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ISSUE NO 48 JOBS, PEOPLE, EVENTS...

AFNOG 2 - CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

The Africa Network Operator’s Group (AfNOG) will hold its second meeting (AfNOG2) in Accra, Ghana on May 12 - 2001. This event will follow an AfNOG-organised 5 day intensive training workshop (see http://www.afnog.org for more information). AfNOG 2 will be a one-day technical forum for presentations and discussions relating to Internet networking, issues on cooperation, backbone networking technologies and operational practices. There will also be a meeting for the Africa Internet Registry (Afrinic - see http://www.afrinic.org) on the 13^th of May.

AfNOG 2 will include a morning session of short presentations to be followed by an afternoon of open discussions.Topics for presentation will have emphasis on relevance to current backbone engineering practices. It is expected this conference will draw up to 200 participants, mainly consisting of engineering staff from large national service providers, managers from IT Enterprises and members of the research and education community.

The AfNOG and Afrinic meetings will be held at: The Miklin Hotel, East Legon,Accra, Ghana. For more information about these events, conference hotels, schedules,and logistics, see:

http://www.afnog.org and http://www.afrinic.org

AfNOG2 invites presentations on backbone engineering, coordination, and research topics. Presentations should be non-commercial and should highlight issues relating to technology already deployed or soon to be deployed in core Internet backbones and exchange points.

• Network Infrastructure
• Network Security
• Wireless Technologies
• Network Management & Capacity Planning
• Peering and Internet Exchanges
• DNS
• Internet Content
• Backbone traffic engineering
• Inter-provider security and routing protocol authentication
• Security issues for the Internet core
• Content caching
• Rural Internet Access
• VOIP

Submit an informal one-or two-paragraph abstract describing the presentation in email to: afnog-presentations@afnog.org.

The deadline for proposals is March 15^th, 2001. Abstracts will be accepted after March 15^th on the basis of timeliness and quality of the presentation. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by April 1, 2001.

AFRICA TELEHEALTH PROJECT CONFERENCE (10-14 APRIL, 2001)

The Africa Telehealth Conference Uganda Branch in cooperation with UNICEF Uganda is pleased to announce that the Second Africa Telehealth Conference entitled "The Role of Low-Cost Technology for Improved Access to Public Health Care Programs Throughout Africa" will be held in Kampala Uganda in April 10 - 14, 2001.

Over 80% of health care problems in Africa are caused by a handful of communicable diseases, and issues which remain untreated due to a lack of adequate health care coverage across all regions. The barriers of geography and technology, which combine to deny effective health care delivery in Africa, can be effectively addressed through an effort undertaken by the Africa Telehealth Project, which aims to develop local Telehealth services throughout the continent. The key issues in this initiative will form the basis of the second Conference on African Telehealth to be held in Kampala Uganda in April 2001.

The conference is the result of an initiative underway through the "Africa Telehealth Project", a body of research specialists and technology practitioners which is charged with guiding the work of Africa Telemedicine Project.

The conference will draw upon the collective knowledge of international experts in the areas of health systems organization and management, information technology, information systems and information systems management, clinical care, epidemiology, telemedicine, health promotion, and health services policy.

The conference will discuss current problems and trends in the utilization of computer-based telecommunications technologies in the health sector. The "Africa Telehealth Project, which has been involved in the organization and design of this project for over 24 months, will act on the findings from this conference to develop and design a Telemedicine Centre of Excellence in Kampala Uganda.

For more information, please contact: Ivan Semakula Lwanga, Conference Co-ordinator (icslwanga@yahoo.com)

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