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[AfriNIC-rpd] Call for Presentations
Diane Nuteau
diane at afrinic.net
Tue Aug 17 00:56:23 UTC 2010
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the "Call for Presentations, Tutorials,
and Demonstrations" for the AfriNIC-13 Public Policy meeting to be held
in Johannesburg, South Africa, 20-26 November 2010 is now open.
This is your call to present at this event 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 review all information included on this page before submitting
your proposal. Your submission should be sent to: meeting at afrinic.net
<mailto:meeting at afrinic.net>
Your proposal should contain the following information:
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* Full Name
* Email Address
* Affiliation
* Short biography
* Title of Presentation
* A detailed abstract or outline describing the presentation
* Draft slides for the presentation (if ready/available)
* Length of talk (minutes/hours/days)
* 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 -- 01 September 2010
* Deadline for submissions - 20 September 2010
* Notification of Acceptance - 01 October 2010
Guidelines:
Presentation topics can range from but are not exclusive to:
- IPv6 deployment
- Security
- IDN
- Mobile IP
- IXP
- DNSSEC
* 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
PowerPoint
2 weeks prior to 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.
* All presentations will be delivered with the highest professionalism
to maximize the value obtained by the attendee.
* The Meeting Coordination team and the program Committee will make the
selection decisions.
* Selected presenters will be contacted by the Events Coordinator 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.
*** Presentations that contain any sort of marketing and commercial
content are usually not encouraged at such meetings.
Thank you for your contribution.
Kind regards,
Diane Nuteau
Event & Sponsorship Coordinator
AfriNIC
t (230) 4666616
f (230) 4666758
m (230) 4941944
e diane at afrinic.net <mailto:diane at afrinic.net>
w http://wwww.afrinic.net
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