[AfrICANN-discuss] Reminder: Submit Your Presentation for AIS’25 – Accra, Ghana

[secretariat at internetsummit.africa]

Dear Colleagues,

The Call for Presentations for the Africa Internet Summit 2025 (AIS’25) — taking place from 29 September to 3 October 2025 in Accra, Ghana — is still open.

We welcome technical presentation abstracts from members of the African Internet community eager to share their expertise and insights. The Technical Presentations sessions at AIS’25 will be a vibrant platform for both seasoned professionals and newcomers to exchange ideas on Internet growth and development in Africa.

We encourage submissions covering a broad range of topics related to the expansion, access, and advancement of the Internet in Africa, helping to spark dialogue, share experiences, and strengthen technical capacity across the region.

We are specifically interested in presentations focusing on the following areas:

  *   IPv6 Deployment.

  *   IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and Operations.

  *   Internet Governance.

  *   Internet Measurements.

  *   Routing Security, including RPKI and IRR.

  *   DNS / DNSSEC.

  *   Community networks.

  *   Business Practices and Higher Education in the Age of Technology.

  *   Network data security and management attacks mitigation.

  *   Internet backbone operations.

  *   Routing and switching protocols, including unicast, multicast, anycast, SDN.

  *   Content & Service Delivery and Cloud Computing.

  *   Network Automation/Programming.

  *   Peering, Interconnects and IXPs.

  *   Content Distribution Network technology & operations.

  *   Research on Internet Operations and Deployment.

  *   Network Virtualisation.

Your contribution can be in the form of a presentation during a session, a tutorial, or a live technical demonstration. Kindly take note of the information below before submitting your proposal.

Important dates

  *   Opening Call for Presentations - 23rd July 2025

  *   Deadline for submitting Presentation Abstracts – 18th August 2025

  *   Deadline for submission of draft presentations – 30th August 2025

  *   Submission of final presentation – 10th September 2025

Please note that due to the limited time allocated to technical presentations in the agenda, only shortlisted abstracts will be slotted in the agenda. All selected presenters will be notified of the status of their presentation abstract making it to the AIS’25 Agenda.

How to submit a Presentation Proposal?

Submit your Presentation proposal by filling out the form with the requested information here:https://2025.internetsummit.africa/en/program/call-for-presentations-form

AIS’25 Speaker Guidelines

  *   Presentations are expected to last for 25 minutes, tutorials, and panel discussions can run up to 90 minutes.

  *   The presenter should articulate their presentation slowly allowing room for interpretation.

  *   The Presenter will be required to use the AIS’25 Presentation Template<https://2025.internetsummit.africa/media/attachments/2025/07/23/ais25_template.pptx>.

  *   The presenter(s) will be required to upload their final presentation in PDF format, no later than five (5) days before the presentation date.

  *   Presenters are responsible for producing any handouts if required. For this event, we are expecting between 200 to 500 on-site delegates.

  *   Presentations with marketing and/or commercial content will not be considered.

  *   Read more about the Speaker's obligations in the Meeting Etiquette at: https://2025.internetsummit.africa/program/meeting-etiquette<https://2024.internetsummit.africa/program/meeting-etiquette>

For any questions, please reach out to the Program Committee via email at: pc at internetsummit.africa


We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this among your networks.


Kind Regards,


AIS’25 Secretariat

secretariat at internetsummit.africa<mailto:secretariat at internetsummit.africa>
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