<div dir="ltr">Listers,<br><br><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><br><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Africa
Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The
Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Dakar, SENEGAL from 29<sup>th</sup>April – 11<sup>th</sup>May 2018.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">About the Entire Event</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Event Calendar include the following:</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop)</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AFRINIC Trainings</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AfREN Forum</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>ISOC Africa Sessions</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>ICANN Africa Day</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AfCHix TechWomen Summit</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Who Attends?</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Why Attend?</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>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</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Local Host</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The Local Hosts for the Event is Ministère des Postes et des Télécommunications, Senegal.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Venue & Hotel</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">This will be announced shortly.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Time Table</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Workshop & Tutorials</p><table class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-m_7556808631163842918MsoNormalTable" style="margin-left:0.5in" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(85,85,85) currentcolor;border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b>Event</b></p></td><td style="border-color:rgb(85,85,85) currentcolor;border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b>Date(s)</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">Unix Boot Camp</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">29 April 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Sunday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">Networking Boot Camp</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">29 April 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Sunday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">CERT Boot Camp</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">29 April 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Sunday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfNOG Workshop</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">30 April - 4 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span> - <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Friday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfricaCERT Workshop</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">30 April - 4 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span> - <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Friday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfTLD - Workshop & Forum</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">30 April - 4 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span> - <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Friday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfCHIXTechWomen Summit</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">5 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Saturday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">ICANN Day</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">5 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Saturday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AFRINIC Trainings</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">5 - 7 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Saturday</span></span> - <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">ICANN Special Workshop</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">6 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Sunday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfNOG Tutorials</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">6 - 7 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Sunday</span></span> - <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(85,85,85);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">ISOC Africa Sessions</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(85,85,85);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Conference</p><table class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-m_7556808631163842918MsoNormalTable" style="margin-left:0.5in" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(85,85,85) currentcolor;border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b>Event</b></p></td><td style="border-color:rgb(85,85,85) currentcolor;border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:12pt" align="center"><b>Date(s)</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">Opening Session</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">7 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span> at <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">5 pm</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfREN Meeting / AAF</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">7 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Monday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AfNOG-19 Conference</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(170,170,170);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">8 May 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Tuesday</span></span>)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(85,85,85);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt">AFRINIC-28 Conference</p></td><td style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor rgb(85,85,85);border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1pt;padding:4.8pt 12pt"><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12pt"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">9 - 11 May, 2018</span></span> (<span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Wednesday</span></span> - <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">Friday</span></span>)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-left:0.5in">About AfNOG</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfNOG (See<a href="http://www.afnog.org/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/</a>)
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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“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”</span></i></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The workshop is divided into eight parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 3 French Tracks)</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>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.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>SS-F - Scalable Internet Services (en francais), similar to track SS-E, but given in French.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>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.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>SI-F - Scalable Network Infrastructure (en francais), similar to track SI-E, but given in French.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English)</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French.</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English)</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>CT- E, CERT Training (English)</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Workshop application information is at :<br><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">English:</span></b><a href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/a<wbr>pplications/online_application<wbr>_en.php</a><br><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">French:</span></b><a href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/ap<wbr>plications/online_application_<wbr>fr.php</a><br> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">**Workshop Deadline – <span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aBn"><span class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-aQJ">December 31, 2017</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">About AFRINIC</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AFRINIC (See<a href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/</a>)
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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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<a href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank">www.afrinic.net</a>).</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfricaCERT</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 30<sup>th</sup>April – 5<sup>th</sup>May
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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to :</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs;</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World;</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security;</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security;</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Promoting
good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a
comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of
legal and regulatory issues;</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure;</p><p class="m_4103214994246590998gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Please visit<a href="https://afnog.org/www.africacert.org" target="_blank">www.africacert.org</a>for further information.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfTLD – Workshop & Meeting</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Africa
Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting a Workshop &
Forum during AIS. Further information will be provided shortly.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">ICANN AFRICA</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">ICANN Africa will be holding sessions on ICANN Day on 5<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and ICANN Special Workshop on 6<sup>th</sup>May 2018</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">ISOC AFRICA</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance, etc. Further information will be provided shortly.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfCHIX</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfCHIX will be holding the second AfCHIX Tech Women Summit on 5<sup>th</sup> May 2018. Further information will be provided shortly.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfNOG Tutorials</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Additional information about AfNOG 2018 Tutorials will be available here shortly:<br><a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018/tutorial/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018<wbr>/tutorial/</a></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfREN</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one day meeting on 7<sup>th</sup>May 2018.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The
sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG
training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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).</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Typical
AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and
education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators,
regulators, policy makers and international partners.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Additional information on AfREN 2018 will be provided shortly.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AfNOG-19 Meeting</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The 19<sup>th</sup>AfNOG meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal on 8<sup>th</sup>May 2018.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">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:<br><a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018/conference/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2018<wbr>/conference/</a></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">AFRINIC-28 Public Policy Meeting</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">The AFRINIC-28 Public Policy meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal for three days from 9<sup>th</sup>to 11<sup>th</sup>May,
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.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Further information will be available at<a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/en/co<wbr>mmunity/afrinic-events</a>.</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Visa Requirements</p><p style="margin-left:0.5in">Please check visa requirements with the Senegal Embassy or Consulate in your country.</p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and shape the future of ICT in Africa.</span></b><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="m_4103214994246590998gmail_signature">Barrack O. Otieno<br><a href="tel:0721%20325277" value="+254721325277" target="_blank">+254721325277</a><br><a href="tel:0733%20206359" value="+254733206359" target="_blank">+254733206359</a><br>Skype: barrack.otieno<br>PGP ID: 0x2611D86A<br> <br><br><br><br></div>
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