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Invitation to APIA & ISOC-AU Open Forum (at APRICOT 2006, Perth, Australia) __________________________________________

Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA) (www.apia.org) and Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) (www.isoc-au.org.au) would like to invite the people in the Internet community to join the open forum to be held in conjunction with APRICOT 2006.

28 February 2006 Perth Convention and Exhibition Center, Perth Western Australia L2/Room 8 9:00 am ? 5:30 pm Free but registration is required at http://isoc-au.org.au/aiof/

Session 1) Internet Architecture Board (IAB) ? the Internet standard setting body will discusses the trends and issues that will impact your operations.

Session 2) Network Operators Groups (NOG) in the Asia Pacific region ? SANOG, PacNOG, CNNOG, JANOG, and APOPS will share the technology issues they discussed at their recent meetings and learn from each others.

Session 3) Introduction and presentation about recent activities by various AP* and ISOC chapters ? APAN, APNIC, APCAUCE, ISOC-AU, IA-Japan, APtld

Session 4) Round table workshop about technologists communicating to policy makers ? lead by Tom Vest, Protocol for Policy makers at PCH.

Please visit http://isoc-au.org.au/aiof/ for more information.

We look forward to seeing you at APRICOT 2006.

Regards, Kyoko Day APIA ? Board of Director