[AFRINIC-announce] Register Now for the Africa Internet Summit in Djibouti, 25 May to 6 June 2014

[Thuron Vymala]

The Africa Internet Summit – Register Now!

AFRINIC, AfNOG and the Af* organisations will meet in Djibouti for two week from 25 May-6 June for the 2014 edition of the Africa Internet Summit (AIS). 

The AIS is a multi-stakeholder event that brings together hundreds of local, regional and international participants, seasoned ICT experts and key players in the global Internet community.

Register now to:

-         * Attend training sessions on Internet number resources management, IPv6 for both technical and non-technical audiences and in-depth tutorials on RPKI, DNSSEC and more

-          * Share knowledge, experience and best current practices on IP address management and distribution policies, IPv6 deployment, IXPs and other technical topics

-          * Discuss current hot topics and events such as the WTCD, the IANA Globalisation Process and other Internet governance issues

* To register for the AIS meeting please see: http://www.internetsummitafrica.org/

Meeting Highlights:

- AFRINIC-20 Public Policy Meeting:

AFRINIC will hold its 20th Public Policy meeting from 4-6 June during the AIS 2014. The AFRINIC-20 Meeting will focus on knowledge share, regional best practice and discussions on Internet number resource policy development. The following policy will be under discussion during the meeting: 
Academic IPv4 Allocation | AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-03 |. 

Join us to have your say. Find out more about the AFRINIC Policy Development Process and how you can take part online at: 
http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development


Find out more about the AFRINIC-20 Meeting online at http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/999-afrinic20ais2014

- AFRINIC Elections

During the AFRINIC-20 Meeting, the AFRINIC Annual General Members Meeting (AGM) will take place. During the AGM, Board elections for the following seats will be held: 

-      	-  Indian Ocean regional seat
-      	- Central Africa regional seat
-       	- Non-geographical seat
Elections for a Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) co-chair will also be held. One of the current co-chair’s, Emile Milandou, mandate has come to term.

For more information about elections please see:
http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections

Other highlights of the meeting include the Annual General Members Meeting (for AFRINIC Members only), during which AFRINIC Board Elections for the following seats will be held:

-         	-  Indian Ocean regional seat
-      	- Central Africa regional seat
-       	- Non-geographical seat
 Other elections will include the election of a Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) co-chair, as the current co-chair, Emile Milandou’s, mandate comes to term.

For more information about elections please see:
http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections

- AfricaCERT Day

Dedicated to Cyber Security, the AfricaCERT Day takes place on 31 May. The AfricaCERT Team will also be present at the AIS 2014 for various training sessions. Find out more about AfricaCERT at: http://www.africacert.org/home/

For more information on the AIS’14 please see: http://www.internetsummitafrica.org/

or contact us on: secretariat at internetsummitafrica.org


Vymala Thuron

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Join us at AIS14/AFRINIC20, Djibouti, 25 May - 6 June 2014.

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