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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The
      Southern Africa Network Operators Group (SAFNOG)</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Mbabane,

      Swaziland  </span><span class="" tabindex="0"
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        class="">7 April - 8 April, 2015</span></span><br
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    <a href="http://www.safnog.org/" target="_blank"
      style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">http://www.safnog.org</a><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">CALL
      FOR PAPERS</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">===============</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The
      SAFNOG 2014 Programme Committee is now seeking contributions for
      Presentations and Tutorials for SAFNOG 2015.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We are
      looking for presenters who would:</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-
      Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic;</span><br
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      Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker;</span><br
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      Convene and chair panel sessions of relevant topics.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please
      submit on-line at:</span><br
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               </span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
      href="http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=22">http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=22</a><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">CONFERENCE

      MILESTONES</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Call
      for Papers Opens                  5 February, 2015</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">First
      Draft Program Published      </span><span class="" tabindex="0"
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        class="">7 March, 2015</span></span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final
      Deadline for Submissions    </span><span class="" tabindex="0"
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        class="">30 March, 2015</span></span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final
      Program Published        </span><span class="" tabindex="0"
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        class="">      3 April, 2014</span></span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final
      Slides Received                   </span><span class=""
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        class="">5 April, 201</span></span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">PROGRAMME

      MATERIAL</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The
      SAFNOG Programme Committee is organised in three parts, including
      workshops, tutorials and the conference.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Topics
      for tutorials and the conference must be relevant to Internet
      Operations and Technologies:</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- IPv4
      / IPv6 Routing and operations</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- IPv6
      deployment and transition technologies</span><br
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      Internet backbone operations</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- ISP
      and Carrier services</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- IXPs
      and Peering</span><br
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      Research on Internet Operations and Deployment</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- The
      African Internet</span><br
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      Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware)</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- DNS
      / DNSSEC</span><br
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      Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management,
      Addressing, etc)</span><br
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      Access and Transport Technologies, including Cable/DSL, 3G/LTE,
      wireless, metro ethernet, fibre, MPLS</span><br
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      Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video,
      "telepresence", Gaming) and Cloud Computing</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">CfP
      SUBMISSION</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Draft
      slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be provided
      with CfP submissions otherwise the Programme Committee will be
      unable to review the submission. For work in progress, the most
      current information available at time of submission is acceptable.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">All
      draft and complete slides must be submitted in PDF format only.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final
      slides are to be provided by the specified deadline for
      publication on the SAFNOG website.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prospective


      presenters should note that the majority of speaking slots will be
      filled well before the final submission deadline.  The Programme
      Committee will retain a limited number of slots up to the final
      submission deadline for presentations that are exceptionally
      timely, important, or of critical operational importance.</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please
      submit on-line at:</span><br
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                </span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
      href="http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=22">http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=22</a><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Any
      questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme
      Committee co-chairs by e-mail at:</span><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">     
         safnog-pc-chairs at </span><a href="http://safnog.org/"
      target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">safnog.org</a><br
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    <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We
      look forward to receiving your presentation proposals.</span><br>
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    <div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Mark Tinka</span><span
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        Co-Chair<br>
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    <div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">SAFNOG Programme
        Committee.</span></div>
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