Target Audience :
- - African ALS.
- - African ICANN Meeting attendees
- - Local ICT Civil Society Community
Day 1 : Managing the Internet Resources
Sessions and presentations to provide an overview of basics on internet resources and its governance , besides an overview about ALAC.
ICANN 101 : Presenter : Anne Rachel ( ICANN Africa Regional Relations Manager )
ALAC : Internet Users Voice with ICANN - Presenter : Cheryl ( ALAC Chair )
AfRALO : Africa Regional Internet Users voice within ICANN - Presenter : Fatimata ( AfRALO Chair )
AfTLD : An Overview of African ccTLD - Presenter : Vika Mpisane ( AfTLD President )
AfriNIC : Africa IP Address Registry - Presenter : AfriNIC
AfNOG : Networking Africa - Presenter : Nii Coyneor ( AfNOG )
ISOC Africa : Internet Users in Africa - Presenter : Dawit Bekele ( ISOC Africa Manager )
All sessions will have a Q&A section.
Day 2 : An African Internet Prospective : Challenges and Opportunities
The African Registrar - Presenters : Muhammet Diop ( 2nd Africa Accreditated Registrars ), Victor Ciza ( An African Registrar)
African Content and Access Provider prospective - presenter : a Kenyan ISP/Content Provider
Civil Society Role : Exchanging Best Practices : Presentations from Different African ALS about what they do, best practices.
Day 3 : Participate : Current Policy Development Issues
Presentations from ICANN Staff about the current policy Development issues, e.g presentations can include :
- - IDNs
- - New gTLD Process
- - Registry Registrar separation
the above is just an example only .
Get Involved : a presentation about how to join AfRALO, What participation tools are available
I think 3 days programme is reasonable, as you can see i have proposed different themes, background info.and updates theme on the first day, an African internet services challenges theme on second day, and an update on current policy development issues and how to participate on the policy discussions as a third theme .
So lets build the event programme, feel free to comment.
Regards,
Mohamed
