[Aftld-members] Fwd: [afnog] Call for Presentations at Africa Internet Summit 2025 (AIS'25) in Accra, Ghana

[Barrack Otieno]

Dear Members,

This is for your information and attention.

Thank you

Best Regards

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From: secretariat at internetsummit.africa <secretariat at internetsummit.africa>
Date: Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Subject: [afnog] Call for Presentations at Africa Internet Summit 2025
(AIS'25) in Accra, Ghana
To: afnog <afnog at afnog.org>


Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce the opening of the Call for Presentations for the
Africa Internet Summit 2025 (AIS’25) that will take place from *29th
September - 3rd October 2025 *in a Hybrid format in Accra, Ghana. We invite
you to submit your technical presentation abstracts, offering a fantastic
opportunity for members of the African Internet Community to share their
expertise and insights. The Technical Presentations sessions at AIS’25 will
provide a forum for both experienced and new delegates to engage in topics
related to Internet growth and development in Africa. To enrich these
discussions and share knowledge with the technical community, we are
seeking presentations on a wide range of topics broadly related to the
growth, access, and development of the Internet in Africa.

We are specifically interested in presentations focusing on the following
areas:

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   IPv6 Deployment.
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   IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and Operations.
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   Internet Governance.
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   Internet Measurements.
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   Routing Security, including RPKI and IRR.
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   DNS / DNSSEC.
   -

   Community networks.
   -

   Business Practices and Higher Education in the Age of Technology.
   -

   Network data security and management attacks mitigation.
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   Internet backbone operations.
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   Routing and switching protocols, including unicast, multicast, anycast,
   SDN.
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   Content & Service Delivery and Cloud Computing.
   -

   Network Automation/Programming.
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   Peering, Interconnects and IXPs.
   -

   Content Distribution Network technology & operations.
   -

   Research on Internet Operations and Deployment.
   -

   Network Virtualisation.

Your contribution can be in the form of a presentation during a session, a
tutorial, or a live technical demonstration. Kindly take note of the
information below before submitting your proposal.

*Important dates*

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   Opening Call for Presentations -* 23rd July 2025*
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   Deadline for submitting Presentation Abstracts – *18th August 2025*
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   Deadline for submission of draft presentations – *30th August 2025*
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   Submission of final presentation – *10th September 2025*

Please note that due to the limited time allocated to technical
presentations in the agenda, only shortlisted abstracts will be slotted in
the agenda. All selected presenters will be notified of the status of their
presentation abstract making it to the AIS’25 Agenda.

*How to submit a Presentation Proposal?*

Submit your Presentation proposal by filling out the form with the
requested information here:
https://2025.internetsummit.africa/en/program/call-for-presentations-form

*AIS’25 Speaker Guidelines*

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   Presentations are expected to last for 25 minutes, tutorials, and panel
   discussions can run up to 90 minutes.
   -

   The presenter should articulate their presentation slowly allowing room
   for interpretation.
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   The Presenter will be required to use the AIS’25 Presentation Template.
   Available for download at:
   -

   The presenter(s) will be required to upload their final presentation in
   PDF format, no later than five (5) days before the presentation date.
   -

   Presenters are responsible for producing any handouts if required. For
   this event, we are expecting between 200 to 500 on-site delegates.
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   Presentations with marketing and/or commercial content will not be
   considered.
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   Read more about the Speaker's obligations in the Meeting Etiquette
*at: * *https://2025.internetsummit.africa/program/meeting-etiquette
   <https://2024.internetsummit.africa/program/meeting-etiquette>*

For any questions, please reach out to the Program Committee via email
at: *pc at internetsummit.africa
<pc at internetsummit.africa>*

We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this among
your networks.

Kind Regards,

AIS’25 Secretariat

secretariat at internetsummit.africa

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