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INET Africa Regional Conference Rabat, Morocco

The Internet Society will hold its INET Africa Conference on 6 June 2008 in conjunction with the AfriNIC 7 and AfNOG 9 meetings in Rabat, Morocco. This years INET day theme is "African Interconnection - The value proposition". Please find the draft agenda below.

Draft Agenda

08:00 - 08:45 Registration
08:45 - 09:00 Welcome and Introductions (ISOC)
09:00 - 10:30 Setting the Stage;
African Infrastructure Assets Overviews
  • African Fiber Assets (Mike Jensen *TBC)
  • African NREN Infrastructures (Tusu Tusubira, UbuntuNET)
  • IXP Infrastructures (Michuki Mwangi)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 Interconnection Challenges
  • African Interconnection Overview (Mustafa Mezghani)
  • Challenges in the NREN space (Duncan Martin, TENET *TBC)
  • Challenges in the Telco Space (Mouhamet Diop)
  • The Regulatory Challenges in Maghreb region (Ahmed Khouja, ANRT)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Interconnection Transit and Peering
  • Overview of Transit and peering models (Kurt Lindqvist)
  • The value of Interconnection to Content providers (Google)
15:00 - 16:00 Interconnection Experiences
  • The CELTEL ONE Network Case (George Held, Celtel *TBC)
  • The EAIXP Interconnection initiative (EARPTO Rep *TBC)
  • Impact of Interconnection in Latin America (Gabriel Adonalyo *TBC)
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 - 16:50 The Interconnection Business Case (Kurt Lindqvist)
16:50 - 17:50 Establishing Interconnection Points
  • Factors that determine Interconnection points (Google)
  • The NREN influence in Interconnections (Tusu Tusubira, UbuntuNET)

Q & A session

Conclusions and Wrap up
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