From regnauld at nsrc.org  Mon Feb 12 06:24:38 2018
From: regnauld at nsrc.org (Phil Regnauld)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 15:24:38 +0100
Subject: [APRICOT2018-VIRT] Welcome to the mailing list for the APRICOT 2018
 Virtualization & Cloud Workshop
Message-ID: <20180212142438.3o45bkzgmpp7mmfx@macbook.x0.dk>

Hello,

You have been subscribed to the mailing list:

  apricot2018-virt at lists.nsrc.org

and you are receiving this mail as you are a registered participant
for the upcoming Virtualization & Cloud workshop, taking place during
APRICOT 2018 (February 19 - 23), in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Please read this mail all the way to the end!

This is a 5 day, hands-on technical workshop on Virtualization & Cloud
technologies.

Below you will find the URL with detailed information about the contents
of the workshop, including a schedule with the different sessions that
will be held during the week.

PREREQUISITES
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*** REMINDER **************************************************************
* You must bring your own laptop computer, with a WiFi access, to be able *
* to participate in this workshop.                                        *
***************************************************************************

Tablets/touchscreens are NOT adequate as there will be a lot of typing
involved, and we will be running VirtualBox software which requires
Windows, Linux or MacOS X.

As systems/network engineers, we assume you have working knowledge of the
command line (UNIX/Linux). We'll be providing a Linux Overview session
which all are encouraged to attend, on Monday afternoon after the Plenary
Conference.

MATERIALS AND SCHEDULE
----------------------

Course description page:

	https://nsrc.org/workshops/2018/apricot/cloud-virt

Course objectives:

	https://nsrc.org/workshops/2018/apricot/cloud-virt/description.html

Schedule:

	https://nsrc.org/workshops/2018/apricot/cloud-virt/agenda.md.html

The outline is mostly finaly, but can be subjected to small changes in the
coming days.

Do note that materials often get updated during the week, it is therefore a
good idea to refresh the page before downloading a presentation, in case a
new one has been uploaded.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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VENUE
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The workshop will take place at the Yak & Yeti Hotel, Kathmandu - for practical
information, see https://2018.apricot.net/travel/venue/

INSTRUCTORS
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The list of instructors and assistants this coming week:

* Nimal Ratnayake (Sri Lanka) - NSRC, Network Startup Resource Center
* Phil Regnauld (France/Denmark) - NSRC, Network Startup Resource Center
* Sonam Penjor (Bhutan) - Royal University of Bhutan 
* Viraphan Samadi (Thailand) - Asia Institute of Technology


MAILING LIST
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We will use the mailing list to send out updates, and we encourage you to use
this list if you have questions about the curriculum before, during, and also
after the workshop event.

See you soon!

Regards,
Phil Regnauld
Network Startup Resource Center