8 meetings in
Abuja, Nairobi. This meeting will focus on technical as well as policy
aspects surrounding Internet standards development and applications,
with special attention on localisation and education initiatives, and
efforts to further internationalise the Internet. The meeting is also
expected to open discussion on Internet governance issues of importance
to the continent.
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