MENOG - The Middle East Network Operators Group

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Meeting Agenda

MENOG Meeting Structure

Tuesday 3 April PM: Opening and Plenary
Wednesday 4 April AM/PM: 6 Conference sessions
Wednesday 4 April PM: Closing Plenary / Social Dinner
Thursday 5 April AM: 4 Tutorials

Tuesday 3 April 2007
Session Time	Session Title	Presenter
11:30-12:30	Delegates Gather
12:30:14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Opening Plenary	Chair: Fahad AlShirawi
	Welcome & Opening Remarks	Fahad AlShirawi (2Connect)
	Keynote: Connecting the Middle East	Salman Al-Mannai (ICT Qatar)
	Keynote: Peering for Pleasure and Profit	Nigel Titley (Sky/EasyNet & RIPE NCC Board)
15:30-16:00	Break
16:00-17:30	Session One - Services	Chair: Paul Rendek
	Internet Economics in the Gulf Countries	Ahmed ALHujairy (Bahrain Internet Society)
	Internet Content Access - A Regional Perspective	Amjad Khan (FLAG)
	Proxy cache and regulation	Bill Woodcock (PCH)
	Multicast Standards and IPTV	Marshall Eubanks (Multicastech)
	Telecom Industry Planning Interface	Colin Bingham (TRA Bahrain)

Wednesday 4 April 2007
Session Time	Session Title	Presenter
09:00-09:45	Session Two - International Updates	Chair: Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
	IANA Update	Save Vocea (ICANN)
	IDN Introduction & Update	Baher Esmat (ICANN)
	IETF Update	Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Autonomica)
	RIPE NCC Update	Paul Rendek & Arno Meulenkamp (RIPE NCC)
09:45-10.30	Session Three - Peering	Chair: Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
	Peering in Europe	Frank P. Orlowski (DE-CIX)
	Peering @ Etisalat	Omar Al Mansoori (Etisalat)
	Panel Discussion and Open Mic	Panel Includes: Omar, Frank, Nigel Titley (Sky), Bijal Sanghani (FLAG)
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	Session Four - IPv6	Chair: Philip Smith
	Making the Middle East IPv6 Ready	Hashim Hilal (Al-Khorayef Group)
	The Cost of Not Doing IPv6	Jordi Palet Martinez (Consulintel)
	IPv6 in Pakistan	Yusuf Bhaiji (IPv6 Forum Pakistan)
12:00-12:30	Session Five - The Future of MENOG?
	Discussion Points include: Content Next Meeting Mailing List Sponsorship Website	Moderated by Fahad AlShirawi
12:30-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:30	Session Six - CERTs	Chair: Philip Smith
	Qatar's National CERT (Q-CERT)	Ian Dowdeswell (Q-CERT)
14:30-15:30	Session Seven - Internet Exchange Points	Chair: Philip Smith
	Forming the NPIX	Gaurab Raj Upadhaya (Packet Clearing House)
	NedNod, the Swedish IXes	Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Autonomica)
	Evolution of the LINX	Mike Hughes (LINX)
	DE-CIX IX Update	Frank P. Orlowski (DE-CIX)
	Panel Discussion and Open Mic	Panel includes: Mike, Gaurab, Kurtis, Frank Orlowski (DE-CIX)
15:30-16:00	Break
16:00-17:30	Session Eight - Operations	Chair: Sultan Al Shamsi
	Internet in Saudi Arabia	Osama I Al-Dosary (Cisco)
	Network Monitoring and Performance Benchmarking	Malik Awan (Carnegie-Mellon University)
	BGP aggregation	Philip Smith (Cisco)
	DNS Anycast Considerations	Gaurab Raj Upadhaya (Packet Clearing House)
	Q&A
20:00-late	MENOG Social Event: Tarbouche Lebanese Restaurant

Thursday 5 April 2007
Session Time	Session Title	Presenter
09:00-10:30	Tutorial 1: BGP Multihoming	Philip Smith (Cisco)
	Tutorial 2: Service Provider Infrastructure Protection - Best Practices	Yusuf Bhaiji (Cisco)
	Tutorial 3: Introduction to IPv6	Jordi Palet Martinez (Consultintel)
10:30-11.00	Break
11:00-12:30	Tutorial 1: IXP Construction	Philip Smith (Cisco) & Bill Woodcock (PCH)
	Tutorial 2: Understanding SIP for Voice, Video & data	Faisal Chaudhry (Cisco)
	Tutorial 3: Introduction to IPv6 (continued)	Jordi Palet Martinez (Consulintel)

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