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Dear Colleagues,
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This is your call to present at AfriNIC-15 Public Policy meeting 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.
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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.
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How to submit:
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Please review all information before submitting your proposal on:
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Your submission should be sent using the online form on
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href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-15/?q=content/call-presentation-submission-form">https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-15/?q=content/call-presentation-submission-form</a>
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Your proposal should contain the following information:
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* Full Name
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* Email Address
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* Affiliation
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* Short biography
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* Title of Presentation
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* A detailed abstract or outline describing the presentation
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* Draft slides for the presentation (if ready/available)
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* Length of talk (minutes/hours/days)
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* Need (or not) for sponsorship or assistance to attend the meeting
(travel and/or accommodation, etc)
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Important Dates:
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* Meeting Registration opens: 29 August 2011
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* Deadline for submissions: 28 September 2011
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* Notification of Acceptance : 12 October 2011
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* AfriNIC-15 Meeting: 19 -25 November 2011
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Guidelines:
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Presentation topics can range from but are not exclusive to:
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- IPv6 deployment
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- Security
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- IDN
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- Mobile IP
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- IXP
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- DNSSEC
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* 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 PDF 2 weeks prior to the event date.
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* Tutorials can range from 90 minutes to half a day in length. A
full course outline is required.
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* Demonstration facilities will need to be agreed based on available
resources on-site.
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* AfriNIC will provide the space, tea/lunch breaks and projector
equipment.
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* Presenters will be responsible for any handouts. There are
typically approximately 100-150 delegates.
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* The Meeting Coordination team and the program Committee will make
the selection decisions.
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* Selected presenters will be contacted by the Events Coordinator to
coordinate logistics and details
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* Note that proposals are reviewed and accepted on an on-going basis
and that presentation slots may be filled prior to this date.
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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.
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* Presentations that contain any sort of marketing and commercial
content are usually not encouraged at such meetings.
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Thank you for your contribution.
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The AfriNIC Meeting team
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AfriNIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius
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Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758
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Join us at AfriNIC-15 in Cameroon, 19-25 November 2011
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