AFRICA ASIA FORUM ON NETWORK RESEARCH &

ENGINEERING-INITIAL DRAFT –

-2008.9.1Kilnam Chon

2008.8.30

1. Objective2. Scope3. Areas of Collaboration4. Scheme5. Funding6. Planning Meetings7. Event8. Website and Mailing List9. Candidate MembersAppendix

Africa-Asia network research and Engineering community

development

Research, Development, and DeploymentEngineeringEducation

Measurement(and Traffic Engineering)IPv6Wireless NetworkFuture InternetApplications(eEducation, eGovernment,...)Management and Security

    Focus on specific areas to deliver  Lead in some areas  Presence in important areas  Centers of Excellence  Collaboration of similar countries of

two continents

    UN(ITU,...) Multinational sponsors  Domestic sponsors

  Remark:  We will target good funding

in 2010 and beyond.

2008.6       First Collaboration Meeting, Seoul2008.8.27  Second Collaboration Meeting,

Jeju2008.11.2  Third Collaboration Meeting, Cair2009.3.3    Fourth Collaboration Meeting, Kaohsiung(during APAN)2009.5       Fifth Collaboration Meeting, Cairo (during AfNOG/AfREN/AfriNIC

Meetings)

2008.11.26~27 Experimental Seminar on Measurement, Addis Ababa(during AfriNIC Meeting)2009.3.3    Joint Workshop on Future Internet for

The Other Billions, Kaohsiung(during APAN)2009.4.1~3      Joint Meeting on Measurement (during PAM2009, Seoul)2008.5              Annual Joint Workshop, Cairo (duirng AfNOG/AfREN/AfriNIC Meetings)

The website for Africa-Asia collaboration will be ready right after 2008.11

AfriNIC meeting.

The initial mailing list:  africa-asia@AsiaFI.net

Africa:  AAU               AfNOG               AfREN               AfriNIC               Ubuntu Net Alliance              (more to come)

   Asia:    APAN              AsiaFI              CNGI/CERNET              WIDE              (more to come)

(African optical cable study by KTH)

                 eEducation               eGovernment               (more)