[AISPC] Re: Africa Internet Summit 2013

[Adiel Akplogan]

To get everyone on the same page, I though I should share a document 
about AIS I wrote and share in 2010. Don't look the planing side but 
the overall idea.

To setup this group we have asked AFNOG to nominate people that can 
contribute to the PC mainly because time is against us to do a proper
call for volunteers to serve on the PC. I believe that using the 
experience of this year we can better plan for the next event.

However for the content, as I mentioned in one of my first mail we 
should define key areas we want to see covered and then use that as 
guideline for a call for proposal. Quiet frankly the idea is not  
to over-politicise the event, but rather focus on the business aspect 
and expend the scope of the regional ecosystem. That is where the 
overall idea of the theme ** Making the Internet work for African 
development ** comes from. 

Doc has made some very good sugestions for keynote speakers. Which 
kind of topic do we want someone like TBL and the Web Foundation to 
address during the event? 

What are the topics that this group will like to see addressed during 
such event in addition to the usual technical stuff? Beside the pure 
packet switching issue (technical capacity), what are the other 
challenge and issue that we Technical community from Africa think 
are important to address in order to make the Internet and even more 
powerful tool for development? I guess that is what George was trying 
to do in his original mail trowing some ideas for consideration.

Few more ideas that usually crossing my mind:

- Why is the content Industry not growing as fast as it should in 
  Africa.
- Why are the current investments all going into cable and all and 
  very limited into innovation and content?
- How are Mobile Operators seeing the shift in their business model
  to accommodating Data? And how is that impacting pure players like 
  ISPs?
- What do they (Mobile Ops) need form the Internet technical community?
- What is the link between Good Governance Index and Internet 
  Development if any?
- Role of the High Education and (REN) in Internet Development.
- Why is the Internet Industry in Africa so weak to the extend that 
  people tend to always look at politicians for solution in the 
  region.
- Which winning Business Model for the Success of Operators in Africa
- Why politicians from developing Region do not generally believe in 
  the I governance model? Can we technical community do something 
  that we are not yet doing to change that?
- What does smart peering decision means for Affordable access that 
  politician have been talking about for the past decades?
- etc ...

If WE technical people do not participate and contribute to the 
debate around issues like the above … they will happen elsewhere … 
with limited (if not none) practical contribution … guess who 
will suffer must? WE and the future generation.

Let allow ourselves to think far ahead.

- a.

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On 2013-02-12, at 20:25 PM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:

> Hi Douglas.
> 
> Thanks for your e-mail.
> 
> Are you willing to put together the CfP for the political 
> side of the agenda?
> 
> Bearing in mind the lead time to the event, it'd need to be 
> achievable this year.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> On Tuesday, February 05, 2013 06:08:32 PM Douglas Onyango 
> wrote:
>> All,
>> Strategically thinking, I would say the proposal looks
>> headed in the right direction.
>> I would however like to see the following added or
>> feature somewhere:
>> 
>> 1. National legislative framework on all matters
>> Internet. 2. Core technical content e.g. IPv6, DNS (SEC)
>> RPKI etc. 3. Introductory sessions to the "Internet
>> Governance ecosystem" especially the names & numbers
>> side --- ICANN, IANA, RIRs etc. Being the premiere AIS
>> event, we are bound to have individuals who are not from
>> our community and don't understand the make up and
>> lingo, it is therefore good to have these 101 classes.
>> Offcourse care should be taken not to make the rest of
>> us go to sleep.
>> 
>> In response to Geert's contribution, I want to say that
>> in principle, we should stay the technical content in
>> the summit. All the layer 9 stuff we have here is
>> supposed to complement, not replace the technical
>> content.  A careful balance between the two must be
>> struck between these two or we risk losing our bearing.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> On 5 February 2013 15:08, George Nyabuga 
> <george at afrinic.net> wrote:
>>> Dear Team,
>>> 
>>> Further to my email yesterday, I would like to present
>>> a tentative programme of what we have been thinking.
>>> We thought of having an overall theme for the meeting
>>> which is reflective of the import of the meeting, and
>>> the event as a key forum where important matters are
>>> discussed. Then the format will include keynotes,
>>> panel discussions and presentations. See below initial
>>> thoughts re this. Once we agree on the issues to be
>>> discussed, we can then think of the people we would
>>> like to invite to participate either as panelists,
>>> discussants or keynote speakers. But we first need to
>>> agree on the overall theme, the keynote issues, and
>>> other topics we would like to see in the meeting.
>>> 
>>> Please let us know what you think as we move forward.
>>> 
>>> Many thanks.
>>> 
>>> George
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Overall Theme
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Connection Matters: Making the Internet work for
>>> African development
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Suggestions for keynotes for the five days
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Keynote – Why the Internet matters [for Africa] (Can we
>>> get someone from ICANN, maybe the New President, or Dr
>>> Mo Ibrahim?)
>>> 
>>> Keynote – Africa Rising – The role of the Internet in
>>> African development
>>> 
>>> Keynote – The Internet and regional development – what
>>> are the key issues (possibly from Comesa)
>>> 
>>> Keynote – Policies that matter – Access as a human
>>> right (Government official, Minister for transport and
>>> Communications from Zambia, or Dr Bitange Ndemo from
>>> Ministry of Information and Communications – Kenya)
>>> 
>>> Keynote - Educating the Masses – the role of the
>>> Internet in promoting education in Africa (Someone
>>> from the AAU)
>>> 
>>> Keynote  - Cybersecurity: The challenges for economies
>>> and businesses
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Africa Operators Day
>>> 
>>> Keynote – Mobile telephony and the future of the
>>> Internet in Africa (one and half hours – someone from
>>> the mobile operators, MTN, Safaricom, Dr Mo Ibrahim?)
>>> 
>>> Panel discussion – Enhancing commercially viable
>>> connections via mobile telephony (two hours – one hour
>>> for panel, another for discussions)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Panels
>>> 
>>> 1.     Key issues in Internet development and access in
>>> Africa (two hours)
>>> 
>>> 2.     IPv4 to IPv6 – opportunities and challenges in
>>> the transition (two hours)
>>> 
>>> 3.     Government–business partnerships in enhancing
>>> Internet connectivity and access in Africa (two hours)
>>> 
>>> 4.     Economic globalisation - Why the Internet
>>> matters for the business community in Africa (two
>>> hours)
>>> 
>>> 5.     Cybersecurity – Dealing with threats in the
>>> information Age (2 hours)
>>> 
>>> 6.     Frameworks for safeguarding against threats (2
>>> hours)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dr George Nyabuga                                      
>>>          Tel: +230 403 51 00
>>> Head, Communications and PR, AFRINIC           Fax: 
>>> +230 466 67 58 george at afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net
>>> 
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------------------------------------------- Please
>>> join us at the Africa Internet Summit, Lusaka, Zambia,
>>> 9 – 21 June 2013
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> On Feb 4, 2013, at 2:10 PM, George Nyabuga
>>> <george at afrinic.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> We are glad everybody is on board now. Thank you all
>>> for accepting to sit on this important committee, and
>>> we can start work immediately to ensure the programme
>>> is completed perhaps by the end of the month. This
>>> will ensure that we have sufficient time to think of
>>> people (and contact them well in advance) we think can
>>> contribute and add value to the meeting and
>>> discussions.
>>> 
>>> As the the Africa Internet Summit is a premier event,
>>> and one that should inform (or shape) the future of
>>> technology development, access, use and impact in
>>> Africa, it is imperative to think of issues that
>>> underpin such developments. We  hope the discussions
>>> especially via email will be fruitful and will
>>> contribute to the crystallisation of our thoughts and
>>> ideas on what the menu of AIS should be.
>>> 
>>> Welcome on board again and we will let you know how we
>>> intend to proceed with our work.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dr George Nyabuga                                      
>>>          Tel: +230 403 51 00
>>> Head, Communications and PR, AFRINIC           Fax: 
>>> +230 466 67 58 george at afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net
>>> 
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------------------------------------------- Please
>>> join us at the Africa Internet Summit, Lusaka, Zambia,
>>> 9 – 21 June 2013
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> ---------------------------------------------