Africa Asia Forum on Network Research & Engineering AAF

Table of Contents 1.Objective 2.Scope 3.Collaboration Areas 4.Scheme 5.Funding 6.Events 7.Web Site and Mailing List 8.Founding Member Appendix

1. Objective Africa Asia network research and engineering community development

2. Scope Research and Development Engineering Education

3. Collaboration Areas Measurement and Traffic Engineering IPv6 Wireless Network Future Internet Applications(eGovernment,…) Management and Security Web Service and Technology

4. Scheme Focus on specific areas Lead in some specific areas Presence in important areas Centers of excellence Collaboration between similar countries of two continents

5. Funding International organizations Multinational corporations Domestic organizations and corporations Remark: We will target good funding in 2010 and beyond.

6. Events Experimental Seminar on Measurement, Mauritius(AfriNIC) Joint Workshop on Future Internet, Kaohsiung “Internet Summit(AfNOG, AfriNIC,..)”, Cairo - AAF Workshop - Medical Video Conference, Cairo AAF Workshop(AfriNIC), Dakar “Internet Summit”, Kigali - AAF Workshop - Cyber Security Workshop, Web Workshop - CERT Instructor Training Course - Medical Video Conference(Kenya-Japan) AAF Workshop and CERT Training Course(AfriNIC) “Internet Summit”

7. Web Sites and Mailing Lists AAF Web Sites: AfricaAsia.net (mirrored site) Mailing Lists at AfricaAsia.net announce discuss coordination sec web security

8. Founding Members Africa: AAU, AfREN, AfNOG, AfriNIC Asia: APAN, APNIC, AsiaFI, WIDE

Appendix 1: Bibliography Bjorn Pehrson and Margaret Mgwira, Optical Fiber for Education and Research Networking in Eastern and Southern Africa, 2006.

Appendix 2: Planning Meeting First Planning Meeting, Seoul Second Planning Meeting, Jeju Third Planning Meeting, Cairo