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Originally established in 1992 to administer address space and to facilitate communication, business, and culture using Internet technologies, APNIC is publicly recognized by IANA as a RIR in 1994. APNIC has memoranda of understanding with the Internet Society and a number of ISOC Chapters for a variety of partnerships that include mutual support of organizational functions as well as policy and educational activities.
Date published 26 June 2013
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In a departure from previous, “global” INETs, INET 2005 is a Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional conference, organized in conjunction with the Second Pan-Arab Regional Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Cairo. In the session entitled 'The Internet: How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work?' representatives of the groups and organizations that enable and support the operation of the Internet infrastructure give first-hand information about just how the Internet coordination processes have evolved and how they work today. Speakers...
Date published 26 June 2013
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The first meeting of Network Operators Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNOG) convenes technologist and operational experts from leading Internet providers, equipment manufacturers, organizations responsible for Internet coordination, and the academic networking community—providing a forum for the discussion and exchange of information on key operational issues impacting the Internet in the region.
LACNOG is an initiative of the Internet Society and the region’s Internet community who, seeing a need for a pan-regional network operators group in Latin America, work...
Date published 24 June 2013
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Internet Society holds its first global INET conference since 2004. Global INET 2012 carries the theme “Meeting at the Crossroads: Imagining the Future Internet” and, as a prelude, features a collaborative leadership exchange centered on this same topic. The conference serves as the forum for the inaugural inductions into the newly created Internet Hall of Fame and closes with keynote remarks by IHOF inductee and founding president of ISOC Vint Cerf.
Date published 24 June 2013
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The Internet Society pilots the Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force programme at IETF 66 in Montreal. The success of this and a second pilot at IETF 67 lead the Internet Society to formalize the Fellowship in 2007, as a means to identify and foster potential future leaders from emerging and developing economies and provide an opportunity for networking with individuals from around the world with similar technical interests. The program is also aimed at raising global awareness and understanding of—and participation in—the IETF and its work.
Date published 24 June 2013
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With Resolution 1994-13, the Internet Society Board of Trustees establishes the principles that will enable the growth of Internet Society Chapters, which will consist of local groups of Internet Society members and will go on to play a significant role in advancing the Internet Society's values globally. As of December 2013, there will be 100 Internet Society Chapters throughout the world.Chapters bring together individual members who share an interest and belief in the Internet Society’s principles and mission and who are committed to furthering the Internet Society’s goals and...
Date published 24 June 2013
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First convened in 2004, PACNOG holds its first meeting in Fiji in 2005. The Internet Society provides early and ongoing support for the group and its workshops.
Date published 24 June 2013
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AfCHIX is founded by three-time Internet Society IETF fellow Dorcas Muthoni as a mentorship programme for African women, by African women. AfCHIX is aimed at ensuring, in Muthoni’s words, “that more young women can get training, feel technically up to date, and present themselves for leadership roles.” The Internet Society provides ongoing support of AfCHIX, co-sponsoring a mentorship programme and technical training workshops for women during AfNOG meetings.
Date published 24 June 2013
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The African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, responsible for the distribution and management of Internet number resources such as IP addresses and ASN (Autonomous System Numbers) for the African region. After gaining provisional recognition by ICANN in October of 2004, AFRINIC becomes operational on 22 February 2005, and is granted final recognition by ICANN in April of that year.
AFRINIC’s mission is to provide professional and efficient distribution of Internet number resources to the African Internet community, to support...
Date published 24 June 2013
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As an extension of its work in global and regional Internet development, the Internet Society initiates a series of workshops aimed at providing the knowledge and skills ccTLD operators need to build up and maintain high quality infrastructure and services, including the acceleration of DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) deployment in ccTLDs. The Internet Society continues to deepen its partnerships with registered ccTLD associations in order to extend capacity building on ccTLD operations, management, and DNSSEC implementation.
Date published 24 June 2013
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