Following the worldwide outbreak and concerns regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), we have had to change our plans with regard to holding the Africa Internet Summit 2020 (AIS’20). The meeting was to be held in the Democratic Republic of Congo from May 31 to June 12, 2020.

AFRINIC has been monitoring the developments regarding coronavirus and taking measures to minimise the impact on the community, members, staff and meeting participants. Given the current situation, AFRINIC, together with its event organising committee partners – the local host (Internet Service Providers Association in DRC (ISPA-DRC), and AfNOG – have decided that it is best to postpone the meeting to a later date. We will continue monitoring the situation and adopting precautionary measures to ensure everyone’s wellbeing. We will also continue to communicate any decisions taken, and will advise on new meeting dates and the way forward.

We assure you of our commitment to continue serving you. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

We invite all individuals wishing to make presentations during AIS’20, which will be held from 31 May 2020 to 12 June 2020 to submit their proposals and/or abstracts.

The meeting website is now up at https://2020.internetsummit.africa

The theme of the meeting is: Shaping Africa’s Digital Future.To enrich the discussions and share knowledge with the technical community at AIS’20, we are seeking presentations on a wide range of issues, broadly related to growth, access and development of Internet in Africa. Please read the event concept note at https://afrinic.net/ast/ais20-concept-note-en-202002x.pdf

We are specifically interested in presentations focusing on the following sub-themes:

• The Internet and Sustainable Development
• Internet Governance
• Business Practices and Technology
• E-governance
• Cyber Security
• Core Internet Infrastructure
• Access, Utility and Development
• Internet Number Resources Management
• Internet Measurements
• Higher Education in the Age of Technology
• Cloud Computing
• Open Data/Big Data
• Technology and Content Production
• Relations between Mobile Operators and the Internet Community
• Mobile Applications
• IPv6
• Peering and Interconnection
• DNS
• RPKI
• IXPs

Your contribution can be in the form of a presentation during a session, a tutorial or a live technical demonstration. Kindly read all information carefully before submitting your proposal.We also encourage industry leaders to make panel proposals on an issue related to the above sub-themes. Panel proposers are asked to identify possible panelists and manage their panel. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelists’ names, their affiliation, the topic of their panel, as well as short biographies.Speakers’ Guidelines

• The maximum time allotted per presentation will not exceed 30 minutes.
• The presenter(s) will be required to upload their final presentation in PDF format, no later than five (5) days prior to the presentation date.
• Presenters are responsible for producing any handouts if required. There are usually approximately 200 delegates in each session. Presentations with marketing and/or commercial content will not be considered.

How to submit a Presentation Proposal

Please submit your proposal to the following address: https://papers.afnog.org/user/index.php?event=115 (by clicking on AIS’20)

1. Create your account or log in if you already have an account.  
2. Fill in the online form with the requested information including your biography 
3. Click on Make a new submission to provide your abstract, and slides if available and finally click on Submit 

The call for presentations has been extended.

Important dates to note

• Deadline for submitting an application - 12 June 2020
• Notification of acceptance of application - 19 June 2020
• Submission of presentation - 25 June 2020

Following the worldwide outbreak and concerns regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), we have had to change our plans with regard to holding the Africa Internet Summit 2020 (AIS’20). The meeting was to be held in the Democratic Republic of Congo from May 31 to June 12, 2020.

AFRINIC has been monitoring the developments regarding coronavirus and taking measures to minimise the impact on the community, members, staff and meeting participants. Given the current situation, AFRINIC, together with its event organising committee partners – the local host (Internet Service Providers Association in DRC (ISPA-DRC), and AfNOG – have decided that it is best to postpone the meeting to a later date. We will continue monitoring the situation and adopting precautionary measures to ensure everyone’s wellbeing. We will also continue to communicate any decisions taken, and will advise on new meeting dates and the way forward.

We assure you of our commitment to continue serving you.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Kinshasa, DRC from 31st May – 12th June 2020.

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.

Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community:

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.

About the Entire Event:

Event Calendar include the following:

• AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop)
• Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials
• AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums
• AFRINIC Trainings
• AfREN Forum
• AfTLD – Workshop & Forum
• ISOC Africa Sessions 
• ICANN Africa Day
• AfChixTechWomen Summit
• A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session 
• A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. 

In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations.

Who Attends?

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.

Why Attend?

• The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry
• It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other.
• It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT.
• 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

LOCAL HOST   : ISPA - DRC

TIME TABLE

Workshop & Tutorials - Event Date(s)

Forums & Conference   :     Event Date(s)

About AfNOG

AfNOG (See http://www.afnog.org/) 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.

AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year.

“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”

AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology:

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.

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.

AfNOG 2020 Workshop Tracks

This year’s workshop is divided into Eight parallel Tracks: ( 5 English & 3 French Tracks).

1. 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. 
2. SS-F - Internet évolutives (enfrancais), similar to track SS-E, but given in French. 
3. 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.
4. SI-F, Infrastructure Reseaux IP (enfrancais), similar to track SI-E, but given in French. 
5. NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) 
6. NM-F, suivi et gestion de réseaux (enfrancais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. 
7. AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English) 
8. CT- E, CERT Training (English)

Workshop application information is at :

English: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php
French: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php

**Workshop Application Deadline – 10th February, 2020 

About AFRINIC

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.

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 www.afrinic.net.

AfricaCERT

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.

The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to :

• Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs;
• Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other  stakeholders all over the World;
• Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; 
• Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; 
• Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues;
• Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; 
• Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field.

Please visit www.africacert.org for further information.

AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting

Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD) will be conducting a Train the Trainer Session during AIS 2020. Further information will be provided shortly.

ICANN Africa

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.

ISOC AFRICA

ISOC Africa will be holding Hackathon /sessions on Internet Governance, etc. Further information will be provided shortly.

AfCHIX

AfCHIX will be holding the Fourth AfCHIX Tech Women Summit on 6th June, 2020. Further information will be provided shortly.

AfNOG Tutorials

AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. 
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.

Additional information about AfNOG 2020 Tutorials will be available here shortly: 
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2020/tutorial/

REN Africa

Research and Education Network, Africa will be holding a one day meeting on 8th June 2019.

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. 

Additional information on REN Africa 2020 will be provided shortly.

AfNOG - 2020 Conference 

The 21st AfNOG Conference will be held in Kinshasa DRC, on 9th June 2020.

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:
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2020/conference/

AFRINIC-32 Public Policy Meeting

The AFRINIC-32 Public Policy meeting will be held in Kinshasa, DRC for three days from 10th – 12th 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.

Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and shape the future of ICT in Africa!!