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ISOC announces six awardees for its returning Fellows program

RESTON, VA, USA AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 9 July 2008 - The Internet Society (ISOC) has announced the names of fellowship alumni selected as Returning Fellows to attend the next two Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings: IETF 72 Dublin; IETF 73 Minneapolis.

ISOC awarded a total of six Fellowships to qualified alumni; three Fellowships for IETF 72, in Dublin, Ireland, from 27 July - 1 August 2008, and three for IETF 73, in Minneapolis, USA, from 16 - 21 November 2008. The recipients come from five countries, including one Returning Fellow each from Mongolia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, and Moldova and two Returning Fellows from Uruguay.

With so many benefits provided in a first-time fellowship to the IETF, Returning Fellows have the opportunity to leverage their initial IETF experience - contributing more information into the IETF standards processes about their particular regional needs, while helping build their local communities by getting engaged in standards tracks that have important implications for regional Internet growth. Their attendance at the meetings also increases the visibility of the IETF in developing countries.

"The Returning Fellows Program provides the opportunity for select motivated ISOC Fellowship alumni to attend another IETF meeting," said Karen Rose, Director of Education and Programs at the Internet Society. "We created the returning fellowship as a means to provide additional professional development for fellowship alumni and increase the IETF's visibility among technologists in developing countries."

"I am pleased to be returning to the IETF under this program," said Subramanian Moonesamy, Consultant. "It helps me highlight to others in Mauritius and in developing countries that the IETF is an open organisation where anyone can actively participate and influence the way Internet standards are developed."

"My work at the IETF will further enhance the viability of the local Internet communities throughout Mauritius and Africa," he said.

The selected Returning ISOC IETF Fellows are:

IETF 72, Dublin, Ireland

• Subramanian Moonesamy (Mauritius) is a consultant for Eland Systems and continues to participate in the IETF main discussion, Domain Keys Identified Mail, and Anti-Spam Research Group (Internet Research Task Force) mailing lists. He has also provided comments on numerous Internet Drafts.
• Alberto Castro (Uruguay) is a graduate student at Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay and is looking forward to participating in the upcoming Path Computation Element working group meeting and the Locator/ID Separation Protocol BoF (Birds of a Feather).
• Martín Germán (Uruguay) is a graduate student at Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay. He continues to participate in the Path Computation Element working group and Locator/ID Separation Protocol discussions.

IETF 73, Minneapolis, USA

• Baasansuren Burmaa (Mongolia) is the Director of .MN Registry at Datacom LLC where she has reviewed some of the Internationalised Domain Names in Applications (Revised) working group documents together with other ccTLDs. By attending a second IETF meeting, she aims to bring operator interests from Mongolia into IETF WGs.
• Mohibul Hasib Mahmud (Bangladesh) is currently working at BRAC BD Mail Network Ltd. (bracnet) as a Network Routing Manager. He is looking forward to the Domain Name System Operations working group meeting as his current research focuses on DNS traffic behavior.
• Veaceslav Sidorenco (Moldova) is an Associate Professor and researcher at Technical University, Chisinau, Moldova and is looking forward to discussing his National Research and Education Network (NREN) NOC work face to face with other Operations & Management Area working group specialists.

ISOC is very pleased to acknowledge the corporate sponsorship from Afilias, Google, Intel, and Microsoft in support of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program.

Details of the Returning ISOC Fellowship to the IETF are available on the ISOC web site

About the IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. The IETF is an organised activity of the Internet Society.

About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.

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