[afrinic-discuss] AfNOG and AfriNIC Joint Announcement: Meetings in April/May 2007

[Badru Ntege]

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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