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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Fall 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 15 October 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><em>With Session on Research and Education Networking in Sub-Saharan Africa</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><a href="http://events.internet2.edu/2008/fall-mm/"><font color="#800080">http://events.internet2.edu/2008/fall-mm/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">UbuntuNet Connect 2008, Lilongwe, 11 November 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">1<sup>st</sup> UbuntuNet Alliance Annual Conference</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><a href="http://www.ubuntunet.net/"><font color="#800080">http://www.ubuntunet.net/</font></a> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Open Access 2008, Lilongwe, Malawi, 12 – 14 November 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">6<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Open Access</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><a href="http://www.wideopenaccess.net/"><font color="#800080">http://www.wideopenaccess.net/</font></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ngNOG, Lagos, Nigeria, 16 – 26 November 2008 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3rd Edition of the Nigerian Network Operators Group Workshops and Meetings</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><a href="http://www.forum.org.ng/"><font color="#800080">http://www.forum.org.ng/</font></a> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">AfriNIC 9, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 – 28 November 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">9<sup>th</sup> AfriNIC Open Policy Meeting</span></i></p>
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