AfNOG and AfriNIC Joint Announcement: Meetings in April/May 2007 8th AfNOG Meeting AfriNIC-6 Meeting The African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 8th AfNOG Meeting and the AfriNIC-6 Meeting will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, in April/May 2007. About the entire event AfNOG and AfriNIC are jointly organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop), several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting, and a two-day AfriNIC Meeting. In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations such as the AAU and ISOC. Further information about the event may be found at <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/> and <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>. Timetable AfNOG Workshop 23 - 27 April 2007 (Sunday - Friday) AfriNIC IPV6 W/shop 28 - 29 April 2007 (Saturday - Sunday) AfREN Meeting 28 - 29 April 2007 (Saturday - Sunday) AfNOG Tutorials 29 - 30 April 2007 (Sunday - Monday) AfriNIC LIR W/shop 30 April (Monday) AfNOG Meeting 1 May 2007 (Tuesday) AfriNIC-6 Meeting 2 - 3 May 2007 (Wednesday - Thursday) INET Africa Day 4 May 2007 (Friday) Venue The exact venue has not yet been finalized. Updated information will be made available at <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2007/> and <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>. About AfNOG AfNOG (see <http://www.afnog.org/>) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized an event like this one every year since 2000. About AfriNIC AfriNIC (see <http://www.afrinic.net/>) is a Regional Internet Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources Mangement in the Africa region. AfriNIc organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>).