-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Afnog 2008 Call for Presentations Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:42:42 +0000 From: Isatou Secka Jah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]
As you may be aware, the annual Afnog-9/Afrinic-8 Meetingd will be held in Rabat, Morocco in June. If you are planning on attending and are interested in making a 20min presentation any of the topics outlined below during the Afnog Meeting to be held on 3rd June, kindly send in a short abstract to [EMAIL PROTECTED] regards Isatou AfNOG 2008 Tutorials and Conference: Call for Presentations ---------------------- The African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) invites applications from people who wish to teach a tutorial, make a presentation, or chair a panel discussion at the 8th AfNOG meeting in Rabat, Morocco, in May 2008. We also invite programme suggestions from other people. Background ---------- AfNOG and AfriNIC are jointly organising 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 Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG meeting, and a two-day AfriNIC meeting. Further information about the event may be found at <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/> and <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>. Venue ----- The workshop and all tutorials would be held at the EMI (Mohammadia Engineering Institute, http://www.emi.ac.ma) from 24 May - 2 June 2008. All Conferences would be held at the Golden Tulip Farah (http://www.goldentulipfarahrabat.com) from 3 - 6 June 2008. 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 organised an event like this one every year since 2000. About the Tutorials & Conference ------------------- The AfNOG Conference takes the form of a series of short presentations followed by open discussions, during which network operators from around the continent share experiences, discuss problems and their solutions as well as interact on various issues affecting African networking. The conference has in the past attracted over 200 participants, mainly consisting of engineering staff from national service providers, managers from IT Enterprises and members of the research and education community. Several tutorials will be offered before the AfNOG conference from 1 - 2 June 2008. Tutorials are technical workshops which focus on a particular subject in-dept and should be non-commercial in nature. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. They are intended to offer advanced training relating to technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Potential Areas of Interest --------------------------- Conference: * Routing Operations: Rural Connectivity Solution, IPv4 and IPv6 Routing, MPLS, Backbone operations, Traffic Engineering * Services Operations: DNS, Email, VOIP, Content Development, Open Source Tools and Analysis * Security Operations: NSP-Sec, DDoS, Security Operations, Anti-SPAM, Anti-Malware. * Internet Provider Relationships: IXP Operations, Peering * Technologies: Wireless, WiMax, DSL, Broadband access aggregation * Internet Governance Tutorials: * Network Monitoring and Management * Wireless Networking * Advanced Routing How to apply ------------ People interested in making a presentation, or chairing a panel discussion at the AfNOG meeting are invited to submit a proposal not later than 7 December 2007 We ask that the following information be sent in an email message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. * speaker/presenter name and affiliation * email address and phone number * nature of the proposal (conference presentation, panel discussion, or tutorial) * proposed title * requested time allocation (for conference presentations or panel discussions: 30 minutes to 2 hours). * an abstract of no more than 200 words * permission to reproduce your presentation after the event, including permission to post it on the AfNOG website. The Programme Committee also welcomes suggestions and expressions of interest, even if you don't have all the above information. Funding and Support AfNOG is a not-for-profit event and because limited funds are available, conference presenters and tutorial instructors are expected to cover their travel expenses. However, tutorial instructor or conference presenters are exempted from paying registration fees. Deadlines ---------- Submission deadline: 7 December 2007 Notification by: 31 January 2008 Final Program Published: 1 March 2008 Send Requests to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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