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p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks</strong><br><strong>Welcome Remarks: Dawit Bekele</strong> - Regional Vice President for Africa, Internet Society<br><strong>Peering & IXPs, Where the Internet Lives: Robel K.</strong> - Technical Expert<br><strong>Building a Strong Peering Ecosystem in Ethiopia: Dr. Asrat M.</strong> - Ethiopia Internet Society Chapter<br><strong>Ethiopia Internet Exchange Point: Teshome</strong> - ADDIX<br><strong>Role of Carrier Neutral DC in promoting Peering: Ralph V.</strong> - Wingu Africa</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>11:00 Peering and Interconnection</strong><br><strong>Peering and Interconnection - Being Open, Meta and it's Edge: Ben Ryall</strong> - Meta<br><strong>PeeringDB: Ben Ryall</strong> - Meta<br><strong>Peering & Peering Coordinators: Ghislain Nkeramugaba</strong> - IXP Development Expert, Internet Society<br><strong>Devoloping Peering Policies: Ghislain Nkeramugaba</strong> - IXP Development Expert, Internet Society</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>14:00 Measurement, Tools, and Automation</strong><br><strong>Achieving Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa 2030 with Internet Number Resources Expansion: Cedric B.</strong> - AfriNIC<br><strong>Overview of Internet Resilience Measurements: Kevin Chege</strong> - Director, Internet Development, Internet Society<br><strong>Regional Peering & Transit: Ghislain Nkeramugaba</strong> - IXP Development Expert, Internet Society</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0305794dbba8a512b9d245adff8931ec8b76be5a5fda134be5a58eb2a90dd399&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18776&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=cf89f7e7062d46e5f709041daa8f7c4c&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXQubHkvZXRoaW9waWFwZWVyaW5nZGF5" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">https://bit.ly/ethiopiapeeringday</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM</strong> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/40HSZJQ"><b>https://bit.ly/40HSZJQ</b></a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT</strong> (see <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=95109ea79fe0c7617a44f651e7c66a0df3fc65b6bdcf35a47e8fadeb70b50b24&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18776&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=73ec929a5811fa64e1856cc82ada8d47&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9pc29jLmxpdmUvMTg3NzY" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)"><b><strike>ISOC.LIVE</strike></b></a>)</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>TWITTER</strong> #EthiopiaPeering<b> <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=9b314b891c6874adbfb1ece528641a21301614d29d704c250c90a0b00346388c&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18776&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=549f2abfbc294f0c76f7cc395a6f80ff&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXQubHkvM1d1bjc4VQ=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">#Ethiopia #Peering</a></b> #IPeerInAfrica a @IsocEthiopia @InternetSociety @WinguAfrica @isoc_africa</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>#EthiopiaPeering</strong> <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=1e06073c5a957953cbd9d535d7447fe76cf7bf5b6df70f118fca21e2329d6fb7&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18776&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=db9fdddc8454829e994d18387bc30c78&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXN0b2Rvbi5zb2NpYWwvdGFncy9FdGhpb3BpYVBlZXJpbmc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">MASTODON</a></strong>  | <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=723095a4a1694fa29b9cccffc06b788876753b95eea5fb0378ea7b30fdffe498&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18776&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=6dbb4cafeaa8937d598c1b74f83a2a14&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9ic2t5LmFwcC9zZWFyY2g/cT0lMjNFdGhpb3BpYVBlZXJpbmclMjA" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">BLUESKY</a></strong>  | <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5f7f0c9ac91efe2a6c54ba1c10a34b9baad543415b73b25c103968ea2949c747&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18776&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=0bbcdafe61830ea118be1bbb5b782bf7&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9leHBsb3JlL3NlYXJjaC9rZXl3b3JkLz9xPSUyM0V0aGlvcGlhUGVlcmluZyUyMA=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">INSTA</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><b>SIMULCASTS<br><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bd5d358ac67708a7d7f765c3b37a662d2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