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INET Africa Regional Conference Rabat, Morocco

The Internet Society held 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".

INET Day Summary (PDF: 22KB)

Agenda

08:00 - 08:45	Registration
08:45 - 09:00	Welcome and Introductions Ounsa Roudies - ISOC MA (PDF: 746KB) Karen Rose, ISOC (PDF: 18KB)
09:00 - 10:30	Setting the Stage; African Infrastructure Assets Overviews African Fiber Assets - Michael Ruddy (PDF: 707KB) African NREN Infrastructures - Albert Nsengiyumva, UbuntuNET (PDF: 146KB) IXP Infrastructures - Michuki Mwangi (PDF: 343KB)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15	Interconnection Challenges African Interconnection Overview - Mustafa Mezghani (PDF: 943KB) Challenges in the Telco Space - Mouhamet Diop (PDF: 2MB) The Regulatory Challenges in Maghreb region - Ahmed Khouja, ANRT (PDF: 363KB)
12:15 - 13:15	Interconnection Transit and Peering Overview of Transit and peering models - Kurt Lindqvist (PDF: 370KB) The value of Content Distribution Networks - Chris Kiagiri, Google (PDF: 162KB)
13:15 - 15:15	Lunch
15:15 - 15:45	Interconnection Experiences Localizing Internet traffic - The East African approach - Eng. James Kilaba, TCRA (PDF: 1,3MB) Update from the NREN space - Boubakar Barry, Afren; Lucy Lynch, ISOC (PDF: 47KB)
15:45 - 16:15	The Interconnection Business Case - Kurt Lindqvist (PDF: 361KB)
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30	Establishing Interconnection Points The NREN influence in interconnections - Albert Nsengiyumva, UbuntuNET (PDF: 128KB) Q & A session Conclusions and Wrap up (Frederic Donck)