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[alac] Africa At-Large Users Meeting in Cape Town

ICANN's Interim At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) invites all interested individuals to attend the Africa At-Large Users meeting on Thursday, 2 December 10:00 am – 12:30, at the Cape Town Convention Centre to advance the interests of individual Internet user communities (At-Large).  The meeting will feature:  a discussion of how the ongoing United Nations’ Internet governance process could affect Africa Internet users; a briefing on AfriNIC’s plans for transitioning management of Internet resources to local control and roll-out of IPV6; a briefing on changes in domain name registration policies and practices that will affect Africa’s Internet users; and an update on opportunities for Africa’s user community to engage in ICANN and other international fora to advance their interests.  A preliminary agenda is included below.  Participation is free and all are welcome.

Additional events at the ICANN Cape Town meetings that will be of special interest to Internet users include: Workshop on the World Summit Information Society (WSIS), Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 8:30 – 10:30; and Workshop on Internationalized Domain Names, Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 13:00 – 19:30. Additional information on these meetings is available at www.icann.org/meetings/capetown/. 

Please contact committee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx with questions relating to this announcement. In addition to English, inquiries and input are welcome in the following languages: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian.

Africa At-Large Users Meeting

Thursday, 2 December 2004

10:00 am – 12:30

Cape Town International Convention Center, Boardroom

Cape Town, South Africa

 

·        Welcome; Update on ICANN At-Large Advocacy and Involvement

Speaker:  Vittorio Bertola, ALAC Chair

Comments/Discussion

 

·        Internet governance – Challenges and Opportunities for Africa’s Internet Users

Speaker:  Dr. Olivier Nana Nzepa, Project Coordinator, Africa Civil Society for Information Society

Comments/Discussion (invited)

 

·        AfriNIC – Transitioning management of Internet resources to Africa

Speaker:  Pierre Dandjinou, Chair, AfriNIC Board of Trustees

Comments/Discussion

 

·        Roll-out of IPV6 and Set-up of IXPs in Africa

Speaker:  Sunday Folayan, AfriNIC Board member

Comments/Discussion 

 

·        Domain name registrations in Africa – Trends and policies that will affect Africa’s users

Speaker: Yann Kwok, Administrator, .mu TLD, and AfriNIC observer to ICANN Address Council (invited)

 

·        Opportunities for Africa At–Large Community Involvement

Speaker:  Clement Dzidonu, ALAC member

Comments/Discussion