[GamChix] AIS 2018 - AfNOG Announcement - English

Alagie Ceesay aceesay84 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 3 11:58:55 PDT 2017


Dear Gamchix,

Below is an email i recieved from Nancy encouraging you to Aooly for the
AFNOG and Africa Internet Summit AIS 2018 taking place in Dakar.

Please feel free to ask for help if you need any clarification to fill the
form correctly.

See message below:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *nancy dotse* <nancy at ghana.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Subject: AIS 2018 - AfNOG Announcement - English
To: Alagie Ceesay <aceesay84 at gmail.com>
Cc: Nancy <nancy at ghana.com>


Hi Alagie,

I trust you are doing fine.

AfNOG 2018 is hereby announced. Grateful if you can send to various mailing
lists in Gambia to apply.

Secondly Please remind the Afchix Attendees also to apply and pay
particular attention to filling the form correctly

Best regards

Nancy

Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 29thApril – 11thMay 2018

Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The
Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Dakar, SENEGAL from
29thApril – 11thMay 2018.

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, AfCHIX, 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 & Forums
   - AFRINIC Trainings
   - AfREN Forum
   - AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting
   - ISOC Africa Sessions
   - ICANN Africa Day
   - AfCHix TechWomen Summit
   - A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session
   -

   A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session.

   In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be 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, CSIRTs Engineers and
   Policy makers 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 Hosts for the Event is Ministère des Postes et des
   Télécommunications, Senegal.

   Venue & Hotel

   This will be announced shortly.

   Time Table

   Workshop & Tutorials

   Event Date(s)
   Unix Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday)
   Networking Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday)
   CERT Boot Camp 29 April 2018 (Sunday)
   AfNOG Workshop 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday)
   AfricaCERT Workshop 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday)
   AfTLD - Workshop & Forum 30 April - 4 May 2018 (Monday - Friday)
   AfCHIXTechWomen Summit 5 May 2018 (Saturday)
   ICANN Day 5 May 2018 (Saturday)
   AFRINIC Trainings 5 - 7 May 2018 (Saturday - Monday)
   ICANN Special Workshop 6 May 2018 (Sunday)
   AfNOG Tutorials 6 - 7 May 2018 (Sunday - Monday)
   ISOC Africa Sessions TBC

   Conference

   Event Date(s)
   Opening Session 7 May 2018 (Monday at 5 pm)
   AfREN Meeting / AAF 7 May 2018 (Monday)
   AfNOG-19 Conference 8 May 2018 (Tuesday)
   AFRINIC-28 Conference 9 - 11 May, 2018 (Wednesday - Friday)

   About AfNOG

   AfNOG (Seehttp://www.afnog.org/) 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 2017 in eighteen 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 eight parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 3
   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.
   -

   SS-F - Scalable Internet Services (en francais), similar to track SS-E,
   but given in French.
   - 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.
   - SI-F - Scalable Network Infrastructure (en francais), similar to track
   SI-E, but given in French.
   - 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, 2017

   About AFRINIC

   AFRINIC (Seehttp://www.afrinic.net/) is the Regional Internet Registry
   for Africa headquartered in Ebene, Mauritius. It is responsible for the
   distribution and management of Internet number resources (IP address space
   and Autonomous System Numbers) in Africa and the Indian Ocean region.
   AFRINIC ensures equitable and efficient distribution of Internet number
   resources to the African Internet community to support Internet governance,
   technology usage and development across the continent.

   Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s
   activities and the objective is to build competence within Africa in IPv6
   adoption as well as associated technologies required to use internet number
   resources effectively. More on AFRINIC can be found at (see
   http://www.afrinic.net/ ).

   AfricaCERT

   AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 30thApril
   – 5thMay 2018 in Senegal. 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 visitwww.africacert.org https://afnog.org/www.africacert.org for
   further information.

   AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting

   Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting a Workshop &
   Forum during AIS. Further information will be provided shortly.

   ICANN AFRICA

   ICANN Africa will be holding sessions on ICANN Day on 5th May 2018 and
   ICANN Special Workshop on 6thMay 2018

   ISOC AFRICA

   ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance,
   etc. Further information will be provided shortly.

   AfCHIX

   AfCHIX will be holding the second AfCHIX Tech Women Summit on 5th May
   2018. 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 2018 Tutorials will be available here
   shortly:
   http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018/tutorial/

   AfREN

   The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a
   one day meeting on 7thMay 2018.

   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 2018 will be provided shortly.

   AfNOG-19 Meeting

   The 19thAfNOG meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal on 8thMay 2018.

   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 2017 conference in Kenya drew several delegates,
   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/afnog2018/conference/

   AFRINIC-28 Public Policy Meeting

   The AFRINIC-28 Public Policy meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal for
   three days from 9thto 11thMay, 2018. 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 IPv6 training and training in Internet Number Resource
   Management.

   Further information will be available athttp://www.afrinic.net/en/
   community/afrinic-events.

   Visa Requirements

   Please check visa requirements with the Senegal 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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