[AfriNIC-rpd] 1 day left to submit your proposal for AfriNIC-16!

Wed Feb 15 21:37:24 UTC 2012

Dear Coenraad
Have you read the footnote on the page announcement saying: Please review all information provided before submitting your proposal to:meeting at afrinic.net ?
You better send back your application following that way.

Kind regards.
/Janvier

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De: "Coenraad Loubser" <coenraad at wapa.org.za>
À: "Babusha Radhakissoon" <babusha at afrinic.net>
Cc: rpd at afrinic.net
Envoyé: Mardi 14 Février 2012 16h04:07 GMT +01:00 Afrique centrale - Ouest
Objet: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] 1 day left to submit your proposal for AfriNIC-16!

* Full Name 
Coenraad Loubser 
* Email Address 
coenraad at wapa.org.za 
* Affiliation 
WAPA - Wireless Access Providers' Association of South Africa 
Member - WISH Networks (Pty) Ltd. - South African ISP Vendor 
* Short biography 
I serve on the WAPA Executive Committee, and specifically the Business Enablement Working Group - where one of our projects is to enable peering between members. 
* Title of Presentation 
Peering between small (Wireless) ISPs 
* A detailed abstract or outline describing the presentation 
Technologies employed, lessons learnt (ongoing), benefits gained (Incl. IPv6 opportunity and enablement), business enabling potential. 
* Draft slides for the presentation (if ready/available) 
None 
* Length of talk (minutes/hours/days) 
40 mins 
* Need (or not) for sponsorship or assistance to attend the meeting 
(travel and/or accommodation, etc) 
Will potentially need sponsorship for both travel and accomodation. 

Coenraad Loubser 

WAPA - Wireless Access Providers' Association of South Africa 
2nd Floor, Merriman Place, Cnr. Merriman & Bird Str, Stellenbosch, 7600, ZA 

Office: 087 805 7480 
Cell: 073 772 1223 
Email: coenraad at wapa.org.za 
Web: http://wapa.org.za 

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Babusha Radhakissoon < babusha at afrinic.net > wrote: 

Dear Colleagues, 

Only 1 day left to submit your proposal to present at the upcoming AfriNIC meeting in Serekunda, The Gambia! 

If you would like to present at our event, please send us your proposal to discuss topics relevant 
to the African Internet community.Your contribution can be in the form of a presentation, 
a tutorial or a live technical demonstration. Find below the submission instructions. 

How to submit: 

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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Please review all information provided before submitting your proposal 
to:meeting at afrinic.net 

Important Dates: 

* Deadline for submissions – 15 February 2012 
* Notification of Acceptance – 2 March 2012 
* AfriNIC-16 Meeting – 12 to 18 May 2012 

Guidelines: 

Presentation topics can range from but are not exclusive to: 

- IPv6 deployment 
- Cyber Security 
- Internet Peering and Routing 
- Mobile IP 
- IXP 
- DNSSEC 
- RPKI 

* 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 is 45 minutes. 
The presenter(s) will be required to submit their presentation in 
PowerPoint two (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 Event Coordinator and 
Presenter Liaison to coordinate logistics and details regarding your 
presentation. 

* 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. 

*Exhibition opportunities for our sponsors * 

We are currently seeking sponsors for our event. Use this opportunity to 
maximize your brand exposure. For further details regarding the 
different sponsorship packages, please contact Diane on sponsorship at afrinic.net 

We look forward to your proposal. 

Kind regards, 

The AfriNIC Meeting team 

AfriNIC | 11th Floor | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius 
Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758 

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