<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div align="center"><b><span style="color: black; ">IPv6 Webinar for African Operators - July 9<sup>th</sup> 2012, 13:00 (UTC)</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="color: black; ">Save the date</span></b><span style="color: black; "><br>Following the successful and permanent launch of IPv6 in several networks on the 6<sup>th</sup> of June 2012, statistics collected from several points on the Internet show that IPv6 traffic is now available. Several websites including <a href="http://Google.com/">Google.com</a>, <a href="http://Facebook.com/">Facebook.com</a> among several others now offer their sites on IPv6. This webinar is aimed at highlighting the success of the IPv6 launch and the statistics recorded.<span><br></span>This will be the fourth IPv6 Webinar. The IPv6 webinars are aimed at informing and educating people about IPv6 in Africa.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "></span><b><span style="color: black; ">When?</span></b><span style="color: black; "><br>Monday, 9<sup>th</sup> July 2012, 13:00 (UTC). However, participants are advised to log in half an hour earlier in order to ensure that their connection works properly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "></span><b><span style="color: black; ">Who should attend?</span></b><span style="color: black; "><br>This webinar targets mainly operators and other stakeholders interested in IPv6 deployment in the African region.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "></span><b><span style="color: black; ">How to attend</span></b><span style="color: black; ">?<br>Meeting participants can join the meeting through one of two means:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Register for the Webinar </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php?ED=16424828&RG=1&UID=46526828&RT=MiMzNA%3D%3D">here</a></span><span style="color: black; "> in order to receive the meeting password. Ensure you enter a valid email address when registering, as that will be used to send the meeting password.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Phone dial-in option is also available. Details will be included in the registration email.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span></span></span><b><span style="color: black; ">Test your Webex in Advance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">Tip:<br>We advise participants to test their ability to connect to the meeting platform, by logging on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php?ED=16424423&UID=46525398&PW=NNGEyMjRkNTAz&RT=MiMzNA%3D%3D">here</a></span><span style="color: black; ">, on Friday, 6<sup>th</sup> July 2012, from 12:30 to 3:30 UTC. On this date, Webex will be made available for test purpose only. For example, two people can connect to see whether they can hear each other.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">Also, choose "Call using this computer" when prompted after logging into the session on the 9<sup>th</sup> of July. Kindly mute your microphone as you enter the session.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span></span></span><b><span style="color: black; ">How to reach us?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">For technical support or other comments please contact </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:IPv6webinar@isoc.org">IPv6webinar@isoc.org</a></span><span style="color: black; "> or Twitter @ipv6webinar. You can also follow the online discussions using the twitter hashtag #ipv6webinar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span></span></span><b><span style="color: black; ">Meeting duration</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">The meeting will be 90 minutes long, divided into two segments of 45 minutes each.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Presentations</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Open discussion<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "></span><b><span style="color: black; ">Meeting agenda</span></b><span style="color: black; "></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Welcome and Introductions – Hisham Ibrahim (AFRINIC)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">IPv6 Launch statistics – Phil Robers (ISOC)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">IPv6 Launch statistics – Christian Jacquenet (Orange, France Telecom)</span></p><div>IPv6 Launch statistics – Martin Levy (Hurricane Electric)</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; color: black; "><span><span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">IPv6 migration case study – from Nairobi, Kenya</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span style="color: black; "> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span style="color: black; ">ABOUT THE ORGANISERS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="color: black; "> </span><b><u><span style="color: blue; ">Internet Society</span></u></b><span style="color: black; ">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="color: black; ">The Internet Society is the world's trusted independent source of leadership for Internet policy, technology standards, and future development. Based on its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society works with its members and Chapters around the world to promote the continued evolution and growth of the open Internet through dialog among companies, governments, and other organizations around the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><u><span style="color: blue; ">AFRINIC</span></u></b><span style="color: black; ">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="color: black; ">AFRINIC serves the African community by providing professional and efficient management of Internet Number Resources, supporting Internet technology usage and development, and promoting a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach to Internet self governance. AFRINIC is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, membership based organization based in Mauritius. Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC's activities and our objective is to build competence within our region in IPv6 implementation and associated technologies required to use our resources effectively and to increase awareness within the service region on how Internet is governed and the roles organisations have in this environment.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><u><span style="color: blue; ">France Telecom</span></u></b><u><span style="color: blue; "></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="color: black; ">France Telecom-Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with 172,000 employees worldwide, including 105,000 employees in France, and sales of 45.3 billion euros in 2011. Present in 35 countries, the Group had a customer base of 226 million customers at 31 December 2011, including 147 million customers under the Orange brand, the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates. At 31 December 2011, the Group had 167 million mobile customers and 14 million broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers worldwide. Orange is one of the main European operators for mobile and broadband internet services and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">Regards,<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">The AFRINIC IPv6 Program<br></span></p><div><span style="color: black; "><br></span></div></body></html>