The Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Mr. Muhammed Rudman,
would early next month, June, preside over the annual 2018 edition of Nigeria
DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)
and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, reports ITRealms.
Confirming
this to ITRealms at the weekend, the convener
of NDSF Series and Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA)
Media Group, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, disclosed in Lagos, that this year’s theme
is on ‘Internet Governance, Sustaining Development.’
She
disclosed that the 2018 NDSF series slated for Wednesday, June 6, would see the
morning session focusing on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and afternoon
session on the Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, at the Cooperative Hall, Oshodi-Isolo
Secretariat, Oshodi-Lagos.
Mrs
Nweke pointed out that Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series which is on its 9th
year has remained a distinguished annual rallying point for Internet
stakeholders in the country with particular interest on students, youth, women
and Community-Based Organisations (CBOs).
This
year, she said would have Mr. Rudman, a veteran Information Technology (IT)
professional with over 18-year extensive experience and pioneer Chief Executive
Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), presiding NDSF.
She
noted that Mr. Rudman, is the chairman of IPv6 Council Nigeria and equally serving
on the Board of Nigerian Internet Registration Association, the .ng ccTLD
custodians, as the Vice President as well as
the Chairman, Communication and Publicity Committee, in addition to being
a member of the National Broadband Council tasked with the evaluation, review
and monitoring of the National Broadband Plan, among others.
Mrs
Nweke recalls that NDSF series, is 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 Information Technology 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), to name a few.
Nenye Dom/GEE
Pix: Mr. Muhammed Rudman, CEO of IXPN
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