Africa Internet Summit (AIS 21) : AfNOG Day, May 31, 2021

Programme

EventDate/Time
AfNOG Day | Opening Ceremony
Nancy Dotse, Dr Nii Narku Quaynor
Monday, May 31, 09:00 UTC
AfNOG Day | Message from Internet Society
Dr Dawit Bekele
Monday, May 31, 09:05 UTC
Global BCP for Routing Policy and Security
Dr Philip Smith
Monday, May 31, 09:30 UTC
Working for an Open, globally-connected, secure and trustworthy
Internet for Everyone in Africa during difficult times

Israel Bionyi Nyoh
Monday, May 31, 10:00 UTC
Shared, Open and Disaggregated Networks to fast track digital inclusion
Jody van Wyk, Subramanian Moonesamy
Monday, May 31, 10:30 UTC
Lightning Presentations -
Building a fully automated, software defined internet exchange and
IPv6 Extension headers and their implications for network and security operations
Toni Yannick Kalombo, Noah Maina, Logan Velvindron
Monday, May 31, 11:00 UTC
Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN)
Prof Shin'ichiro Matsuo
Monday, May 31, 11:30 UTC
Panel Discussion AfNOG Day | Time with Vint Cerf
Alain Aina, Vinton Gray Cerf
Monday, May 31, 12:00 UTC
Panel Discussion: What next, update on Afnog 2.0 discussions
Alain Aina, Dr Nii Narku Quaynor
Monday, May 31, 12:30 UTC

Featured Speakers

H.E. Augustin Kibassa
Government of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Minister of Posts, Telecommuications & ICT

H.E. Désiré Cashmir Eberande Kolongele
Government of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Minister of Digital Affairs

Vint Cerf
Google
Chief Internet Evangelist

Dr Nii Narku Quaynor
AfNOG
Convenor

Dr Philip Smith
Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)
Senior Network Engineer

Dr Dawit Bekele
Internet Society (ISOC)
Regional Vice President - Africa

Eddy Kayihura
AFRINIC
CEO

Subramanian Moonesamy
AFRINIC
Chairman, Board of Directors

Nancy Dotse
AfNOG
Secretariat

Prof. Shin'ichiro Matsuo
Georgetown University
Research Professor

Jody van Wyk
Telecom Infra Project Africa
Head

Aina Alain
TRS Tech

Mr Fadi Chehadé
Ethos Capital
Co-CEO, Ethos Capital

Logan Velvindron
AFRINIC
Infrastructure Security Engineer

Israel Bionyi Nyoh
Internet Society
Communications and Outreach Manager

Pindar Wong
Verifi HK
Chairman

Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and shape the future of ICT in Africa.