There are a number of reasons for posting this announcement here: - Hans-Werner asked me to, - the weather in Singapore at that time of the year will be much warmer than _anywhere_ on the North American continent, - it will be an interesting operational workshop! cheers, Geoff Huston CALL FOR PARTICPATION In The First - - - - - - - A P R I C O T - - - - - - - ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL INTERNET CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY http://www.apricot.net/apricot/ Jan 17-22 '96, Singapore Sponsored In Part By: * The Commercial Internet Exchange ( http://www.cix.org/ ) * & Others T.B.A. shortly SUMMARY: APRICOT is a forum for the exchange of technical know-how for In- ternet Service Providers and Network Operators OVERVIEW: The rapid growth of the Internet has brought many newcomers into positions of critical operational responsibility. They are ex- pected to be experts in the design, configuration, operation and maintenance of routers, terminal servers, WWW & UNIX servers, and a myriad of specific hardware/software systems. They must operate network management centers, customer support lines, and handle security incidents. They must liase with network registries, com- munications carriers, and their colleague operators. They must perform these duties efficiently even as their networks grow in- creasingly large and complex. Yet, the resources for learning the skills necessary to perform these tasks successfully are sparse and rarely provide specific information and examples. To address this critical need, the ASIA PACIFIC NETWORK INFORMA- TION (APNIC) has initiated the ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL INTERNET CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (APRICOT). APRICOT consists of seminars, conference sessions, and forums all with the goal of spreading and sharing the specific technical in- formation required to operate the increasingly complex Asia Pa- cific Internet topologies. APRICOT will be held immediately preceding the APNIC general meeting and the Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) meetings which includes the commercial sub-group and the internationaliza- tion and localization subgroup meetings. VENUE: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre (RELC), Singapore SCHEDULE: * Jan 17 Tutorials from invited speakers. * Jan 18 Conference * Jan 19 Morning: Conference Afternoon: Forum * Jan 20 APNG-commercial * Jan 21 APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Center meeting * Jan 22 APNG Asia Pacific Networking Group general meeting (being organized separately) APRICOT TOPICS: * IP and ASN Addressing issues & techniques * Exterior and Interior Gateway Protocols and Interexchanges * Telco DDN Systems * Domain Name Server * Usenet News * WWW, FTP, Shell, & Email Servers * Server and Network Security * Billing & Accounting Systems INVITED SPEAKERS FOR TUTORIALS The APRICOT organizing committee is inviting world-recognized ex- perts to lecture on the above topics. CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS Presentations on the above or related topics are solicited from from the Internet operations community. Presentations should present your experiences with the above is- sues and share solutions to them. VENDOR EXHIBITS Space for up to 10 Vendor booths will be available. ATTENDEE REGISTRATION: USD175 CLOSE DATES FOR PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS: To Be Announced ORGANIZERS, CONTRIBUTORS * APNIC * Cogwheel Internet Technolgy Consulting * Singapore Computer Society * Internet R&D Unit, ComCen, National University of Singapore * SingNet * Internet Association of Japan * National Computer Board, Singapore SPONSORS * Commercial Internet Exchange ( http://www.cix.org/ ) * Others T.B.A. shortly. INFORMATION / PRE-REGISTRATION Browse the following WWW URL to join the apricot information email list. We will send you more detail shortly. http://www.apricot.net/apricot/register.html/ SUBMISSIONS / SPONSORSHIPS Send email to: apricot-oc@apricot.net ----