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<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 Google.com,
Facebook.com 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 style=""><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" style=""><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" style=""><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" style=""><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 style=""><span style=""></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 style=""><span style=""></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" style=""><span style="color: black;"><span
style=""></span></span><b><span style="color: black;">Test
your Webex in Advance</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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" style=""><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" style=""><span style="color: black;"><span
style=""></span></span><b><span style="color: black;">How to
reach us?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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" style=""><span style="color: black;"><span
style=""></span></span><b><span style="color: black;">Meeting
duration</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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 style=""><span style=""></span></span></span><span
style="color: black;">Presentations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:
"Wingdings 2"; color: black;"><span style=""><span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span
style="color: black;">Open discussion<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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: 5pt 0in 5pt 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; color:
black;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span><span
style="color: black;">Welcome and Introductions – Hisham Ibrahim
(AFRINIC)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; color:
black;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span><span
style="color: black;">IPv6 Launch statistics – Phil Robers
(ISOC)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; color:
black;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span><span
style="color: black;">IPv6 Launch statistics – Christian
Jacquenet (Orange, France)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; color:
black;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span><span
style="color: black;">IPv6 migration case study – from Nairobi,
Kenya</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in;"><b><span style="color:
black;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in;"><b><span style="color:
black;">ABOUT THE ORGANISERS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 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: 5pt 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: 5pt 0in;"><b><u><span
style="color: blue;">AFRINIC</span></u></b><span
style="color: black;">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 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: 5pt 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: 5pt 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" style=""><span style="color: black;">Regards,<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: black;">The
AFRINIC IPv6 Program<br>
</span></p>
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