Dear colleagues,
Apologies for duplicates! Thought I'd share these 2 announcements that could
be of interest.
1) Read about how you and colleagues can participate on-line at next week's
APNIC 19 meeting.
2) Have your org thought of ICT related research or development projects for
your community and need funding? Read about the Pan Asia ICT grants below.
Regards,
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1)
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Unable to travel to Kyoto to attend APNIC 19?
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Attend online instead!
You can participate in the meeting from anywhere in the world by taking
advantage of APNIC's online video, transcript and chat features.
Live meeting features
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The following APNIC 19 sessions will be video streamed and have live
transcripts. You can have your input into each of these sessions via
the Jabber chat room "room1". Your questions and comments will then be
read out to the onsite attendees:
Date Time Session
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22 Feb 16:00-17.30 Internet governance open forum
23 Feb 11.00-12.30 IPv6 technical SIG
14:00-17.30 Routing SIG
24 Feb 09:00-12.00 Policy SIG
14:00-15:30 Database SIG
16:00-17:30 DNS operations SIG
25 Feb 09:00-17:30 APNIC Members Meeting
Note: all times quoted above are local times in Japan.
Other APNIC SIG sessions that are not being video streamed will be
available by Jabber chat room "room2".
Full details on how to participate remotely are available at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/programme/features.html
New: webcast tutorials for participating universities
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With assistance from School of Internet (SOI) Asia and the WIDE
project, the following tutorials will be broadcast over the network to
SOI partner universities:
Date Time Session
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21 Feb 09:00-12:30 Dynamics of policy process
14:00-17:30 Spam prevention
22 Feb 09:00-10:30 Keynote: security protocol
11:00-12:30 Certification Authority
14:00-17:30 ISP Security Strategy
Information about the broadcasts along with details of participating
partners will shortly be available on the APNIC website and at:
http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp
2) Pan Asia ICT R&D Grants
Programme - Next funding round closes March 15
Dear colleagues
This is a reminder that applications for the next round of funding in
the Pan Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme are due by 15 March 2005.
This open theme competition welcomes proposals relating to projects in
the Asia Pacific region, in the following areas:
* Research and development into innovative ICT applications,
with a clear focus on practical and replicable approaches
and techniques.
* Research on Internet infrastructure design, performance,
management policy and related topics.
* Development of practical solutions based on the application
of proven and readily available Internet technologies with
minimum basic research.
* Research on the outcomes and social impacts of specific ICT
policies and interventions and application of Internet technologies.
* Research on policy matters affecting Internet networking in the
Asia Pacific region, especially where linked to areas such as policy
impacts, gender equity, social equity, sustainable communities, and
technology diffusion/transfer and benefits to rural areas.
* Technology related issues such as broadband connectivity, ?last mile?
innovation, mobile and wireless technologies for the developing world,
and increasing the capacity or efficiency of existing network
infrastructures.
Interested organizations or institutions from the Asia Pacific region
may apply for either of the following types of grants:
* Grants up to a maximum budget of US$9,000 over a term not exceeding
12 months.
* Grants up to a maximum budget of US$30,000 over a term not exceeding
24 months.
Information about how to apply is available at:
http://www.apdip.net/projects/ictrnd/application
The deadline for applications for this round is 15 March 2005.
Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered for
this round, but may be considered in future rounds.
The grants committee will screen all proposals, and the results will be
made known by mid May 2005.
Regards
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APNIC ph +61 7 3858 3100
http://www.apnic.net fx +61 7 3858 3199
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