Call for Instructors- Tutorials Day/AFNOG 2002

["Adiel A. AKPLOGAN" <akp-adiel at cafe.tg>]

Hello,

Please spread this "call for instructors" on any technical list
you know where it can be useful...

Thanks.

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CALL FOR INSTRUCTORS
                   
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May 12, 2002
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The Africa Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) will hold its 3rd meeting
(AfNOG 3) in Lome, Togo from May 12th - 13th 2001. This event will follow
an AfNOG-organised 5 day intensive training workshop.
AfNOG 3 will be a two day technical forum for tutorials, presentations
and discussions relating to Internet networking, issues on
cooperation,backbone networking technologies, and operational
practices.
Day 1 of AfNOG3 will be a series of technical tutorials and Day 2 will
include a morning session of short presentations, to be followed by an
afternoon of open discussions. Topics for tutorials/presentation will
have emphasis on relevance to current backbone engineering practices. It
is expected this conference will draw up to 200 participants, mainly
consisting of engineering staff from national service providers, managers
from IT Enterprises and members of the research and education
community.
There will also a be a meeting for the Africa Internet Registry (Afrinic
- see http://www.afrinic.org ) on the
14th of May. The AfNOG and Afrinic meetings will be held at Mercure
Hotel, Sarakawa, Lome, Togo.
For more information about these events, conference hotels, schedules,and
logistics, see 
http://www.afnog.org/
and http://www.afrinic.org/

AFNOG 3: CALL FOR INSTRUCTORS FOR THE TUTORIALS 
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AfNOG3 invites tutorials on backbone engineering, coordination, and research topics. Tutorials should highlight issues relating to technology already deployed or soon to be deployed in core Internet backbones and exchange points.

The agenda proposed is this:

12 May Morning:

Romm 1: (8H30 - 12H30)
 - VPN Implementation (ISP and User side) 
Room 2: (8H30 - 12H30)
- VoIP Deployement (case study with Cisco Router) 
Room 3: (8H30 - 12H30)
- Wireless Eginerring - Best performance on wireless datatransmisson 

Afternoon: 
Room 1: (14H30 - 18H30)
BGP and Multihoming 
or
Exchange Point Case study

Room 2: (14H30 - 18H30)
Content Developpement - Dynamic web pages. 
or 
Online DatabaseConnectivity.

Room 3: (14H30 - 18H30)
IP V6 
or 
Financial Planning/Strategy to Build a Scalable Network


HOW TO PRESENT 

Submit an informal one-or two-paragraph abstract describing the subject you whant to teach in email to: afnog-presentations at afnog.org.The deadline for proposals is March 1st, 2002. Abstracts will be accepted after March 1st on the basis of timeliness and quality of the presentation. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by April 1, 2002.
Suggestions/recommendations for technical tutorials and other presentation topics can also be sent to afnog-presentations at afnog.org