---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:24 AM Subject: [Skunkworks] Fwd: AfNOG 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT - English To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nancy Dotse <nancy@> 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 9thto **** 21st 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 19th 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=articl... **** You may also wish to check with the Zambian Embassy or Consulate in your country for details. -- **Gitau _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Barrack O. 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