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First Joint NANOG/ARIN Meeting Attracts International Network Talent to Eugene |
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| Joyce Winslow The Eugene Hilton overflowed with international Internet expertise during an historic joint NANOG/ARIN conference last fall. The intensive six-day event, which was hosted by the University of Oregon and Sprint Corporation, featured senior network engineers from various commercial Internet service providers who are members of the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG), and policy administrators from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). All told, over 500 people—including participants from as far away as Kenya, Ghana, the Congo, Japan, and Sweden—attended. The NANOG meetings, which ran from Sunday, October 27, through Tuesday, October 29, covered such topics as network security, troubleshooting techniques, traffic characteristics and network planning, and next-generation IPv6 developments and strategies. ARIN's portion of the conference began the following day and concluded at noon on Friday, November 1. Speakers discussed various Internet addressing policy proposals, including ICANN evolution and reform. Conference speakers were drawn from the ranks of industry, network organizations, and educational and research institutions worldwide. UO-affiliated presenters included Dave Meyer (UO Advanced Network Technology Center and Sprint) and the Network Startup Research Center's cofounder and PI, Randy Bush. Among the international group of presenters were Ayitey Bulley (Ghana) and Didier Rukeratabaro (Congo), who addressed ARIN participants concerning recent Internet registry developments in AfriNIC, the African Regional Network Information Center. |
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| Between sessions, conference
participants grab a snack and share ideas.
You can view the entire conference online at ftp://limestone/pub/videolab/video/nanog26/ |
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| Both Ayitey and Didier are instructors for the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), a forum for technical coordination and cooperation among African Internet Service Providers and academic and research network engineers. The UO, Cisco Corporation, and Sprint set up the multicast connection for the conference. Other equipment contributors included Packet Pushers and the Internet Engineering Task Force Secretariat. |
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