VIDEO: @ITU, @InternetSociety, and @AFRINIC announce upcoming African events at #Africa_MIG_Works
On March 7 2013, speaking at the African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Andrew Rugege of the ITU; Walda Roseman of the Internet Society, and Adiel Akplogan of AFRINIC, took it in turns to announce upcoming conferences in Africa. Video is below
Add to your calendar:
- June 17-21 2013 – Lusaka, Zambia – African Internet Summit (AFRINIC)
- June 26-28 2013 – Kampala, Uganda – Africa Children Online Protection Summit (ACOP) (ITU)
- July 13 -14 2013 – Durban, South Africa – DNS Forum (ISOC) (alongside ICANN 47)
- October 28 – Nov 1 2013 – Kigali, Rwanda – Transform Africa Conference & Summit (ITU)
Both the ITU events present shifting targets as the ITU’s current pr announces Transform Africa as March 2013, and the ACOP eventbrite is dated June 4-7.
joly 2:48 pm on 03/12/2013 Permalink |
Well here’s some more, all IP-oriented, all in Dar es Salaam:
Source IP Watch notes that the latter was previously postponed after a civil society outcry over an emphasis on protectionism over licensing.