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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What are the plans for a remote meeting in the event that the Corona outbreak continues and it becomes necessary to cancel this event<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> afnog <afnog-bounces@afnog.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>nancy dotse<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 14 December 2019 00:30<br>
<b>To:</b> Afnog <afnog@afnog.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [afnog] 1st Reminder - AIS 2020 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - KINSHASA - DRC (ENGLISH)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">This is the 1st reminder of AIS 2020 AfNOG 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Interested participants should please apply before the deadline.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Nancy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">On October 31, 2019 at 8:55 PM nancy dotse <nancy@ghana.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">I trust all is well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">AfNOG 2020 is hereby announced. Grateful if you can send to various mailing lists<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Nancy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AFRICA INTERNET SUMMIT (AIS) 2020 – WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS GROUP (AfNOG)</span></u></strong><br>
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Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Kinshasa, DRC from 31<sup>st</sup> May – 12<sup>th</sup> June 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">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, REN Africa, AfricaCERT, AfTLD –AROC, AfCHIX , ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community:</span></strong></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About the Entire Event</span></strong> :</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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Event Calendar include the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop)<br>
• Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials<br>
• AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums<br>
• AFRINIC Trainings<br>
• AfREN Forum<br>
• AfTLD – Workshop & Forum<br>
• ISOC Africa Sessions <br>
• ICANN Africa Day<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>* AfChixTechWomen Summit<br>
• A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session <br>
• A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. <o:p></o:p></p>
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In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Who Attends?</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Why Attend?</span></u></strong></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry<br>
• It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other.<br>
• It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT.<br>
• 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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LOCAL HOST</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> :
</span></strong>ISPA - DRC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TIME TABLE</span></strong></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Workshop & Tutorials - Event Date(s)</span></strong></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Unix Boot Camp 31 May 2020 (Sunday)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Networking Boot Camp 31 May 2020 (Sunday) CERT Boot Camp 31 May 2020 (Sunday)<br>
AfNOG Workshop 1 - 5 June 2020 (Monday - Friday)<br>
AfricaCERT Workshop 1 - 5 June 2020 (Monday - Friday)<br>
AfTLD – Workshop & Forum TBC<br>
AFRINIC Trainings TBC<o:p></o:p></p>
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AfCHIX TechWomen Summit 6 June 2020 (Saturday)<br>
AfNOG Tutorials 6 – 8 June 2020 (Sunday - Monday)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Forums & Conference : Event Date(s)</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">ISOC Africa Sessions TBC <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">ICANN Africa Day 7 June 2020 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Opening Session 8 June 2020 (Monday at 5 pm) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">REN Africa Tech Session 8 June 2020 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"> AfREN Meeting TBC <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">AfNOG-21 Conference 9 June 2020 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"> AFRINIC-31 Conference 10 – 12 June 2020<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About AfNOG</span></u></strong></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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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 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><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></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology :</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2019 in Twenty 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfNOG 2020 Workshop Tracks</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">This year’s workshop is divided into Eight parallel Tracks: ( 5 English & 3 French Tracks).<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>SS-F - Internet évolutives (enfrancais), similar to track SS-E, but given in French. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>SI-F, Infrastructure Reseaux IP (enfrancais), similar to track SI-E, but given in French. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>NM-F, suivi et gestion de réseaux (enfrancais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>CT- E, CERT Training (English)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Workshop application information is at :</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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English: <a href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php">http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php</a><br>
French: <a href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php">http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php</a><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">**Workshop Application Deadline – 15<sup>th</sup> Jan, 2020 </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About AFRINIC</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">AFRINIC 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">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 <a href="http://www.afrinic.net">www.afrinic.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfricaCERT</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CSIRT Operations from 1 to 5 June 2020 in Kinshasa, DRC. 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to :<o:p></o:p></p>
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Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs;<br>
• Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World;<br>
• Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; <br>
• Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; <br>
• Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues;<br>
• Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; <br>
• Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Please visit <a href="http://www.africacert.org">www.africacert.org</a> for further information.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD) will be conducting a Train the Trainer Session during AIS 2020. Further information will be provided shortly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ICANN Africa</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">ICANN Africa will be holding ICANN.Day. ICANN DAY is an annual full day event taking place during the Africa Internet Summit. Participants will get an update on ICANN’s current area of work, latest discussions on policy development
and update on the implementation of the Africa Strategy Further information will be provided shortly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ISOC AFRICA</span></u></strong><br>
ISOC Africa will be holding Hackathon /sessions on Internet Governance, etc. Further information will be provided shortly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfCHIX</span></strong><br>
AfCHIX will be holding the Fourth AfCHIX Tech Women Summit on 6<sup>th</sup> June, 2020. Further information will be provided shortly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfNOG Tutorials</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. <br>
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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Additional information about AfNOG 2020 Tutorials will be available here shortly: <br>
<u><a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2020/tutorial">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2020/tutorial/</a></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">REN Africa</span></u></strong><br>
Research and Education Network, Africa will be holding a one day meeting on 8th June 2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
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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. <br>
Additional information on REN Africa 2020 will be provided shortly.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AfNOG - 2020 Conference
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The 21<sup>st</sup> AfNOG Conference will be held in Kinshasa DRC, on 9th June 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The conferences are informal, with an emphasis
on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2020 conference in Uganda 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>
<u><a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2020/conference">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2020/conference/</a></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AFRINIC-32 Public Policy Meeting</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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The AFRINIC-32 Public Policy meeting will be held in Kinshasa, DRC for three days from 10th – 12<sup>th</sup> June, 2020. 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 various training sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><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></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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