[Chapter-delegates] News Release: Internet Society Helps Convene First Latin American Network Operators Group

[Anya Chambers]

Please find below an announcement issued this morning.

Regards

Anya

Internet Society Helps Convene First Latin American Network Operators Group

SAO PAULO BRAZIL – 19 October 2010 – The Internet Society today announced the first meeting of the Network Operators Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNOG), taking place in Sao Paulo 19 to 22 October 2010. The event will convene technologist and operational experts from leading Internet providers, equipment manufactures, organizations responsible for Internet coordination and the academic networking community and will provide a forum for the discussion and exchange of information on key operational issues impacting the Internet in the region.

Christian O’ Flaherty, Internet Society Regional Development Manager for Latin America, commented: “There was a need for a pan-regional network operators group in Latin America so the Internet Society worked together with the Internet community in the region to make it happen. We look forward to advancing information sharing and the discussions of mutual opportunities and threats to the industry in the region.”

The event will for the first time bring together people in the region responsible for the creation, maintenance and operation of Internet networks and provides a forum for discussion, coordination, and the exchange of best practices between networking professionals. The event is co-located with related events: the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry meeting, LACNIC XIV, which includes its Public Policy Forum, and the Forum of the Brazilian Autonomous System Networks (PTT Forum 2010), organized by the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br).

The Internet Society, as part of its Regional Development program, strives to advance the Internet landscape in emerging Internet regions and the collaborations that create the right environment for the Internet to flourish. In the case of the LACNOG event, the Internet Society convened together a broad range of Latin American organizations to deliver the inaugural event. The program committee, comprising individuals from Internet companies, coordinating bodies, and academia in Latin America, issued a regional and international Call for Presentations and selected the most topical and relevant to the region to create the agenda. The resulting programme will give participants the opportunity to dive into key areas, such as IPv6 deployment, Security, Mobile, and traffic exchange issues that affect the industry. Additional sessions will cover interesting and relevant topics including case studies relating to Emergency Recovery following Earthquakes in Chile and Haiti and DNSSEC deployment.

The staging of the first LACNOG event and the creation of a pan Latin American Network Operators community will be further strengthened through additional meetings and online discussions.

About the Internet Society-  www.internetsociety.org

About the Brazilian Network Information Center – www.NIC.br

About the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry -  www.lacnic.net

Anya Chambers
Internet Society
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