[Chapter-delegates] [ISOC-ZA.announce] INET Cape Town 2010 -

[Raul Echeberria]

Alan:

I hope you have a very good meeting in Cape Town.
Please, keep us informed about the results of the meeting.

Regards,

Raúl Echeberría
ISOC BoT
Chair






>> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 18:46:21 +0200
>> From: Alan Levin <alan at futureperfect.co.za>
>> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Fwd: [ISOC-ZA.announce] INET Cape Town  
>> 2010 -
>>   	Monday, May 24
>> FYI: I must extend my sincerest appreciation for all the assistance  
>> ISOC global has given us with this. Without them it would not have  
>> been possible. We will have remote participation arranged, keep  
>> looking at our web site http://isoc.org.za.
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> After a long six months of searching for speakers, meetings about  
>>> agendas and securing sponsorship, negotiation and diary jujitsu,  
>>> we are delighted to bring you INET 2010. This one-day, free event  
>>> will be tackling the very important topic of how to deliver the  
>>> Internet at much cheaper costs and much higher speeds.
>>>
>>> Since 1994, the Internet Society has organized INET conferences  
>>> around the world. Originally staged as annual global conferences,  
>>> over time it has refined their focus, targeting the specific needs  
>>> of each region with a focus topics most relevant to the  
>>> communities involved.
>>>
>>> The keynote address will be delivered by J. Scott Marcus (http://scottmarcus.com 
>>> ). Scott has worked as senior adviser to the FCC (USA regulator)  
>>> and advised the European Commission on how to regulate for  
>>> Internet growth. Prior to serving on the ARIN board of trustees he  
>>> was CTO of one of the largest global Internet networks (GTE -  
>>> Genuity). Scott will present models of regulation that have failed  
>>> and worked as well as business models that 'work' for users versus  
>>> those that work for operators.
>>>
>>> The one-day event will also feature Steve Song presenting briefly  
>>> about African undersea cables, a moderated panel discussion  
>>> between the providers of gigabit internet connections in South  
>>> Africa (Neotel, Dark Fibre Africa, Telkom, Durban and Cape Town)   
>>> and an open microphone for questions and comments on how we can  
>>> get access at costs that will drive deeper penetration. Those in  
>>> the industry including policy makers, will get a good idea of what  
>>> developments they can expect and how they can plan ahead. The full  
>>> agenda can be found on the wikihttp://wiki.isoc.org.za/INET
>>>
>>> Details
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> Date: Monday May 24 - 8am registration - 5pm
>>> Venue: Le-Vendome, 20 London Road, Sea Point (Map: http://snipurl.com/vhc6k)
>>> Registration: http://isoc.org.za
>>>
>>> Note: There will be impressive free wireless access supplied  
>>> specifically for this event, since this is a free conference with  
>>> 140 places, you must register soonest to secure a place.
>>>
>>> Sponsors
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> The conference is kindly sponsored by the Internet Society  
>>> (global), Dark Fibre Africa and the CO.ZA Registry, a division of  
>>> UniForum SA.
>>>
>>> About ISOC
>>> The Internet Society (ISOC) provides leadership in addressing  
>>> issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the  
>>> organisational home for the groups responsible for Internet  
>>> infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task  
>>> Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).
>>>
>>> About Dark Fibre Africa
>>> Dark Fibre Africa owns, operates and maintains a state-of-the-art,  
>>> secure ducting infrastructure, which enables users of  
>>> communications capacity to enjoy logical separation and ownership  
>>> of communications capability, whilst sharing the same physical  
>>> right of way access routes with their customers. DFA is  
>>> responsible for financing and constructing ducting infrastructure  
>>> and making discrete fibre strands available to individual  
>>> operators of telecommunications services. These operators are then  
>>> responsible for "lighting" the fibre and onward selling the  
>>> capacity to their customers.  www.dfafrica.co.za
>>>
>>> About Uniforum SA
>>> UniForum SA is not for profit organisation that has administered  
>>> the .CO.ZA Internet domain name space since September 1995. Under  
>>> UniForum's stewardship, the .CO.ZA name space has grown to its  
>>> current level of over 550,000 domain name registrations. Excess  
>>> proceeds from domain registrations are used to fund Internet  
>>> industry initiatives, including social upliftment projects  
>>> relating to education and enterprise development. UniForum SA is a  
>>> level II BBBEE contributor.
>>>
>>> Thank you to our sponsors and the working group who has helped to  
>>> make this happen.
>>
>> --
>> Alan Levin
>>
>>
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