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Peering Coordinators Day

June 10, 2011

The Peering Coordinators day will be held on 10 June 2011 at the Kunduchi Hotel starting from 0900hrs. The event agenda is provided below.

The Peering Coordinators day is a one-day event capacity building event and a precursor to the main AfPIF event scheduled for August, 2011 in Accra, Ghana. The objective of the peering coordinators day is to develop the technical & business capacity of African Peering managers involved in establishing and implementing peering relationships and agreements. Further, it will also seek to identify the technical challenges as well as the solutions for regional interconnection, including Internet Exchange Points.

The event is open and will be of particular interest to Peering Coordinators, Business development Managers, Internet providers and operators, telecommunications regulators, content providers, Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Operators, infrastructure providers, Data Center Managers, National Research and Education Networks, Carriers and Transit providers. For more information

Agenda

09:00 - 10:30 Session 1: Welcome and Introductions (ISOC)

• Role of a Peering Coordinator & Updates (PDF) - Michuki Mwangi (ISOC)
• Peering Database & Peering Jargon (PDF) - Mark Tinka (Global Transit)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 2: Technical Peering Configurations & BCPs

• How to maximize the available capacity (PDF)- Fredy Kuenzler/ INIT7
• Traffic Flow Analysis for Large Networks (PDF) - Mark Tinka
• Building IXP Value using Route-Servers (PDF) - Will Halgrave/LONAP

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break & Peering Social

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: Best Current Practices

• Content Deployment and Caching Techniques in Africa (PDF) - Mike Blanche
• NREN Traffic Analysis and Peering Best Practices - KENET

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00 Session 4: Peering Commercials

• Peering Commercials and Contracts (PDF)- Mike Blanche

Closing Remarks - Michuki Mwangi (ISOC)