<div dir="ltr"><div><p>=======French version below==============</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-a31772b5-7fff-31f2-43a4-487e595cef58"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The FPAC/CAPF Program Committee announces the opening of the call for papers for the 2026 edition of the Central African Peering Forum, scheduled to take place at the Star Land Hotel, Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 30 September to 1 October 2026. Registration is open here: <a href="https://bit.ly/fpac2026">https://bit.ly/fpac2026</a>. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposals for presentations, panels, tutorials and lightning talks are invited on topics relating to: </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">peering</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IXPs</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">routing security</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">data centres</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">local content and CDNs</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Internet metrics</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">digital sovereignty</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">public policies relating to interconnection. </span></p></li></ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contributions, in English and French, may be submitted here <a href="https://bit.ly/cfp-fpac2026">https://bit.ly/cfp-fpac2026</a> or emailed to pc@fpac.africa. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Technical contributions, case studies and community initiatives are particularly encouraged.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On behalf of the Program Committee</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-055913e0-7fff-7eca-27bc-13015edb2daa"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Le Comité de Pilotage du FPAC/CAPF annonce l’ouverture de l’appel à contribution pour l’édition 2026 du Forum sur le Peering en Afrique Centrale, prévue à l’</span><a href="https://starlandhotel.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hôtel Star Land</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Yaoundé, Cameroun du 30 Septembre au 1er Octobre 2026. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes ici : </span><a href="https://bit.ly/fpac2026" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/fpac2026</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Les propositions de présentations, panels, tutoriels et lightning talks sont attendues autour des sujets relatifs : </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">au Peering</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">aux IXP</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">à la sécurité du routage</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">aux datacenters</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">aux contenu locaux, CDN</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">aux mesures Internet</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">à la souveraineté numérique</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">aux politiques publiques liées à l’interconnexion. </span></p></li></ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Les contributions, en anglais et en français, peuvent être soumises ici </span><a href="https://bit.ly/cfp-fpac2026" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/cfp-fpac2026</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ou envoyées par e-mail à l'adresse </span><a href="mailto:pc@fpac.africa" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">pc@fpac.africa</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Les contributions techniques, retours d’expérience et initiatives communautaires sont particulièrement encouragés.</span></p>
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