open the seventh Public Policy meeting of the African Network Information
Centre in Durban
25 September 2007
South Africa is hosting the seventh African Network Information Centre
(AfriNIC) Public Policy meeting in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal this week to discuss
issues related to internet protocol, internet protocol numbers management and
internet governance in Africa.
The meeting will be held as follows:
Date: 25 to 28 September 2007
Venue: Sun Coast Conference Centre, Durban
Time: 09h00 to 17h00
The Minister of Communications, Dr Ivy Matsepe Casaburri will deliver the
keynote address on the 26 September 2007. The AfriNIC meeting brings together
African Internet Service Providers, telecommunications experts and policy
makers in the sphere of internet number resources, to discuss issues of
internet governance; internet security in Africa; internet access costs and
Africa's contribution to the Internet Governance Forum.
AfriNIC is a non-profit organisation, incorporated in 1995 as a Regional
Internet Registry for Africa. Its mission is to provide professional
distribution of number resources to the African internet community and
strengthen internet governance in Africa by encouraging a participative policy
development. We are expecting participants from Africa and other regions For
more information on this meeting, visit http://www.afrinic.net/meetings.
The media is invited to attend.
AfriNIC-seventh meeting agenda
Date: 25 September 2007
Internet Governance in Africa and Policy Makers
08h00: Registration
09h00: Welcome and opening by AfriNIC; Adiel Akplogan
09h10: Setting the scene; Rosey Sekese Department of Communications Deputy
Director General â Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Infrastructure
09h50: Global overview of the Internet Governance Structure; Paul Twomey
10h20: Participation and contribution to Internet Governance forum; Nii
Quaynor
10h40 to 11h00: Coffee break
11h00 to 11h15: The role of Gauteng AIDS Council (GAC) in ICANN; Maymouna
Diop
11h15 to 12h00: Issues related to Internet Governance in our region; Pierre
Dandjinou Michuki Mwangi
- LD Management
- Root Server the facts; Alain Aina
12h00: Building the Internet Exchanges Points in Africa; Viv Padayatchy
12h30 to 14h00: Lunch
14h00 to 14:45: Internet access cost (Provider and End-User Perspective)
Senegal and Mauritius
14h45: Internet Security in Africa call for co-operation among policy maker;
Pierre Ouedraogo
15h15 to 15h30: AfriNIC a tool available to policy makers for efficient
participation to the Internet Governance issue; Adiel Akplogan and Sunday
Folayan
15h30 to 16h00: Internet Governance Forum and Policy Makers in Africa
expectation and meaningful participation - round table. Moderated by: Adiel
Henrietta Afari, Anne Rachel Inne, Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Adiel A Akplogan,
Markus Kummer
16h00 to 16h15: Tea break
16h15 to 17h15: Internet Governance Forum and Policy Makers in Africa:
expectation and meaningful participation round table
Moderated by: Sunday Desire Karyabwite, Sunday Folayan, Pierre Ouegraogo, Dawit
Bekele, Nii Quaynor
17h15: Conclusion and closing of day one session
17h30: New comer meeting
IPv6 conference
26 September 2007
08h00: Registration
09h00: Welcome and introduction; Hisham R Rojoa
09:05: Opening address Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri Department of Communication
Minister
10h00: IPv4 Exhaustion: Transitioning to IPv6; Adiel A Akplogan
10h15 to 10h30: IPv6 in Africa: The Present Situation Alain Aina
10h45: Coffee break
10h45: The cost of not deploying IPv6; Jordi P Martinez
11h15 to 11:45: Optimising VOIPv6 and video applications on mobile 802.11x
Networks; Hisham Ahmed Ibrahim, Egyptian IPv6 Task Force
11h45 to 12h00: IPv6 based Wireless Mesh Networks; Henk Kotze, Meraka
Institute
12h00 to 12:15: IPv6 deployment in LACNIC Region; Ricardo Patara, LACNIC
12h15 to 12h45: IPv6 strategy for large providers IS provider from Africa:
Neotel, VSNL
12h45 to 14h00: Lunch
14h00 to 14h30: Strategy for constructors and manufacturers; Constructors:
Cisco Systems
14h30 to 14h45: Public Applications based on IPv6 Toshi , JPNIC
14h45 to 15h00: IPv6 for non Technical Engineer Vincent Ngundi
15h00 to 16h00: Round Table on IPv6 deployment in Africa and Solution for
better results moderated by: Alan P Barrett, Badru Ntege, Jordi Palet Martinez,
Didier Kasole, Michuki Mwangi, Theo Krammer
16h00 to 16h15: Tea break
16h15 to 17h15: Anti-Spam WG Jean Robert Hountomey
19h30 to 21h30: Cocktail
27 September 2007
AfriNIC Plenary Part I
08h00 to 09h00: Registration
09h00 to 09h05: AfriNIC Update; Adiel A Akplogan
09h05 to 10h05: Board Activity Update; Pierre Dandjinou and Sunday
Folayan
10h05 to 10h30: Coffee Break
10h30 to 10h40: Global Resource statistics; Ernest Byaruhanga
10h40 to 11h30: Regional Internet Registries Update
* APNIC: Paul Wilson
* ARIN: Ray Plzak
* LACNIC: Ricardo Patara
* RIPE NCC:Axel Pawlik
11h30 to 11h40: Numbers Resource Organisation and address Support
Organisation Report; Alan P Barrett
11h40 to 12h00: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Report;
Anne Rachel Inne
12h00 to 12h10: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Report; David Conrad
12h10 to 12h20: African Network Operators Group Report; Nii Quaynor
12h20 to 12h30: African Country Code Top Level Domain Report; Michuki
Mwangi
12h30 to 14h00: Lunch
14h00 to 14h30: 32-Bit ASN Philip Smith, Cisco
14h30 to 14h45: Reclaiming unused addresses in 14.0.0.0/8 Leo Vegoda,
IANA
14h45 to 15h00: Internet Routing Registry for Africa;Mark Elkins
15h00 to 15:15: Update from the Anti-Spam WG Jean Robert
15h15 to 16h00: Discussion on Open Policy Proposals; Hisham R Rojoa
16h00 to 16h15: Tea break
16h15 to 17h00: MyAfriNIC Presentation; Frank Nnebe
17:00 to 18h00: MyAfriNIC demo and BoF; Frank Nnebe
19h00 to 22h30: Social Dinner: SIBAYA entertainment world
28 September 2007
AfriNIC plenary part two
08h00 to 09h00: Registration
09h00 to 10h45: Discussion on Open Policy Proposals Hisham R Rojoa; Policy
Initiators
10h45 to 11h00: Coffee break
11h00 to 11h15: Membership Liaison and Communications Report; Hisham R
Rojoa
11h15 to 11h30: Registration Service Report; Ernest Byaruhanga
11h30 to 11h45: Financial and Administration Report; Kiran Cunniah
11h45 to 12h00: Software and Engineering Department Report; Frank Nnebe
12h00 to 12h30: Conclusion and closing remarks; Adiel A Akplogan
Enquiries:
Pheliswa Sebati
Cell: 082 413 4609
Issued by: Department of Communications
25 September 2007
