Tutorials and Meetings

AfNOG holds its annual meetings immediately following training workshops.

The meeting program is made up of a series of focused technical tutorials on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations and general discussions on matters of interest to operator community.

Tutorials are normally 4-hour sessions, with 2 held concurrently in the morning and another 2 held concurrently in the afternoon.

The Second of the AfNOG meeting takes the form of a series of short presentations followed by open discussions, during which network operators from around the continent share experiences, discuss problems and their solutions as well as interact on various issues affecting African networking.

The conference has in the past attracted over 200 participants, mainly consisting of engineering staff from national service providers, managers from IT Enterprises and members of the research and education community.

Registration is required to attend. Information on this is displayed on the AfNOG home for each year's event.

In the past several years, the Africa Internet Registry (AFRINIC) co-locates and takes place immediately following the AfNOG meeting.

This year's annual meeting is in Abuja, Nigeria at the Rockview Royale Hotel. Tutorial will take place on April 29th and 30th and the AfNOG meeting will be on Tuesday, May 1st.

AfNOG2007 Meeting/Tutorial Program