APNIC 19 update #3 ______________________

19th APNIC Open Policy Meeting 21 - 25 February 2005 Kyoto, Japan ______________________

Dear APNIC members and friends,

This is an update announcement about APNIC 19 with reminders of some important events and dates. APNIC 19, being held in conjunction with APRICOT 2005, is now only a month away. If you have not registered yet, please do as soon as possible, see below for details of the early bird registration discount.

Contents -------- 1. Early bird registration 2. Meeting programme 3. Nominations for Executive Council 4. Visa application 5. Call for informational presentations 6. Meeting sponsorship

1. Early bird registration --------------------------- Please register before 26 January 2005 to take advantage of the early-bird discount. Registration for APNIC 19, including the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM), and APRICOT 2005 sessions, can now be made on the APRICOT 2005 registration site at:

http://www.2005.apricot.net

APNIC members also receive an additional 25 percent discount by choosing the "APNIC Member" option and supplying your APNIC account name. If you do not know you account name, please contact vivian@apnic.net.

If you have any problems with the meeting registration procedures, please contact us at meetings@apnic.net.

2. Meeting programme --------------------- APNIC is working closely with the APRICOT organisers to deliver a first-class programme of conference and training sessions. APNIC is organising one of the tutorial and conference tracks.

The overall meeting programme schedules are as follows:

Pre-conference workshops 18 - 20 February Tutorials 21 - 22 February Conference 23 - 24 February APNIC Member Meeting 25 February

APNIC tutorial tracks include Dynamics of the policy development process, An Update on SPAM prevention and ISP security design and implementation strategy. The conference tracks are IPv6, NIR, IX, DNS operations, Policy, Database, and Routing SIGs. In addition, the UNDP's Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) will facilitate a special discussion session on Internet governance on Tuesday 22 February 2005. This session aims to obtain the views of technology practitioners in the Asia Pacific on the policy needs and priorities for emerging Internet technologies and technical challenges.

Further details of the APNIC Open Policy Meeting are available at:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19

3. Nominations for Executive Council ------------------------------------- Four positions on the APNIC Executive Council (EC) will become vacant in March 2005. An open election to fill these vacancies will be held during APNIC Member Meeting, in Kyoto on Friday 25 February 2005. Nominations must be submitted by close of business Friday 11 February 2005. The nomination form is available at:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/ec/nomination.html

For more information on nominations received, proxy registration and current EC members and the role of the EC, please refer to:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/ec/index.html

4. Visa requirements --------------------- It is strongly recommended that you contact your local Japanese Consular Offices to determine whether or not a visa is required to enter Japan as soon as possible because some visa applications can take up to ONE MONTH to be processed.

For visa applications, you are required to complete the meeting registration and hotel reservation before submitting the application. The APRICOT 2005 Japan Executive Committee Office can assist with visa applications and inquiries. For more information, see:

http://www.2005.apricot.net/visas.html

Useful local information, including accommodation, transportation and sightseeing is also available at:

http://www.2005.apricot.net

5. Call for informational presentations ---------------------------------------- The deadline for accepting policy proposals at APNIC 19 has now passed.

'Informational' presentations can still be accepted. Please send these to the appropriate SIG chair, cc'ing sig@apnic.net, as soon as possible.

SIG chairs * Address Policy SIG sig-policy-chair@apnic.net * Database SIG sig-db-chair@apnic.net * DNS Operations SIG sig-dns-chair@apnic.net * IPv6 (Technical) SIG sig-ipv6-chair@apnic.net * IX SIG sig-ix-chair@apnic.net * NIR SIG sig-nir-chair@apnic.net * Routing SIG sig-routing-chair@apnic.net

6. Meeting sponsorship ----------------------- Some sponsorship opportunities are still available. Sponsor organisations will be presented with valuable opportunities to expose their organisation, products, and services to an international audience of Internet leaders. Details of sponsorship options are available in the sponsorship package at:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/sponsors

Prospective sponsors are encouraged to send expressions of interest as soon as possible to the APNIC Secretariat at meetings@apnic.net.

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If you have any questions or suggestions about APNIC 19 or APRICOT 2005, please contact us by email at meetings@apnic.net.

We look forward to seeing you in Kyoto.

Best regards

______________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat secretariat@apnic.net Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61-7-3858-3100 PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61-7-3858-3199 Level 1, 33 Park Road, Milton, QLD http://www.apnic.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------