<apologies for cross posting> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [afnog] FW: Reminder : AIS 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT - English Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:28:36 -0000 From: Nancy Dotse <nancy@ghana.com> To: <afnog@afnog.org>, <afrigeek@psg.com> Hi, Happy New Year to you all. Please find a re-send of AIS 2013 (AfNOG/ AFRINIC2013)Announcement. Deadline for submission is barely two weeks away hence would encourage would-be applicants to apply as soon as possible. Kindly send to local lists. Kind regards Nancy *From:*Nancy Dotse [mailto:nancy@ghana.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:48 PM *To:* afnog@afnog.org <mailto:afnog@afnog.org>, afrigeek@psg.com *Cc:* nancy@ghana.com *Subject:* AfNOG 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT - English Hi All, Please find below Announcement for AfNOG 2013. Kindly send to various lists. Please note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 25 January, 2013. Best Regards Nancy Dotse AfNOG Secretariat ******** * * * * *AIS 2013 (AfNOG-14 and AfriNIC-18 Workshop & Meeting,s 9 - 21 June, 2013)* Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2013, (formerly African Network Operators' Group(AfNOG) and the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) Workshop & Meetings) is pleased to announce that the 14th AfNOG Workshop & Meeting and the AfriNIC-18 Meeting would be held in Lusaka, Zambia from 9^th to 21^st June 2013. Every year, hundreds of Network Engineers from across the IT industry in the Africa Continent and the world attend the AIS Event. /"While AIS fuels the rapid growth of Internet in Africa with trained technical capacity, our content has been/ /determined by the needs of the community. In so doing AIS's output training capacity has multiplied in the past decade/ /and the community flourished" /Nii Quaynor.// / / * * *About the Entire Event* AIS is organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop), several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting, and a three-day AfriNIC Meeting. In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations. *Who Should Attend* Network engineers in the Africa region who wish to acquire the necessary skills in IT must attend this Workshop. *Local Host* The Local Hosts for the Event are Internet Service Providers Association of Zambia (ISPAZ) and Zambia Information & Communications Authority (ZICTA) * * *Time Table* Unix Boot Camp - 9 June 2013 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop - 10 - 14 June 2013 (Monday – Friday) AfriNIC RIM (LIR) - 15 June 2013 (Saturday) Africa Internet Standards Wkshop - 15 June 2013 (Saturday) AfriNIC IPv6 - 15 - 17 June 2013 (Saturday - Monday) AfricaCERT Cybersecurity Day - 15 June 2013 (Saturday) AfGWG - 15 June 2013 (Saturday) AfNOG Tutorials - 16 - 17 June 2013 (Sunday - Monday) AfREN Meeting / AAF - 17 June 2013 (Monday) AfNOG -13 Meeting - 18 June 2013 (Tuesday) AfOPS - 19 June 2013 (Wednesday) Africa Internet Interconnection & Traffic Exchange - 19 June, 2013 (Wednesday) AfriNIC-18 Meeting - 20 - 21 June 2013 (Thursday to Friday) * * *Venue & Hotel* Venue & hotel for the event will be announced shortly. * * *About AfNOG* AfNOG (See http://www.afnog.org/ ) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized an event like this one every year since 2000. *About AfriNIC* AfriNIC (See http://www.afrinic.net/ ) is a Regional Internet Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources Management in the Africa region. AfriNIC organizes two Public Policy meetings twice every year. *AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology* The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet Service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2012 in thirteen different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's instructors are an international team with many years of experience operating large networks and teaching about network operations. _ _ _The workshop is divided into Six parallel tracks as below_: · SS-E - Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. · SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. · NM - Network Monitoring & Management (English) · AR - Advanced Routing Techniques (English) · CT - CERT Training (English) · NM-F - Suivi et Gestion de Reseau (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. Workshop application information is at : http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php **Workshop Deadline - 25 January, 2013 *AfREN / Africa Asia Forum* The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) and Africa Asia Forum community (AAF) will be holding a one day meeting on 17 June 2013. The meeting will discuss issues of interest to the NREN community such as coordination on activites in the region, advocacy, bandwidth consortia,regional RENs etc. Additional information on AfREN /AAF 2013 will be provided shortly. * * *AfNOG Tutorials* AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2013 Tutorials will be available here shortly: < http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013/tutorial/ *AfricaCERT*< Cybersecurity : what solution for the African Continent > AfricaCERT is the African Computer Emergency Response Team. AfricaCERT organizes training on CERT operations, advanced technical training and conference. AfricaCERT meetings provide a forum for collaboration and exchange for Computer Emergency response Teams and interested parties to share best practices, information, tools, techniques, and strategies that address problems related to cyber-security. Further information is available at http://www.africacert.org *14th AfNOG Meeting* The 14th AfNOG meeting will be held in Lusaka, Zambia 18 June 2013. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2012 conference in Serekunda, Gambia drew over 206 participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from national service providers, and members of the research and education community. Additional information on the Conference schedule will be available here shortly: < http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013conference/ *AfriNIC-18 Meeting* The AfriNIC-18 meeting will be held in Lusaka, Zambia for three days from 19 - 21 June, 2013. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The Event will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AfriNIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceeded by a two-day IPv6 training and IRM. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. There will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges which our region faces with IPv4 address space exhaustion among others. Further information will be available at http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/ . * * *African Internet Standard Workshop and Africa Internet Interconnection & Traffic* *Exchange* The Internet Society will be organizing an Africa Internet Standards workshop & Africa Internet Interconnection & Traffic Exchange Workshop on 15th June 2013 and 19^th June respectively in conjunction with the AfNOG 14 and AfriNIC 18 meetings in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference will discuss the situation of Internet Interconnection in Africa, the challenges as well as the solutions, including Internet Exchange Points. The meeting agenda will be available in due course. * * *Visa Requirements* Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enter Zambia. Please visit this link to understand Visa requirements for nationals travelling to Zambia. http://www.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=117 You may also wish to check with the Zambian Embassy or Consulate in your country for details.