[afrinic-discuss] Call for Presentation: 1st Africa IPv6 meeting - 13 December 2005

[AfriNIC Meeting team]

AfriNIC-3 and Africa IPv6 Meeting
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Call for Presentations during the IPv6 day (13 December).
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AfriNIC and The Egyptian IPv6 Task Force are organizing a two days
Ipv6 event collocated with AfriNIC-3 public policy meeting.

For the IPv6 meeting which will be held on the 13 December, we invite
applications from people who wish to make a presentation on their IPv6
experience or any topic related to IPv6 deployment in their country or
region. We also welcome any program suggestions for the day.

Background
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     AfriNIC is the Regional Internet Registry for Africa and Indian
Ocean. AfriNIC community has expressed during its second public policy
meeting in Maputo (April 2005) the need for more awareness on IPv6 in
the region.

Following the meeting, a mailing list (afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net)
has been set up for ipv6 related discussions and a project to organize
various IPv6 events across the continent. The Cairo event will be the
first one.

About the IPv6 conference
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This event aims to provide forum for the coordination and dissemination
of technical information related to Ipv6 development and experience not
only from Africa but also from other regions.

How to apply
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If you are interested in making a presentation at the AfriNIC-3 or the
IPv6 day, please submit a proposal as soon as possible, but not later
than 21 October 2005.

Your submission must include the following information:

     - speaker/presenter name and affiliation,
     - email address and phone number,
     - proposed title,
     - requested time allocation (between 15 and 1 hour)
     - an abstract of no more than 200 words

Deadlines
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     Submission deadline:    21 October 2005
     Notification by:        1 November 2006
     Send Requests to:       presentation at afrinic.net

Timetable of the whole event:
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     AfriNIC LIR training      11 December 2005
     IPv6 hands on training    12 December 2005
     Africa IPv6 day           13 December 2005
     AfriNIC Policy meeting    14 December 2005

Kind regards.


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See you at AfriNIC-3 and AfriIPv6 Meeting
Cairo, Egypt 11-14 December 2005
www.afrinic.net/meetings/afrinic-3