The
2018 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for
Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have gotten dates in June for
the two-day annual stakeholder engagement, reports ITRealms.
The
organisers of Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development
(IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, DigitalSENSE Africa Media made this
disclosure on Monday in Lagos.
According
to the convener and Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa
Media, Mrs Nkemdilim Nweke, the dates for the 2018 NDSF series on Internet
Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have been fixed
for Wednesday, June 6 and Thursday, June 7, at the Digital Bridge Institute
(DBI), Cappa, Lagos.
The main
themes for the two-day forum, she said, are for Day 1 IG4D; ‘Internet
Governance: Sustaining Development' on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable
on ‘IPv6: Broadening the Horizon’ on Thursday, June 7, 2018.
She
also said that date announcement before end of every January, has become
customary to enable Internet stakeholders to mark their calendars and get ready
for another year of multi-stakeholder assembly under the umbrella of Nigeria
DigitalSENSE Forum series.
This,
she equally said will afford stakeholders like the mobile network operators,
mobile phone companies, among others to streamline their activities by taking
advantage of this two-day events which exhibits the true stakeholders
engagement on Internet Governance for Development and IPv6 Roundtable in
Nigeria.
Mrs Nweke pointed out that Nigeria
DigitalSENSE Forum series which is on its 10th year has remained a
distinguished annual rallying point for Internet stakeholders in the country.
NDSF series,
she said, is organised and hosted by DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in collaboration with
the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and National InformationTechnology Development Agency (NITDA), Association of Licensed Telecommunications
Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA),
Nigeria Internet Group, Internet Society, Nigeria chapter and IPv6 Council
Nigeria, as well as the Africa Civil Society on the Information Society
(ACSIS), among others.
DigitalSENSE
Africa Media, she noted, is an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and organizes this
annual forum in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission
(NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy
Backbone and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Association of Licensed Telecommunications
Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA),
Nigeria Internet Group, Internet Society, Nigeria chapter and IPv6 Council
Nigeria, to name but a few.
Further,
she said, DigitalSENSE Africa is a team of internationally reputed and
award-winning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry analysts
and perception managers; professionally affiliated to African Regional At-Large
Organisation (AFRALO) for shaping the future of the Internet, African Civil
Society for the Information Society (ACSIS).
Nonye Dom/GEE
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