AfNOG-11 and AfriNIC-12: Meetings 23 May-4 June, 2010
The African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African
Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 11th
AfNOG Meeting and the AfriNIC-12 Meeting would be held in Kigali, Rwanda during
May & June 2010.
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.
Timetable
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Unix Boot Camp |
23 May 2010 (Sunday) |
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AfNOG Workshop |
24 - 28 May 2010 (Monday - Friday) |
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AfriNIC IPv6 Workshop |
29 - 30 May 2010 (Saturday - Sunday) |
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AfREN Meeting / AAF |
29 - 30 May 2010 (Saturday - Sunday) |
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30 - 31 May 2010(Sunday - Monday) |
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AfriNIC LIR Workshop |
31 May 2010 (Monday) |
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1 June 2010 (Tuesday) |
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2- 3 June 2010 (Wednesday - Thursday) |
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Africa INET Day |
4 June 2010 (Friday) |
Venue & Hotel
Venue & hotel for the event will be announced shortly.
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 Management 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 2009 in ten 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:
Workshop
application information is available here:
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/workshop/online_application_en.html
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/workshop/online_application_fr.html
AfREN Meeting
The Africa Research and Education Networking community will be
holding a two-day meeting on 29 - 30 May 2010. 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.
Additional information about AfREN 2010 will be provided shortly.
AfNOG Tutorials
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.
Additional information about AfNOG 2010 Tutorials will be availabe here: <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/tutorial/>
11th AfNOG Meeting
The 11th AfNOG meeting will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on 01 June
2010. 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 2009 conference in Cairo, Egypt drew over 150 participants, mainly
consisting of network engineering staff from national service providers, and
members of the research and education community.
Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here: <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/conference/>
AfriNIC-12 Meeting
The AfriNIC-12 meeting will be held in Kigali, Rwanda for two days
from 02-03 June, 2010. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an
excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These
policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and
distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include
tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AfriNIC
Public Policy Meeting. The two day meeting will be preceeded by a two-day IPv6
training. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment,
especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of
address space. There will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges which our
region will be facing with IPv4 address space exhaustion.
Further information will be available at <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>.
ISOC - INET Africa Conference
The Internet Society will be organizing an INET Africa Conference
on 4th June 2010 in conjunction with the AfriNIC 12 and AfNOG 11 meetings in
Kigali, Rwanda. The conference will discuss the situation of Internet
Interconnection in Africa, the challenges as well as the solutions, including
Internet Exchange Points.
The meeting agenda will be available shortly.
Visa Requirements
Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enter Rwanda.
Please check with the Rwandan