[AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC-17: Call for Presentations is now OPEN!!

[Babusha Radhakissoon]

Dear Colleagues,

This is a call to present at AFRINIC-17 Public Policy meeting and join
other presenters to deliver tools, knowledge, and know-how or policy
ideas related to Internet Number Resource Management or IP networking
operations to participants.

Your contribution can be in the form of a presentation during a session,
a tutorial or a live technical demonstration. If you are interested in
presenting, please follow the submission instructions below.
*
How to submit: *

**Please see:
*http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-17/content/call-presentations***for
information on how to submit a proposal. Please read all information
carefully before submitting your proposal.

**Your submission should be sent using the online form which can be
found at:

http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-17/node/75

Your proposal should contain the following information:
* Full Name
* Email Address
* Affiliation
* Title of Presentation
* A detailed abstract or outline describing the presentation
* Draft slides for the presentation (if ready/available)
* Length of talk (minutes)

* Short biography
* Need (or not) for sponsorship or assistance to attend the meeting
 (travel and/or accommodation, etc)

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Important Dates:

    * Meeting Registration opens -- 5 September 2012
    * Deadline for presentation proposal submissions - 23 September 2012
    * Notification of Acceptance of presentation proposal - 30 September
      2012

Guidelines:

Presentation topics can range from but are not limited to:

- IPv6 deployment
- Security
- IDN
- Mobile IP
- IXP
- DNSSEC

- Internet Governance

* Presentations will be fifteen (15) to thirty (30) minutes in length,
with approximately 10-15 minutes for Q&A at the end of each
presentation. The maximum time allotted per presentation will not exceed
is 45 minutes. The presenter(s) will be required to submit their
presentation in PDF form 2 weeks before the event date.

* Tutorials can range from 90 minutes to half a day in length. A full
course outline is required.

* Demonstration facilities will need to be agreed based on available
resources on-site.

* AFRINIC will provide the space, tea/lunch breaks and projector equipment.

* Presenters will be responsible for any handouts. There are typically
approximately 100-150 delegates.

* The Meeting Coordination team and the Program Committee will make
selection decisions.

* Selected presenters will be contacted by the Presenter Liaison to
coordinate logistics and details.

* Note that proposals are reviewed and accepted on an on-going basis and
that presentation slots may be filled prior to this date.

The audience at AFRINIC meetings is mainly composed of technical network
operators and engineers with a wide range of experience levels from
beginners to seasoned professionals.

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*** Presentations that contain any sort of marketing and commercial
content are usually not encouraged at our meetings.
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Thank you for your contribution.

Kind regards,

The AFRINIC Meeting team

Come join us at AFRINIC-17, 24-29 November 2012, Khartoum Sudan

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Ms. Babusha Radhakissoon                   Tel:   +230 403 51 00
PR and Marketing Assistant, AFRINIC        Fax:   +230 466 67 58
babusha at afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net       
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Join us at AFRINIC-17 for our Public Policy Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, on 24 -- 29 November 2012
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