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The Pacific Islands chapter of the Internet Society is is looking forward to welcoming participants to the 2011 PacINET conference to be held in Pago Pago, American Samoa on 7-11 November 2011.

As one of the largest and most active Internet Society Chapters in the Asia Pacific region, PacINET is the annual and inclusive Internet and ICT conference for the Pacific Islands. Technical experts, industry reps, government employees, civil society, and academics, in fact anyone who works or has an interest in ICTs in the Pacific islands, come together to explore issues and join forces with a range of international expertise.

The conference will be composed of a range of non-technical and technical topics and is open to formats including Paper Presentations, Demonstrations, Tutorials, Workshops and Panel Discussions. The theme for PacINET 2011 is “Strengthening Pacific Communities - Shaping the Future with ICT”. It is anticipated there will be various sub-themes and the event is open to those interested in topics related to ICTs in the Pacific including but not limited to:

Access for All Mobile phones and the Pacific ICTs and Health e-Government ICTs and Climate Change Electronic Waste Internet Governance Net Neutrality Open data and crowdsourcing Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Censorship and network blocking ICTs and Education Women in ICT Leadership Disaster management Social Media Mobile Apps Technology

H R Lee Auditorium, Utelei, Pago Pago

This historic Fale Laumei building had a major facelift in 2007. The auditorium was officially named the H. Rex Lee Auditorium in honour of the territory’s first governor (who was appointed to the post in 1961 by US President John F. Kennedy). Translated, Fale Laumei literally means “Turtle House” (named so because the buildings shape resembles that of a turtle).


Monday: Welcome by American Samoa, Intro and Keynote, egovernment, ICT4D
Tuesday: International and regional perspectives: ICANN, ISOC, PITA, SPC, SOPAC
Wednesday: Internet Governance, Pacific voices in dialogue: IGF themed sessions and workshops, followed by PICISOC Annual meeting
Thursday: ICTs in practice and the community: including disaster management, IT and disability access
Friday: EXPO day with public training by APNIC

Draft Program

Workshops will also take place during the week including:
APNIC workshops: Technical training for ICT professionals on topics including IPv6 (see below)
SPC led APCICT 'Academy of ICT' workshop: Training course for government leaders on the roles that new technologies can play in meeting national development needs in education, health, good governance, business, and trade.

There will be evening functions, tours and activities as well. Full programme to be published closer to the event!

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This training provides an introduction to APNIC, and explains the key essentials of Internet resource management. It focuses on understanding the structures, processes, procedures, and policies involved in requesting, allocating, and managing Internet addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) and Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

IPv6 Workshop
This course provides an understanding and hands-on exposure to IPv6, its structure, operation, and technical features. IPv6 addressing and architecture is discussed in detail, and the issues related to the deployment, transition and coexistence with IPv4 are examined.

This course also includes hands-on IPv6 configurations on host computers as well as IPv6 network building and configuration scenarios. Participants will have the opportunity to work on lab exercises related to deploying IPv6 in dual-stack operational IXP/ISP environments as well as native IPv6 transit.

IPv6 policy and address allocations are discussed, as are the issues related to the current status of IPv4 free pool allocation and the deployment status of IPv6.

• It is highly recommended that participants bring their own laptop computers (At least Pentium 4, 1gb Ram, DVD drive, with administrative access to system) to practice the lessons learned during the workshops.

DNS/DNSSEC Tutorial
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical part of Internet infrastructure and the largest distributed Internet directory service. DNS translates names to IP addresses, which is required for web navigation, email delivery, and other Internet functions. To guarantee the availability of Internet services, it is important for networking professionals to understand DNS concepts, configurations, operations, and security aspects.

This tutorial will discuss the concept of DNS and security mechanisms, such as TSIG and DNSSEC. The deployment of DNSSEC will be discussed in detail with demonstrations.


Entry Permit for American Samoa
In order to get a special entry permit to attend this conference, it is important that you send a scan of the photo page of your passport to Andrew Berquist andrew.berquist@doit.as or fax the page to Andrew Berquist at + 1-684-633-3651
Do this as soon as possible so that your documentation will be ready before you arrive.

Flights
To check out cheap flights to American Samoa try:
• http://flights.expedia.com/Flights_Destinations_StateCountrySCASM.htm
• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Flights-g60665-American_Samoa-Cheap_Discount_Airfares.html

Transiting Faleolo International Airport, Samoa on your way to Pago Pago?
Please be aware that you will need to travel to Fagali'i Airport (about 30 minutes away) to connect to your flight to Pago Pago. This means that you will need to clear (W) Samoa immigration at Faleolo before boarding your bus/taxi to Fagali'i. You will then need to clear immigration at Fagali'i before boarding your flight to Pago Pago. Now read the item above 'Entry Permit for American Samoa'.

Staying in American Samoa. Click HERE

DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE HERE

15 Sept 2011 Deadline for Registrations of Interest 30 Sept 2011 Notification of Acceptance 7 October 2011 Schedule of Presentations finalised 15 October 2011 Schedule of Presentations published 7 -11 Nov 2011 Conference

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