========================================================================= 1995 Internet Society Workshop on Network Technology for Developing Countries Honolulu, Hawaii 18-24 June 1995 In conjunction with the INET'95 Conference, the Internet Society will again, as in 1993 and 1994, sponsor a Network Technology Workshop prior to the conference itself. The workshop will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the Manoa Campus of the University of Hawaii, during 18-24 June 1995. The focus of the workshop will be upon assisting countries that are either not yet connected to the Internet or are in the process of developing and enhancing an initial national Internet. Attendance at the workshop includes attendance at the Internet Society's annual conference, INET'95, which will be held in Honolulu during 27-30 June 1995 following the workshop. This workshop is an outgrowth of and builds upon the experiences of two similar workshops, held at Stanford University, USA in August 1993, and at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic in June 1994, in conjunction with the INET'93 and '94 conferences. Goals ----- The goals of the workshop are: 1. To train a critical mass of trainer/professionals in network infrastructure, transport, services, and management to be able to support an extension of meaningful Internet-related activities within the countries represented. 2. To identify and share individual and institutional contacts as well as information sources that will assist the process of national development, using international Internet connections. 3. To build robust professional linkages between all participants in the programs so that the mentor-student and colleague-colleague relationships formed during the workshop and conferences will remain strong and of continuing usefulness well beyond the workshop and conference. 4. To increase the level of cooperation among existing projects and activities for establishing data networks in developing countries. 5. To train small groups of trainers from the same country or region who can and will replicate and extend such training in their own country or region. Program ------- An intensive program of instruction is planned for each of four program tracks: 1. DIAL-UP NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY - For network technicians and technical staff with some experience using personal computers (networking experience preferable but not required), focusing upon the establishment and operation of an initial Internet presence in a country and possibly initiating the deployment of a basic national network infrastructure in the country. Topics will include dialup use of TCP/IP and UUCP under UNIX and DOS/Windows. 2. TCP/IP NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY - For network technicians and technical staff, focusing upon the extension, management and operation of an initial national network infrastructure and its integration with the global Internet, based principally on dedicated line connection. 3. NETWORK NAVIGATION AND SERVICES - For network information specialists and other user support staff, focusing upon how to use Internet connectivity to access network resources and information content and how to implement the network and client-server tool set for obtaining such access. Techniques for both TCP/IP and dial-up systems will be offered. 4. NATIONAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT - For technical and administrative managers of national networks, focusing on current legal, economic, organizational, technical, and policy issues of national network establishment and management. All participants will engage in extensive hands-on training, either setting up a prototype network or using actual Internet resources or both, as appropriate, using facilities at the University of Hawaii. Place ----- The workshop will be held at the University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Participants will be housed in the Honolulu area, with transportation provided to the instructional facitilities at the University. Convenient bus and taxi transportation will be available from the airport to workshop accommodations. Working language ---------------- The working language of the workshop will be English. A working knowledge of English will be required of each participant. The instructional staff as a whole will have some degree of proficiency in languages other than English. Dates ----- Participants should plan to arrive in Honolulu on or before the afternoon of Saturday, 17 June, and leave after mid-day on Friday, 30 June. Workshop sessions will be held starting Sunday afternoon, 18 June, and all day on Monday, 19 June through Saturday, 24 June. At the end of the workshop, participants will continue to be housed at the same accommodations, through the end of the INET'95 Conference. Transportation from workshop housing to the Conference location will be via public transit, which also provides connection to most other locations of interest and is inexpensive, reliable and easy to use. INET'95 begins on Tuesday afternoon, 27 June and continues until mid-day on Friday, 30 June. Eligibility ----------- The workshop is specifically directed toward the needs of people from technologically emerging countries who are playing or will play an important part in introducing and extending networking in their countries and regions. Attendees should be involved in planning to establish or in establishing the Internet's presence in their countries and regions, in institutionalizing its operation, and in assisting the country's schools and universities, governmental agencies, local firms, and residents in learning about and exploiting the range of services available through the net. Staff members of international and bilateral technical co-operation agencies, as well as professionals having substantial involvement in international technical assistance activities, are also eligible for admission. Participants who have attended the INET'93 or INET'94 Developing Countries Workshop will be considered eligible to attend the 1995 workshop; however, these former participants must apply for a track other than the track(s) completed in 1993 and 1994 and be consistent with their responsibilities in a national or regional context, and a convincing argument for repeated attendance must accompany the application. Preference will be given to small teams of people from the same country or region who can demonstrate a plan for introducing part of all of the training program in their home countries or regions. It is the responsibility of participants to ascertain the visa requirements that apply to them and to obtain any appropriate visas needed to attend the workshop and the related conference. The Internet Society can assist applicants in this matter if needed by providing information regarding the goals and activities of the Society and its professional goals and activities. Enrollment is limited to approximately 150 people. We encourage you to apply as early as possible. Application for admission ------------------------- ** ADMISSION IS CLOSED** =========================================================================