Dear All,

Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC) in collaboration with The Internet Society, will be hosting the local Internet community to participate in the first ever Africa wide Internet Standards Forum that will take place at the iHub (Bishop Magua centre,on Ngong Road) in Nairobi on May 12th 2012 from 1100hrs to 1630hrs GMT+3. 

The forum will discuss Internet standards and the role the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) plays in setting open Internet standards. African participation in IETF activities has been limited and this forum is an effort to encourage African participation in the IETF. This will also be an opportunity to establish local communities that will participate in the development of IETF standards and use their participation to further their educational and research objectives.

Kindly send your attendance confirmation to admin@kenic.or.ke. Due to limited space, only the first 10 people to confirm will be given the opportunity to attend.

Kind Regards,
Brenda Nyangweso


From: Kevin G. Chege <kevin.chege@gmail.com>
To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:55 PM
Subject: [Skunkworks] Fwd: African Internet Standards Forum - May 12th 2012, 9AM GMT

Apologies for cross posting:


From: "Kevin G. Chege" <chege@isoc.org>
Subject: African Internet Standards Forum - May 12th 2012, 9AM GMT
Date: April 18, 2012 12:37:09 PM GMT+02:00
To: afnog@afnog.org

Dear all,

The Internet Society Africa Regional Bureau is organizing the first
ever Africa wide Internet Standards Forum that will take place in
Serekunda, Gambia on May 12th 2012 from 9.00am GMT to 1.00pm GMT. The
forum will also be streamed live on the online conferencing tool
Webex. The forum will discuss Internet standards and the role the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) plays in setting open Internet
standards. African participation in IETF activities has been limited
and this forum is an effort to encourage African participation in the
IETF, especially for graduating class, Masters and Ph.D. level
University students and instructors in order for Africa to play a role
in the development of the Internet.

University students, lecturers, researchers and Internet enthusiasts
from Africa interested in learning about open Internet Standards are
encouraged to attend. To attend, you can register online and
participate remotely or attend the session at a participating local
hub in your country. Details of the participating hubs (hosted by ISOC
African chapters) will be made available by the 6th of May 2012. For
those who will be in Gambia already attending AfNOG, details of the
meeting room will be made available before the day of the forum.  For
more details, please visit
http://internetsociety.org/events/african-internet-standards-forum

To learn more about the IETF, watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqc8vd_jPpg


Regards

Kevin G. Chege
ISOC
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