[Apnic-announce] APNIC 19 meeting updates #4

["Vivian Yang" <vivian@apnic.net>]

[Apologies for duplicates]

Dear APNIC members and friends,

This is an update announcement about APNIC 19 with reminders of some
important events and dates.

This meeting is being held in conjunction with APRICOT 2005, and is now less
than a week away. Online registration has now closed. If you plan to attend
APNIC 19 and have not registered yet, you will need to register onsite at
APRICOT 2005 in Kyoto. The meeting website, including all relevant details,
can be found at:

     http://www.2005.apricot.net


In this bulletin:

1. APNIC tutorials & Internet governance
2. "Unable to travel to the meeting?" - features for remote participants 
3. Informational presentation proposals for Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 
4. DNSSEC Summit: Road map for DNSSEC deployment 
5. APRICOT pre-conference workshops 
6. Nominations for Executive Council 
7. Hostmaster consultations 
8. MyAPNIC demo 


1.  APNIC tutorials & Internet governance
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APNIC tutorial tracks include Dynamics of the policy development process,
spam prevention and ISP security strategy. 

In addition, the UNDP's Asia Pacific Development Information Programme
(APDIP) will facilitate a special discussion session on Internet governance
on Tuesday 22 February 2005. This session aims to obtain the views of
technology practitioners in the Asia Pacific on the policy needs and
priorities created by emerging Internet technologies and technical
challenges.

Further details of the APNIC Open Policy Meeting are available at:

    http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19


2. "Unable to travel to the meeting?" - features remote participants 
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If you are unable to travel to Kyoto you are invited to participate in the 
APNIC open policy meeting remotely via jabber 'chat' rooms, webcast and 
live transcripts. Details of how to join the meeting are on the APNIC 
meeting web pages under 'Meeting features' at:

     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/


3. Informational presentation proposals for SIGs
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Informational presentations may still be submitted for all SIGs. Please
submit all proposals to <sig@apnic.net> and the respective SIG chairs at:

     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/programme/sigs


4. DNSSEC Summit: Road map for DNSSEC deployment
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In conjunction with APRICOT 2005, there will be a DNSSEC Summit held on 
21 February, featuring a mixture of short presentations and extended 
discussions to examine the current DNSSEC architecture and discuss key 
deployment issues. The summit is hoped to build a deployment road map 
and identify difficulties that have to be overcome for wide 
implementation of DNSSEC.

This session is not part of the APNIC program, but may be of interest 
to many members of the APNIC community. Full details are available on 
the APRICOT web site at:

      http://www.2005.apricot.net/relatedmeeting.html


5.  APRICOT pre-conference workshops
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APRICOT 2005 has regretfully cancelled some workshop courses due to a lack
of registration. However, the following workshop courses will be conducted
as originally scheduled:

- Network infrastructure security 
- Network management tools and practices
 
Further information on workshop courses is at:

     http://www.2005.apricot.net/workshop.html


6.  Nominations for Executive Council
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APNIC Executive Council election will be held during the APNIC Member
Meeting in Kyoto on Friday 25 February 2005. For more information on the
nominations received, proxy registration, and current EC members and the
role of the EC, please refer to:

     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/ec


7. Hostmaster consultations
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Members will also be able to book consultations with APNIC hostmasters
during the meeting so that resource requests and registration issues can be
discussed. Registration for the consultations is available at:

     http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/hm-register.pl


8. MyAPNIC demo
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A MyAPNIC demo will be on display at the APNIC helpdesk. Come and visit our
APNIC staff at the Helpdesk. The Helpdesk is located at the entrance of
Meeting demo area, Room D.  


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If you have any questions or suggestions about APNIC 19 or APRICOT 2005,
please contact the APNIC Secretariat by email to <meetings@apnic.net>

We look forward to seeing you in Kyoto!


Best regards,


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