<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Apologies for crossposting - but you could chose to submit a presentation for the upcoming Afrinic-15 in Cameroon in Nov 2011.<br><br>walu.<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 8/29/11, Diane Nuteau <i><diane@afrinic.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Diane Nuteau <diane@afrinic.net><br>Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] The Call for Presentations for AfriNIC-15 is OPEN!<br>To: rpd@afrinic.net<br>Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 11:17 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>This is your call to present at AfriNIC-15 Public Policy meeting and join other presenters to deliver tools, knowledge, and know-how or policy ideas related to Internet Number Resource Management or IP networking operations to participants.<br><br>Your contribution can be in the form of a
presentation during a session, a tutorial or a live technical demonstration. If you are interested in presenting, please follow the submission instructions below.<br><br>How to submit:<br><br>Please review all information before submitting your proposal on:<br><br>*<a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-15/?q=content/call-presentations*" target="_blank">https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-15/?q=content/call-presentations*</a><br><br><br>Your submission should be sent using the online form on<br><br><a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-15/?q=content/call-presentation-submission-form" target="_blank">https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-15/?q=content/call-presentation-submission-form</a> <br><br>Your proposal should contain the following information:<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>* Full Name<br>* Email Address<br>* Affiliation<br>* Short biography<br>* Title of Presentation<br>* A detailed
abstract or outline describing the presentation<br>* Draft slides for the presentation (if ready/available)<br>* Length of talk (minutes/hours/days)<br>* Need (or not) for sponsorship or assistance to attend the meeting<br>(travel and/or accommodation, etc)<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Important Dates:<br><br>* Meeting Registration opens: 29 August 2011<br>* Deadline for submissions: 28 September 2011<br>* Notification of Acceptance : 12 October 2011<br><br>* AfriNIC-15 Meeting: 19 -25 November 2011<br><br>Guidelines:<br><br>Presentation topics can range from but are not exclusive to:<br><br>- IPv6 deployment<br>- Security<br>- IDN<br>- Mobile IP<br>- IXP<br>- DNSSEC<br><br>* Presentations will be fifteen (15) to thirty (30) minutes in length, with approximately 10-15 minutes for Q&A at the end of each presentation. The maximum time allotted per presentation will not exceed is 45 minutes. The
presenter(s) will be required to submit their presentation in PDF 2 weeks prior to the event date.<br><br>* Tutorials can range from 90 minutes to half a day in length. A full course outline is required.<br><br>* Demonstration facilities will need to be agreed based on available resources on-site.<br><br>* AfriNIC will provide the space, tea/lunch breaks and projector equipment.<br><br>* Presenters will be responsible for any handouts. There are typically approximately 100-150 delegates.<br><br>* The Meeting Coordination team and the program Committee will make the selection decisions.<br><br>* Selected presenters will be contacted by the Events Coordinator to coordinate logistics and details<br><br>* Note that proposals are reviewed and accepted on an on-going basis and that presentation slots may be filled prior to this date.<br><br>The audience at AfriNIC meetings is mainly composed of technical network operators and engineers with a wide range of
experience levels from beginners to seasoned professionals.<br><br>---<br>*** Presentations that contain any sort of marketing and commercial content are usually not encouraged at such meetings.<br>---<br><br>Thank you for your contribution.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>The AfriNIC Meeting Team<br><br>AfriNIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius<br>Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758<br><br>**********************<br><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/</a><br><br>**********************<br>Join us at AfriNIC-15 in Cameroon, 19-25 November 2011<br><br>**********************<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>rpd mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd"
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