The eight edition of the Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum for this year has gone virtual, reports ITREALMS.
ITREALMS also gathered that the forum earlier scheduled to hold in Dakar Senegal under the auspices of Senegal Network Information Centre with the support of the government of Senegal, will now be held virtually.
Scheduled for two days between July 27 and 28, 2020, officials confirmed to ITREALMS is an annual open event for stakeholders in the domain name industry in the continent organized by Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD), the Africa Registrar Association (AfRegistrar), and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
ITREALMS reports that this year, the Africa DNS Forum has been restructured to adapt to the virtual platform, with a total of four sessions that will be spread over a two-day period.
"Each session will be two hours long and will cover thematic topics focused on policy, technical, and marketing, as well as emerging issues under the current pandemic and other emergencies," the organisers disclosed in a press statement available to ITREALMS.
This virtual edition, ITREALMS equally gathered will provide the opportunity to test the resilience of the infrastructure in the region, event as remote participation will be available on Zoom and live streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
This virtual edition, ITREALMS equally gathered will provide the opportunity to test the resilience of the infrastructure in the region, event as remote participation will be available on Zoom and live streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
They urged intending participants to register and learn more about the Africa DNS Forum.
ITREALMS recalls that the first edition of the Forum was held in Durban, South Africa in 2013 and ever since the model has been replicated in the Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific regions.
ITREALMS recalls that the first edition of the Forum was held in Durban, South Africa in 2013 and ever since the model has been replicated in the Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific regions.
The Forum has also been held in Abuja, Nigeria (2014); Nairobi Kenya (2015); Marrakech, Morocco (2016); Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (2017); Cotonou, Benin (2018); and Gaborone, Botswana (2019).
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