[sdnog] Fwd: AIS 2016 - ENGLISH & AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT (extension of workshop application dates)
Nishal Goburdhan
nishal at controlfreak.co.za
Fri Jan 15 22:48:46 SAST 2016
if you’re interested in attending the afnog workshops, the deadline
for workshop applications is now 31 jan 2015.
> Application deadline has therefore been extended to 31st Jan.
>
> On 9/17/15, nancy dotse <nancy at ghana.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Please find below Announcement for AfNOG 2016 to be held in Gaborone
>> -
>> Botswana
>> from 29 May - 10 June 2016. Kindly send to various lists.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Nancy Dotse
>>
>>
>> ENGLISH
>> -------------
>> Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 29th May – 10th
>> June,
>> 2016
>>
>> Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program
>> at The
>> Africa
>> Internet Summit 2016 scheduled to be held in Gaborone, BOTSWANA from
>> 29th
>> May to
>> 10th June 2016.
>>
>> AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops,
>> conferences
>> and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts
>> internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share
>> the
>> latest
>> innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the
>> place
>> where
>> the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC,
>> AfREN,
>> AfricaCERT, AfTLD - AROC, ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet.
>>
>> Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community
>>
>> AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and
>> includes
>> the
>> core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use and
>> impact of
>> IP
>> Technologies. Sessions include technical and business aspects of the
>> Internet :
>> ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security, Policy, Content &
>> Names,
>> Internet Numbers and Research.
>>
>> About the Entire Event
>>
>> Event Calendar include the following:
>>
>> •AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training
>> in a
>> week-long
>> hands-on workshop)
>> •Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials
>> •AfricaCERT Workshop & Tutorials
>> •AFRINIC Trainings
>> •AfREN Forum
>> •AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting
>> •ISOC Africa Sessions
>> •ICANN Africa Day
>> •A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session
>> •A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session.
>> In addition, several side meetings and workshops were hosted in
>> collaboration
>> with other organizations.
>>
>> Who Attends?
>>
>> A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including
>> Internet
>> Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers who wish to acquire the
>> necessary
>> skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies
>> and ICT
>> vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and
>> businesses.
>>
>> Why Attend?
>> •The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the
>> ICT
>> Industry
>> •It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber
>> Security,
>> Mobile Networking among other.
>> •It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet
>> including
>> the
>> current and newest trends in ICT.
>> •Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from
>> thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive
>> panel
>> sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics
>>
>> Local Host
>>
>> The Local Host for the Event is Botswana Communications Regulatory
>> Authority
>> (BOCRA)
>>
>> Venue & Hotel { This will be announces shortly.
>>
>> Time Table
>> ---------------
>>
>> Workshop & Tutorials
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> Unix Boot Camp - 29 May 2016 (Sunday)
>> Networking Boot Camp- 29 May 2016 (Sunday)
>> AfNOG Workshop - 30 May - 3 June 2016 (Monday - Friday)
>> AfricaCERT Workshop - 30 May - 3 June 2016 (Monday - Friday)
>> AfTLD - AROC - 30 May - 3 June 2016 (Monday - Friday)
>> Online Content Localisation Tutorial - 4 - 6 June 2016 (Saturday -
>> Monday)
>> RPKI Tutorial - 4 June 2016 (Saturday)
>> AfricaCERT Cybersecurity Day - 4 June 2016 (Saturday)
>> AFRINIC IPv6 for Engineers - 4 - 5 June 2016 (Saturday - Sunday)
>> DNSSEC Tutorial - 5 June 2016 (Sunday)
>> AfNOG Tutorials - 5 - 6 June 2016 (Sunday - Monday)
>> ISOC Africa Sessions- 5 June 2016 (Sunday)
>> AFRINIC INRM - 6 June 2016 (Monday)
>>
>> Conference
>> ----------------
>> Opening Session - 6 June 2016 (Monday at 5 pm)
>> AfREN Meeting / AAF 6 June 2016 (Monday)
>> AfNOG-17 Conference 7 June 2016 (Tuesday)
>> AFRINIC-24 Conference 8 - 10 June, 2016 (Wednesday - Friday)
>>
>> About AfNOG
>>
>> AfNOG is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical
>> information
>> between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG
>> aims at
>> building a community of engineers helping each other operate Internet
>> Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet as well as
>> promote the
>> discussion of issues relating to implementation of new networks that
>> require
>> community cooperation.
>>
>> AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different
>> African
>> country each year.
>>
>> “While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with
>> trained
>> technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of
>> the
>> community. In so doing AfNOG’s output training capacity has
>> multiplied in
>> the
>> past decade and the community flourished”
>>
>> 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 2015 in sixteen 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 in operating large networks and teaching about
>> network
>> operations.
>>
>> The workshop is divided into Six parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 1
>> French
>> Tracks)
>>
>> •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 – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English)
>> •NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to
>> track
>> NM-E,
>> but given in French.
>> •AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English)
>> •CT- E, CERT Training (English)
>>
>>
>> Workshop application information is at :
>> English: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php
>> French: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php
>> **Workshop Deadline – December 31, 2015
>>
>> About AFRINIC
>>
>> AFRINIC (See http://www.afrinic.net/) AFRINIC has been set up to
>> serve the
>> African community by providing professional and efficient management
>> of
>> Internet
>> Number Resources, supporting Internet technology usage and
>> development, and
>> promoting a participative and multi-stakeholder approach to Internet
>> self
>> governance.
>>
>> AFRINIC is a non-government, 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.
>> AFRINIC
>> organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see
>> http://www.afrinic.net/meeting).
>>
>> AfricaCERT
>>
>> AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 30th
>> May –
>> 4th
>> June 2016 in Botswana. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer
>> incident
>> response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a
>> better
>> health
>> in the Af* Internet Ecosystem.
>>
>> The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to :
>>
>> •Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs;
>> •Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with
>> other
>> stakeholders all over the World;
>> •Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT
>> Security;
>> •Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security;
>> •Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to
>> develop
>> a
>> comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing
>> of
>> legal
>> and regulatory issues;
>> •Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and
>> enhancing the
>> resilience of ICT Infrastructure;
>> •Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and
>> Innovation in
>> the
>> ICT security field.
>> Please visit www.africacert.org for further information.
>>
>> AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting
>>
>> Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting an Advanced
>> Registry
>> Operators Course (AROC) from 30th May to 3rd June 2016.
>>
>> The Advanced Registry Operations Course is a 5 day (40 Hour) Course
>> tailored
>> for
>> operators looking to build robust operations moving forward into
>> advanced
>> installation and configuration topics.
>>
>> This course focuses on demonstrating a structured approach to network
>> monitoring
>> and management including further risk management plans. The course is
>> highlighted by hands-on exercises to installation and configuration
>> components.
>> Topics in this course include but are not limited to architecture,
>> monitoring
>> tools and scripting.
>>
>> ISOC AFRICA
>>
>> ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet
>> Governance, etc.
>> on
>> 5th June 2016. Further information 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 2016 Tutorials will be available
>> here
>> shortly:
>> http://www.afnog.org/afnog2016/tutorial/
>>
>> AfREN
>>
>> The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be
>> holding a one
>> day
>> meeting on 6th June 2016.
>>
>> AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education
>> networking. As
>> one
>> of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual
>> Africa
>> Internet
>> Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and
>> Education
>> Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities in
>> collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC.
>>
>> The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the
>> research
>> and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration,
>> advocacy
>> and
>> coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience and best
>> practices
>> as well as presentation of innovative networking technologies are
>> also
>> regularly
>> addressed at AfREN.
>>
>> The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG
>> training
>> workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN.
>>
>> Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the
>> countries
>> of
>> Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet
>> Alliance
>> (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa) and
>> ASREN
>> (Arab
>> countries, including North Africa).
>>
>> Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research
>> and
>> education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators,
>> regulators,
>> policy makers and international partners.
>>
>> Additional information on AfREN 2016 will be provided shortly.
>>
>> AfNOG-17 Meeting
>>
>> The 17th AfNOG meeting will be held in Gaborone, Botswana on 6th June
>> 2016.
>> 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
>> 2016
>> conference in Tunisia drew over 500 participants, mainly consisting
>> of
>> network
>> engineering staff from lnternet Service providers, Telecommunication
>> Companies,
>> Government, Research and Education community, Civil Society.
>> Additional
>> information and the Conference schedule will be available here
>> shortly:
>> http://www.afnog.org/afnog2016/conference/
>>
>> AFRINIC-24 Public Policy Meeting
>>
>> The AFRINIC-24 Public Policy meeting will be held in Gaborone,
>> Botswanaia
>> for
>> three days from 8th to 10th June, 2016. 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
>> meeting
>> will
>> include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working
>> groups and
>> the
>> AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceded
>> by a
>> two-day IPv6 training and one day training in Internet Number
>> Resource
>> Management. 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.
>>
>> Further information will be available at
>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events.
>>
>> Visa Requirements
>>
>> Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enter Botswana.
>> Please
>> check
>> with the Botswana Embassy or Consulate in your country
>>
>> Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and
>> shape
>> the
>> future of ICT in Africa.
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