Call for Tutorials

Call for Tutorial Presentations

The Nigerian Network Operators' Group (ngNOG) invites Expressions of Interest from individuals and organizations who wish to teach a tutorial between Saturday 14 November, 2009, at the 4th ngNOG event that will hold at the University of Ilorin.

Venue

The tutorials would be held at the Geology Centre of the University of Ilorin Saturday 14 November, 2009.

About the Tutorials

Tutorials are technical workshops which focus on a particular subject in-depth and are generally non-commercial in nature. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. They are intended to offer advanced training relating to technology and best practices already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations.

Potential Areas of Interest

* LIR/ IPv6
* Services Operations: DNS, Email, VOIP-group ware, Content Development, Open Source Tools and Analysis
* Security Operations: NSP-Sec, DDoS, Security Operations, Anti-SPAM, Anti-Malware.
* Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Operations
* Technologies: Wireless, WiMax, DSL, Broadband access aggregation
* Content Management Development/eLearning
* Mailing list etiquette
* Standards Documentation

How to apply

Those interested in teaching a tutorial are invited to submit a proposal not later than Saturday 19th September 2009.

We ask that the following information be sent in an email message to .

* speaker/presenter name and affiliation
* email address and phone number
* proposed title
* requested time allocation (for tutorial presentations: 30 minutes to half a day).
* an abstract of no more than 200 words
* permission to reproduce your presentation after the event, including permission to post it on the Forum website.

Funding and Support

The ngNOG event is not-for-profit and because limited funds are available, conference presenters and tutorial instructors are expected to cover their travel expenses. However, tutorial instructors or conference presenters are exempted from paying registration fees.

Send Requests to: ngnog-presentations@abuja.forum.org.ng