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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Hi
All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Please
find below Announcement for AfNOG 2013. Kindly send to various lists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Please
note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 25 January,
2013.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Best
Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Nancy
Dotse
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>********<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AIS
2013 (AfNOG-14 and AfriNIC-18 Workshop & Meeting,s 9 - 21 June, 2013)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Africa
Internet Summit (AIS) 2013, (formerly African Network Operators' Group(AfNOG)
and the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Workshop
& Meetings) is pleased to announce that the 14th AfNOG Workshop &
Meeting and the AfriNIC-18 Meeting would be held in Lusaka, Zambia from 9<sup>th</sup>
to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>21<sup>st</sup>
June 2013. Every year, hundreds of Network Engineers from across the IT
industry in the Africa Continent and the world attend the AIS Event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>"While
AIS fuels the rapid growth of Internet in Africa with trained technical
capacity, our content has been<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>determined
by the needs of the community. In so doing AIS's output training capacity has
multiplied in the past decade<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>and
the community flourished" </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Nii Quaynor.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>About
the Entire Event<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AIS
is organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network
Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>workshop),
several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting, and a three-day
AfriNIC Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>In
addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration
with other organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Who
Should Attend<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Network
engineers in the Africa region who wish to acquire the necessary skills in IT
must attend this Workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Local
Host<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
Local Hosts for the Event are Internet Service Providers Association of Zambia
(ISPAZ) and Zambia Information & Communications Authority (ZICTA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Time
Table<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Unix
Boot
Camp
- 9
June 2013 (Sunday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
Workshop
- 10 - 14 June 2013
(Monday – Friday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfriNIC
RIM
(LIR)
-
15 June 2013 (Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Africa
Internet Standards Wkshop
-
15 June 2013 (Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfriNIC
IPv6
- 15 - 17 June 2013 (Saturday -
Monday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfricaCERT
Cybersecurity Day
-
15 June 2013 (Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfGWG
-
15 June 2013 (Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
Tutorials
- 16 - 17 June 2013
(Sunday - Monday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfREN
Meeting /
AAF
-
17 June 2013 (Monday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
-13
Meeting
-
18 June 2013 (Tuesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfOPS
-
19 June 2013 (Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Africa
Internet Interconnection <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>&
Traffic
Exchange
- 19
June, 2013 (Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfriNIC-18
Meeting
- 20 - 21 June 2013 (Thursday
to Friday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Venue
& Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Venue
& hotel for the event will be announced shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>About
AfNOG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
(See <a href="http://www.afnog.org/">http://www.afnog.org/</a> ) is a forum
for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Internet-connected
networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized an event like this one every year since
2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>About
AfriNIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfriNIC
(See <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/">http://www.afrinic.net/</a> ) is a
Regional Internet Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Management
in the Africa region. AfriNIC organizes two Public Policy meetings twice every
year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
Workshop on Network Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people
who are in the process of developing and enhancing an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Internet-connected
network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience
includes senior and mid-level technical staff of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>commercial
Internet Service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or
NGO networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>This
workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually
from 2000 to 2012 in thirteen different African countries, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>international
team with many years of experience operating large networks and teaching about network
operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
workshop is divided into Six parallel tracks as below</span></u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:48.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>SS-E
- Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation
of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>
that can scale to handle large numbers of end users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> SI-E
- Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and
operation of networks using routers and switches, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>
in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> NM
- Network Monitoring & Management (English)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> AR
- Advanced Routing Techniques (English)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> CT
- CERT Training (English)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> NM-F
- Suivi et Gestion de Reseau (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but
given in French.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'>Workshop application information is at :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'><a
href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php">http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'><a
href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php">http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";
color:black'>**Workshop Deadline - 25 January, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfREN
/ Africa Asia Forum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) and Africa Asia Forum
community (AAF) will be holding a one day meeting on 17 June 2013. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>meeting
will discuss issues of interest to the NREN community such as coordination on
activites in the region, advocacy, bandwidth consortia,regional RENs etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Additional
information on AfREN /AAF 2013 will be provided shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfNOG
Tutorials<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>practical
component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically
oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>deployed
or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP
operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Additional
information about AfNOG 2013 Tutorials will be available here shortly:
< <a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013/tutorial/">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013/tutorial/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfricaCERT</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> <
Cybersecurity : what solution for the African Continent ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfricaCERT
is the African Computer Emergency Response Team. AfricaCERT organizes training
on CERT operations, advanced technical training and conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfricaCERT
meetings provide a forum for collaboration and exchange for Computer Emergency
response Teams and interested parties to share best practices,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>information,
tools, techniques, and strategies that address problems related to
cyber-security. Further information is available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>at
<a href="http://www.africacert.org">http://www.africacert.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>14th
AfNOG Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
14th AfNOG meeting will be held in Lusaka, Zambia 18 June 2013. AfNOG
conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>technical
information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and
operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>relevance
to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2012
conference in Serekunda, Gambia drew over 206 participants,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>mainly
consisting of network engineering staff from national service providers, and
members of the research and education community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Additional
information on the Conference schedule will be available here
shortly: < <a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013conference/">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013conference/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfriNIC-18
Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
AfriNIC-18 meeting will be held in Lusaka, Zambia for three days from 19
- 21 June, 2013. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>excellent
opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which
describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>and
distributed, are developed by the community. The Event will include tutorials,
presentations, update on the various working groups and the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>AfriNIC
Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceeded by a two-day
IPv6 training and IRM. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>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. There
will <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>be
an opportunity to discuss the challenges which our region faces with IPv4
address space exhaustion among others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Further
information will be available at <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a>
.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>African
Internet Standard Workshop and Africa Internet Interconnection & Traffic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Exchange<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
Internet Society will be organizing an Africa Internet Standards workshop &
Africa Internet Interconnection & Traffic Exchange Workshop on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>15th
June 2013 and 19<sup>th</sup> June respectively in conjunction with the AfNOG
14 and AfriNIC 18 meetings in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference will discuss
the situation of Internet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Interconnection
in Africa, the challenges as well as the solutions, including Internet Exchange
Points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>The
meeting agenda will be available in due course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Visa
Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Citizens
of certain countries require a visa to enter Zambia. </span>Please visit
this link to understand Visa requirements for nationals<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>travelling to Zambia. <a
href="http://www.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=117">http://www.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=117</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>You
may also wish to check with the Zambia</span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>n
Embassy or Consulate in your country for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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