Agenda Overview

Agenda Detailed

Tuesday 14 August

Wednesday 15 August

Thursday 16 August

Friday 17 August

Saturday 18 August

Sunday 19 August

Monday 20 August

Tuesday 21 August

Wednesday 22 August

STREAM I: Pacific Regulators Summit (closed)

STREAM II: ATPLD Meeting (closed)

STREAM I: 1st Pacific IPv6 Summit

STREAM II: Workshops: ICT in Education and Inquisitive Learning, Centre for Women & ICTs

STREAM I: ICT in Education

STREAM II: Workshop: IPv6 Tutorial

STREAM III: Workshop: Establishing Computer Clubs/Societies

STREAM I: e-Health, e-Pacific, Building Connected Communities, Networks & Systems

STREAM II: Workshops: Security, Internet Use Abuse & Management, Access & Connectivity

STREAM III: Workshops: Internet Services to Rural Locations, Content Demos, Cyberschool, OLPC, Moodle

STREAM I: e-Government, GIS, PICISOC AGM

STREAM II: Workshops: SPAM, Regulators Retreat

STREAM III: Workshops: DNS Server, Proxy Server, Introduction to FOSS

STREAM I: FOSS, Utilities Roundup, Hardware/Software List for PICs, Workshop: Small Office Networks, Windows 2003

STREAM II: Workshop: Information Security

STREAM I: Mapserver

Table of contents

Using ICT in Education to model inquisitive learning and stimulate creative thinking

Building a Center for Women and ICTs

Session 1: Educational ICT in the Pacific

Session 2: Cyber Schooling in Theory & Practice

Session 3: Schoolnets in the Pacific

Session 4: The One Laptop Per Child Oceania Initiative

Establishing Computer Clubs/Societies

e-Pacific (including e-Health)

Building Connected Communities

Networks & Systems

Security Tutorial - APNIC Training Team

Internet use, abuse and management

Access and Connectivity in the Pacific

Cyberschool

Cost Effective Provision of Internet Services to Rural Locations

Content demos and content creation

OLPC

Moodle Web-based Learning System

e-Government

GIS

PICISOC AGM

SPAM Tutorial - APNIC Training Team

Pacific Regulators Retreat (RESTRICTED)

Introduction to FOSS

How to setup a DNS Server and How to setup a Proxy Server Tutorials

FOSS

Workshop: How to setup a small office network

Workshop: Installing Windows Server 2003 for a small office Network

Workshop: Information Security

Workshop: Mapserver

PacINET 2007 Conference Schedule

This is the final agenda, but check regularly for updates. Updates should also be available at the venue. Check with the local OrgCom. UPDATED: 10 August Times are Local Time (GMT+11)

Agenda Overview
Agenda Detailed

Guide only - check "Detailed Agenda" and Noticeboards at Conference Venue for actual session times and/or changes

	0900-1100	1100-1300	1300-1400	1400-1600	1600-1800

Tuesday 14 August
Stream I	Pacific Regulators (Closed)	Pacific Regulators (Closed)		Pacific Regulators (Closed)	Pacific Regulators (Closed)
Stream II	APTLD (Closed)	APTLD (Closed)		APTLD (Closed)	APTLD (Closed)
Registration	Registration for delegates not attending closed sessions will commence 1400 - 1800 Tuesday 14th August

Wednesday 15 August
Stream I	Opening Plenary	IPv6 Summit Plenary		IPv6 Summit	IPv6 Summit
Stream II				Workshop: Using ICT in Education to model inquisitive learning and stimulate creative thinking	Workshop: Building a Center for Women and ICTs

Thursday 16 August
Stream I	ICT in Education	ICT in Education		ICT in Education	ICT in Education
Stream II	IPv6 Tutorial/Workshop	IPv6 Tutorial/Workshop		IPv6 Tutorial/Workshop	IPv6 Tutorial/Workshop
Stream III					Establishing Computer Clubs/Societies

Friday 17 August
Stream I	PacINET Keynote	PacINET Forum		Internet Today: The Players	Internet Today: The Issues

Saturday 18 August
Stream I	e-Pacific (including e-Health	Building Connected Communities		Networks & Systems	Networks & Systems
Stream II	Security Tutorial	Security Tutorial		Internet use abuse and Management	Access and Connectivity in the Pacific (including Telecentres Forum)
Stream III	Cost Effective Provision of Internet Services to Rural Locations Workshop	Content Demos and Content Creation, Cyberschool		OLPC	Moodle

Sunday 19 August
Host Committee to advise

Monday 20 August
Stream I	e-Government	e-Government		GIS	PICISOC AGM
Stream II	SPAM Tutorial	SPAM Tutorial		Regulators Retreat (Closed)
Stream III				Workshop: How to setup a DNS Server and How to setup a Proxy Server Tutorials

Tuesday 21 August
Stream I	FOSS	Utilities Roundup, Hardware/Software List for PICs		How to setup a small office Network	Installing Windows Server 2003 for a small office Network
Stream II	Information Security Workshop	Information Security Workshop		Information Security Workshop	Information Security Workshop

Wednesday 22 August
Stream I	Mapserver Workshop	Mapserver Workshop		Mapserver Workshop	Mapserver Workshop

Guide only - check Noticeboards at Conference Venue for actual session times and/or changes

0830-0900	Registration
0900-0930	Welcome Message(s)
0930-1040	Morning Session
1040-1100	Morning Break
1100-1300	Morning Session (con't)
1300-1400	Lunch
1400-1530	Afternoon Session I
1530-1600	Afternoon Break
1600-1800	Afternoon Session II
1800-1815	Concluding Remarks and the Way Forward

For details, see APTLD website

0800-0900	Official Opening Ceremony - PacINET 2007
0900-1030	PacINET 2007 Opening Plenary
1030-1100	Morning Break

1100-1100	Welcome Message	Rajnesh D. Singh - President, IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands
1110-1150	IPv6 Around the World	Latif Ladid - President, IPv6 Forum (Global)
1150-1225	The Business Case for IPv6	Tony Hain - Cisco
1225-1300	Internet and IP Convergence in Asia Pacific: The IPv6 factor	Yves Poppe - VSNL International/Teleglobe
1300-1400	Lunch
1400-1430	IPv6 in Japan	Hiroshi Esaki - IPv6 Promotion Council Japan, WIDE Project
1430-1500	IPv6 Business Case Study in Australia	Tony Hill - IPv6 Forum Down-under, ISOC Australia
1500-1530	IPv6 in Korea	Dr. Hyeong-Ho? Lee - IPv6 Forum Korea
1530-1600	Afternoon Break
1600-1630	IPv6 in Taiwan	Dr. Johnson Lee - IPv6 Forum Taiwan
1630-1650	APNIC IPv6 Initiative	Elly Tawhai/Cecil Goldstein – APNIC
1650-1725	IPv6 and the Pacific Islands	University of the South Pacific, Our Telekom (Solomon Islands), Telecom Regulators, Others TBA
1725-1815	Panel Discussion: The Way Forward	An IPv6 Roadmap for the Pacific Islands
1815-1830	Conclusion and Closing Remarks

1400-1530	Richard Rowland and Ev Lubinska – One World Foundation of New Zealand
	The One World Foundation have designed and developed an innovative, free learning resource which can be used extensively in schools all over the world. The resource, based around a fully interactive website, takes ICT into different areas of the typical curriculum. It also brings young people around the world closer together, helps them to understand other ways of life and brings immediacy and reality into learning. It is a resource with personality, which is highly motivational. It will also reach out and embrace all people and seek, through greater knowledge and understanding, to begin the process of creating a better more tolerant world and through that help to overcome some of the major problems facing our societies today. Young people will become a part of their own learning process and will also be responsible for the way their own life and culture is perceived by others. The workshop will cover the main points of using the project and look at the role of the teacher in modern technology based learning. It will also attempt to give educators a means to differentiate between teaching and learning and provide tools for identifying how the strategies used can be evaluated
1530-1600	Afternoon Break

1600-1730	Bria McElroy?, International Taskforce on Women and ICTs
	Women from international communities around the world are deeply interested in getting involved in addressing issues of access, literacy, employment, entrepreneurship and leadership in information and communication technology (ICT) development. Many of these women are themselves engineers, teachers, or entrepreneurs with enormous compassion, energy, and interest in improving the quality of life for others, particularly girls and women. Their knowledge, skills, and current abilities may lack the expertise for developing and sustaining a non-government organization (NGO) focused on technology. Unlike traditionally focused NGOs, ICTs bring additional costs and challenges that more traditional social programs do not need to consider. And yet, unless we tackle these challenges, the digital divide, or more specifically the gender digital divide, will continue to widen leaving women further behind in the economic, social, and political realms that are growing increasingly technologically enabled. This program is not simply an educational process but requires significant input from the participants. Much of the program is facilitated so that the participants can provide the answers to the questions in ways that makes sense to them, their goals, and the vision and mission of their effort. At the end they will be more empowered or educated about how to build a central organization for girls and women and ICTs that is sustainable. Of course, no one can guarantee that a program will be funded, but once participants understand the process, they will be in a better position to make their case for the support they need, feel comfortable asking, and ensure they do not get discouraged if rejected the first time

0830-0900	Introduction followed by Opening remarks by Minister for Education and Permanent Secretary, Govt of Solomon Islands

0900-1030	Introduction & Overview of Educational ICT in the Pacific	Dr. Robert Whelan - University of the South Pacific
	Overview of the Day, overview of current education-related ICT activities in the region, addressing key challenges and obstacles
	ICT in Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of Basic Education	Elizabeth Cass - PRIDE
	This presentation will give an overview of PRIDE ICT projects currently taking place in the Pacific and provide examples of where ICT could be embedded in other Projects. The PRIDE Project, coordinated from USP’s Inst. Of Education works to enhance student learning in fifteen Pacific countries by strengthening the capacity of each Ministry of Education to plan and deliver quality basic education
	Developing local educational content, a multi lingual approach	Kath Norton - 2020 Communications Trust
	This presentation will describe the work that has been done and is being done in New Zealand and Malaysia, similarities with Solomon Islands, authoring local content, use of Moodle to support the sharing of planning, teacher and student conversations and content
	Multimedia for education in the Pacific Islands	Elizabeth Cass, Robert Whelan - USP/PRIDE
	In 2004 a JICA funded study Maximising the Benefits of ICT/Multimedia in the South Pacific: Cultural Pedaagogy and Usability Factors.” was undertaken by Christopher Robbins, Multimedia Specialist at the Media Centre of the University of the South Pacific. This presentation will present the key findings of this report and demonstrate a multi media educational CD Rom, Tracing our Ancestors developed as part of this project. Other examples and future possibilities of content and localization will also be presented, along with examples of FOSS available and in use in the Pacific
	Developments in distance learning in the Cook Islands	Maureen Hilyard - Cook Islands Education Secretariat
	This presentation will describe some of the developments that have taken place in the last couple of years in the Cook Islands to overcome the logistical difficulties of delivering distance learning resources from The Correspondence School in Wellington New Zealand to the distant outer islands, particularly the Northern Group

1030-1100	Morning Break

1100-1230	Session Keynote Address: Nian-Shing? Chen	Professor, Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen? University, Taiwan
	Presentation of the Cyber Schooling Framework from three angles: The concept of Cyber School extends the traditional school through anytime and anywhere access to the teaching resources, better teacher-students and students-students interaction, and much more contextualized learning environment. A Cyber Teacher Desk provides teachers with enhanced teaching aids and just-in-time access to students within and physical classroom and outside of it. Cyber Student Desk provides students with multifarious learning tools, mobility and situated learning potentials
	Best Practice in Instructional Design for the Synchronous Cyber Classroom	Megan Hastie - BSDE
	Presentation of a guideline to helps teachers maximize student interaction during synchronous cyber lessons thereby maximizing students’ cognitive gain. The guideline is a practical application of best practice strategies and a survival manual for teachers embarking on synchronous cyber teaching. It has particular relevance to educators involved in online learning with students in the Pacific and has been successfully used in the Solomon Islands
	An Open Source World	Cindea Hung - Feng-xi Junior High School, Kaohsiung Taiwan
	Cindea writes: "I’d like to share my experience with the teachers who are interested in it, and let the people know the benefit of using ICT on teaching and learning. The students knew how to make good use of the Internet, and enjoyed the different life it brought to them. All we need is a laptop in the classroom, and we can connect the world and make a difference"
	Team Teaching with the Cyber School Framework	Laurence Quinlivan - National Sun Yat-Sen? University, Taiwan
	Demonstration of the Cyber Collaborative Classroom	Session Speakers and DLCP Staff
	The session speakers and DLCP staff will demonstrate the features of a state-of-the-art integrated learning management system and interactive tuition platform

1230-1330	Lunch

1330-1530	Introduction & Overview of SchoolNets? in the Pacific	Robert Whelan - USP
	An overview of current schoolnet activities in the region, including Samoa Schoolnet, Fiji Schoolnet and the Pacific Schoolnet initiative, lessons learned, benefits, impacts
	Good practice in setting up School Net	Ian Thomson - 2020 Communications Trust
	The presentation will explain how the reach of SchoolNet? programs can be extended with ICT and how their utility can be optimised through their multiple-use aspect, in particular with respect to distance learning centres. This will be linked to the growing number of Telecentres in the Pacific
	Building a SchoolNet? in Solomon Islands	Peter Pitia - Project Officer, DLCP
	This presentation will describe the logistical side of building a network of rural ICT learning centres in Solomon Islands. It will explain how partnerships in development are created by the project, host schools, community and Ministry that are essential if the centres are to be sustainable. The technical part of the presentation will outline the logistical and capacity development processes involved in the deployment of the VSAT stations, providing useful feedback on practical issues for organisations and projects that are also contemplating the use of VSAT technology
	Early performance indicators for the Solomon Islands Distance Learning Centres	David Leeming - DLCP
	The DLCP is an EU-funded project of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Education. Following presentations made to PacINET 2005 and 2006 concerning the establishment of nine distance learning centres located in rural community schools and provided with access to broadband Internet by a new VSAT network, this presentation will focus on early performance indicators and issues of sustainability
	Community response to distance learning opportunities enabled by ICT in rural Solomon Islands"	Avis Mamau - Supervisor, St. Stephen’s Distance Learning Centre, Pamua, Makira
	How effective is the distance learning centre model in actually providing new educational opportunities to rural communities? This presentation will provide some data and anecdote on the response of teachers and people aspiring toward a continuing education at the Pamua DLC, the first of the VSAT-equipped network of learning centres to be opened in Solomon Islands. The presentation will feature a number of providers whose courses are available or in the process of being made available through the centres, including USP, UPNG and other regional institutions
	The technicalities of delivering USPs continuing education and DFL courses through the Solomon Islands Distance Learning Centres''	Mark Dennis - ICT Manager, USP Centre, Honiara
	USPNet services that are available via the public network / Limitations of the USPNet public portal / Temporary solution via ftp link to provide audio and video as well as other specific digital data as required / CMS as a long term solution including tying in mirroring of all required audio/video/other digital format / The local USP interface at the desktop at each DLC: Preliminary design and browse through to demonstrate how it ties in with the CMS / Local DLC operator training required to facilitate USP students requirements and for future counseling/Internet banking, possibilities and procedures viz USP admin

1530-1600	Afternoon Break

1600-1730	OLPC Oceania Panel Presentation and Demonstration	Dr Jimmie Rogers, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Rangan Srikhanta, UNA, Sam Taufao, SPC, Ian Thomson, 2020 Communications Trust, David Leeming, DLCP, John Budden, PIFS
	The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Oceania initiative aims to provide every child with a personal computer packed with technologies to encourage self-learning and collaboration. The initiative proposes to distribute 100,000 units over a three-year period throughout the Pacific region, as part of the implementation of the Digital Strategy of the Pacific Islands Forum. The presentation will cover the history and design philosophy of OLPC, the proposals for an OLPC Oceania Initiative, SPC's VSAT proposals, and the features of the laptops will be demonstrated by the panel with the aid of several B-2 prototype laptops

This course aims to provide an understanding of what IPv6 is, its structure and operation as well as the technical features inherent in the protocol. IPv6 addressing architecture will be discussed in detail. IPv6 from the operator’s perspective will be presented and transition and co-existence mechanisms and their challenges examined. As well, the configuration of IPv6 on host computers and the building and configuration of IPv6 networks will be covered. IPv6 policy and address allocation criteria will be discussed and an overview and some perspectives on the current deployment status of IPv6 presented.
• What is IP and why a new IP?
• IPv6: architecture and operation
• IPv6 addressing
• IPv6 features
• Security – IPSec Overview
• IPv6 DNS
• IPv4 to IPv6 transition
• IPv6 policy and procedures
• How to apply for IPv6 addresses
• IPv6 statistics
Practical Exercises:
IPv6 Host Configuration
• IPv6 Subnetting
• IOS Introduction
• IPv6 IX Topology
• IPv6 Tunnelling Topology

08:00-08:30	Registration
08:30-10:30	Part A
10:30-10:50	Morning Break
10:50-13:00	Part B
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-16:00	Part C
16:00-16:20	Afternoon Break
16:20-18:20	Part D
18:20-18:30	Closing Remarks

1800-1900	Don Hollander, PIP

0900-1030	PacINET 2007 Keynote
	Introduction and Comments	Rajnesh D. Singh - Chairman, PICISOC
	Message from Dr Vinton Cerf (via video)	Internet Pioneer, Vice-President? – Google, Chairman – ICANN
	PacINET 2007 Keynote: Dr Jimmie Rodgers	Director-General – SPC
1030-1100	Morning Break
1100-1300	PacINET Forum	ICT: A Catalyst for Development
	Panellists	Dr Vinton Cerf - Internet Pioneer (comments via video), Dr Jimmie Rodgers – SPC, Tom Vest – OECD/RIPE, John Budden – Forum Secretariat
	Moderator	Rajnesh D. Singh - PICISOC
1300-1400	Lunch
1400-1530	Internet Today : The Players
	ISOC and its activities	Karen Rose – Director Education and Programs, ISOC
	The Internet Governance Forum	Rajnesh D. Singh, Chairman, PICISOC
	International Taskforce on Women and ICTs	Bria McElroy?, Assistant Director – CWIT
	ICANN	Save Vocea – Regional Liaison Manager, ICANN
	IPv6 Forum	Latif Ladid – President, IPv6 Forum
	APNIC	Elly Tawhai – Pacific Liaison, APNIC
	APTLD	Don Hollander - General Manager, APTLD (TBC)
	APRALO	Rajnesh D. Singh, Chair, APRALO
1530-1600	Afternoon Break
1600-1800	Internet Today: The Issues
	SPAM	Richard Cox – Spamhaus
	Return of the e2e Internet	Latif Ladid – IPv6 Forum
	New Policy and Technology Regimes	Tom Vest – OECD/RIPE
	Panel Discussion on Internet Issues
	Moderator	Rajnesh D. Singh

0830-0930	e-Health	Dr Harry McConnell?, International Health Network
0930-0945	Update on the Pacific Digital Strategy	John Budden, Forum Secretariat
	An update on the Digital Strategy endorsed by Pacific Leaders as part of the Pacific Plan
0945-1005	e-Readiness assessment of Pacific Island Countries	Siaosi Sovaleni, SOPAC
	eReadiness assessment of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) intend to determine the state of preparedness of the PICs to participate and be part of the networked/information world. It is determined by the not only their development in ICT but also their ability to benefit from ICT and their capability and capacity to adopt ICT. The presentation will cover background information regarding the eReadiness project for PICs and its linkages to regional strategies. It will discuss the chosen assessment methodology and discussed alternatives. The presentation will also cover in more detail the categories and indicators used and the different stages of ‘readiness’. Issues that came up during the assessment will also be discussed. Finally the presentation will discuss some of its preliminary findings and recommendations
1005-1025	e-Tourism in the South Pacific	Peter Dawkins, South Pacific Tourism Organisation
	This paper will examine the importance of the Internet for tourism in the South Pacific. The paper will examine: 1) The economic importance of tourism in the South Pacific, 2) The role of the Internet in tourism, 3) Barriers / inhibitors to development, 4 ) Initiatives and interventions to date and current state of progress, 5) Planned future initiatives
1025-1045	Morning Break
1045-1105	e-Biz
	Sam Fisiinaua, ANZ Bank
1105-1125	e-Commerce in the Pacific. An ongoing Case Study CURADERM.Net	Simon Agius, curaderm.net
	Simon’s paper will explain, with real examples from Curaderm.net, his experience in growing the website and brand to new levels of popularity by utilizing some exciting developments with online IT such as; adwords/online marketing, live person/live chat, VOIP, Blogging. affiliates and other internet based softwares that are straightforward and simple to use by both IT people and their local staff

1125-1145	Reaching out to rural and remote communities – new technology opportunities	Phill Hardstaff, SPC
	A technical presentation on proposed trials of SkyEdge? VSAT and community information centre to reach out to rural and remote communities. Why is that now possible for all remote areas in the Pacific? What has changed lately? About two years ago, the AMC-23 satellite was launched over the Pacific providing High Power satellite coverage for all island countries and territories. Footprint specifically designed to cover ocean areas not covered before, Smaller Antenna sizes 1.2 to 1.8m resulting in very affordable VSAT equipment and its Special design for smaller circuits which suit Internet access from rural areas. That is very attractive for transmission of radio programs and Internet-enabled content for education, health, agriculture, fisheries or humanitarian purposes, and immediate access to all sites all over the Pacific for emergency and disaster situations. A Pacific SkyEdge? VSAT hub located in the US West coast can provide full coverage of all Pacific islands
1145-1205	New opportunities for national development – submarine cable options for certain Pacific island countries and territories	Sam Taufao, SPC
	A technical presentation on potential submarine cable opportunities in the Pacific and identify a checklist of key issues for countries to consider. For some PICTs who met recently at senior government and operator level in New Caledonia, three key points were highlighted. (i) Development of telecommunication infrastructure is a key driver to economic and social progress; (ii) Countries are already connected to the global village; and (iii) The challenge to ‘stay connected’ will require higher international highways and availability of broadband access to everyone. This presentation will summarise existing submarine cables, on-going and proposed future projects. The capital expenditures are not insignificant. Maintenance and operational support, and maximizing the value from such investments are of direct relevance to PACINET. Being aware of these issues involves forward national planning but perhaps more importantly, individual career opportunities also
1205-1225	Profitable Micro-scale Rural Telecommunications option in PNG	Gibson Tito, PNG University of Technology
	Universal access policies have presumed that rural communications are expensive and therefore unprofitable. Despite extensive evidence to the contrary, many regulators continue to believe in the myth of universally unprofitable rural and remote services. With Papua New Guinea’s huge population about eightyfive percent (85%) living in the remote rural villages, expanding telecommunications services to the rural and remote regions of the world has traditionally been a costly and non-profitable venture. The country’s vast geographical area with extensive mountain ranges, swamps, scattered islands and volcanic regions constitute natural constraints to telecommunications development. Having the given factors affecting rural telecommunications development in PNG. Consideration has been given in studying the viability of providing rural, low-income areas with communication services and to explore the innovative use of GSM technology and evaluate the financial viability of self-sustained micro-telephone operators serving rural areas. This paper will explore the viability of establishing small rural operators, which would operate under a completely new business model adapted for better serving rural, low income areas. A key concern is to explore whether the GSM technology would be scalable downwards with maintained cost effectiveness
1225-1245	Building Connected Communities: Lessons learnt from New Zealand Maori	Karaitiana Taiuru, Aotearoa Maori Internet Society
	Presentation is based on the Ngai Tahu community portal, which won several awards and was a finalist in the Stockholm Awards in 2006. Presented is by the Technical architect of the project. Ngai Tahu are a tribal group of Maori who are geographically diverse whom required an online community to revitalise their unique tribal dialect and for family members to correspond in both a tribal and social environment. Key requirements of the systems were localisation, community ownership, and ease of use for end users, mailing lists, forums, e-learning, cell phone technology and ability for video. Since the online community was for all age members they portal was dynamic and incorporated new technologies as they became available
1245-1305	Building Connected Communities: Samoa’s experience in implementing Telecenters	Jacinta Teofilo, Ministry of Communications and IT, Samoa
	Much has been written about the societal impact of telecenters world wide. From rural India to Africa and throughout the world. However, in the small island developing states of the Pacific, only a few countries have implemented telecenters. In the case of Samoa, her national ICT strategy was launched in March 2005. Its number one priority Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) project is Rural Connectivity. As experienced by other countries, there have been a lot of challenges we faced during the implemention of telecenters. These challenges were due mainly to the fact that people living in rural villages have never heard of the words computers and Internet before nor have they seen a computer. But through this project, we have evidence that capacity building is one of the major component of a telecenter project. Students are now using the telecenters for their homeworks or learning to type with 10 fingers. People are now using the email, even old ladies in their 60s and 70s. But above all, the telecenters, once implemented showed that there is a huge need of ICTs in rural villages. More will be revealed in the presentation
1305-1325	Integrate Disaster Reporting Systems into the PFnet model	Randall Biliki, People First Network
	The People First Network, or Pfnet www.peoplefirst.net.sb is a rural connectivity project, which aims to promote and facilitate equitable and sustainable rural development and peace building by enabling better information sharing and knowledge building among and across communities forming the Solomon Islands. PFNet has developed a disaster reporting system using a simple Microsoft Access Programme and have tested it to work with our current system. PFNet is in good standing and has the capacity to incorporate Disaster/Risk Management into the PFNet model having experienced staff within its human resource team. During the 2nd April 2007 Tsunami that affected Western and Choiseul Provinces, the system has yet to be fully maximised and its potentials yet to be tested. Nevertheless because of an immediate radio call from a station near the epicenter, it was only 30 minutes after the earthquake that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii had confirmation by phone from PFnet of a tsunami generating event and they ere able to revise their regional warning. Pfnet is now able to draw on its experience and lessons that could provide a basis for its full integration into the National Emergency Warning and Response System that can play a vital role in future Disaster Situations in future
1325-1425	Lunch

1425-1455	Session Keynote: Internet Stability	John Crain, ICANN
	DNS hierarchy, what root servers are, how they are mirrored and contribute to net stability
1455-1515	Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)	Anne Lord, ISOC
	An overview of IETF and its role in Internet Standards development and how to get involved
1515-1535	Exploring SOA	Lee Humphries, Our Telekom
	The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has gathered a lot of momentum of the last few years, but there’s still a lot of misunderstanding as to what it really means for organisations both big and small. This presentation provides a basic overview of what SOA means, what it is built upon, and what can be delivered through an effective SOA implementation. Specific examples will be provided as to how organisations can begin down the SOA path and leverage advantages without engaging in commitments to organisation-wide projects
1535-1555	Wireless over Water	Murray Pearson, University of Waikato and Ian Thomson, 2020 Communications Trust
	Currently in the Pacific there is a great deal of interest in using low cost wireless links to extend Internet coverage from Islands that have Internet to those that don’t. This presentation will look at the properties of wireless propagation such as transmission power, Fresnel zones and multi-path that can impact the performance of wireless links across water. A review of techniques that can be used to improve the chances of successfully deploying links across water will be given. This will include a proposed solution that uses low cost off the shelf WiFi? radio cards and diversity to increase the performance of radio links across water
1555-1615	Afternoon Break
1615-1635	TCP performance over Satellite Links	Murray Pearson, University of Waikato
	Satellites are increasingly being used to provide Internet connections to remote locations through out the Pacific. However, network protocols such as TCP which are used control the flow data across the Internet are known to perform badly if not used with care over satellite links. This presentation will give an introduction to the TCP protocol and the mechanisms that can adversely affect its performance when used over satellite links. A series of techniques that can be used to optimise the performance of TCP when used over Satellite links will be presented. This will include both techniques that can be employed on the end hosts and those that can be used by service providers in the core of their networks
1635-1655	Network Monitoring at FFA	Henry Salonica, FFA
	Network monitoring is very new at FFA. This will give an overview of what FFA has setup and how we are finding it
1655-1715	Overview of FFA IT changes	Norman Kapun, FFA
	FFA IT is going through significant changes and implementing and upgrading systems in the past two years. Norman will cover the changes, why they are occuring and the challenges arising. Specifically items include moving to structured cabling, network storage requirements, Short tours of FFA's IT computer infrastructure for small groups will be available for interested groups
1715-1815	Roundtable: Peering, Internet Exchanges, and Internet Stability in the Pacific	Moderator: John Crain, ICANN

Understanding infrastructure security threats and implementing effective security measures are key factors in ensuring network infrastructure reliability and integrity. This tutorial will detail the latest network infrastructure threats and discuss best current practices for addressing many of these risks. Specific attention will be given to securing network infrastructure devices, common filtering practices, effective logging practices, routing protocol security issues, and mechanisms to mitigate damage from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. In addition the course discusses network forensics (analysing network events in order to discover the source of irregular events) and looks at the tools and methods that can be used to implement this

1400-1530	Al Blake, Technology Improvement Unit, Dept of Environment and Water Resources, Govt of Australia
	A workshop focussing on web filtering and content management
1530-1630	Afternoon Break

0900-1015	Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University

1015-1115	Andy Grafton, Our Telekom
	Providing a cost effective solution to the delivery of internet connectivity in remote locations is extremely difficult, especially when the environment makes it physically difficult. After reviewing a large number of options, Our Telekom (Solomon Islands) has assembled a set of equipment that allows us to deliver internet services to rural areas at a price point that doesn’t require a large customer base initially, but which has capacity to meet growing demand. In this workshop, Andy Grafton presents the set of equipment used, its operation and administration

1115-1230	David Leeming, DLPC and Ian Thomson, 2020 Communications Trust

1400-1530	OLPC Team

1530-1700	Moodle Trainer, USP

Host Committee to advise

0900-0925	ICT Vision for Government	Samson Wa'ahero, Govt of Solomon Islands ICT Support Unit
	The core business of Government is INFORMATION. Governments gather, move and distribute information, and make decisions based on that information. Information and Communication Technology is a tool to enable Governments to perform their core business. This paper looks at the baseline from which strategic thinking starts, economies of scale, and how the architecture described can be used by smaller nations
0925-0950	Balancing Compliance And Business Priorities In A Government Department	Al Blake, Technology Improvement Unit, Dept of Environment and Water Resources, Govt of Australia
	The Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources has recently undertaken a number of key strategic projects aimed at addressing these 'whole of government' concerns. This session will focus on the growing importance of matching stakeholder's needs with compliance requirements to provide secure, reliable, auditable service delivery to citizens
0950-1015	Impact of the Use of Information Technology on the Revision and Dissemination of the Laws of Fiji	Sam Goundar, Office of the Attorney General, Govt of Fiji
	The paper will mainly focus on the Impact of the Use of Information Technology to assist the Law Revision Commission of Fiji in the Consolidation, Amendments, Revision, and the Dissemination of the Laws of Fiji. For the first time ever, the Revision of the Laws of Fiji are being done in digital/electronic format using the Information Technology platform with a local project team under the guidance of an Advisor provided by the Commonwealth Secretariat and managed and coordinated by a local IT Manager/Project Manager (the paper presenter). The proposed paper, after critically analysing the above, would endevour to recommend an improved and adapted best practice of Using Information Technology to Revise and Disseminate the Laws of Fiji that can be used by future Law Revision Commissions in Fiji as well as other jurisdictions in the South Pacific and lay the foundation for future study/research in such area. The paper will look at information technology as the efficient and effective facilitator and enabler of the Law Revision Process that would have otherwise cost the tax payers of Fiji hundreds of thousands of dollars and taken several years to complete
1015-1040	Aid Donor ICT Issues	Luma Darcy, Govt of Solomon Islands
	A discussion of the problems faced by National Governments when well meaning Donor agencies deliver systems, equipment and solutions without coordination and without fully considering the impact of these solutions on the recipient Government
1040-1100	Morning Break
1100-1125	The long road to a national ICT policy in Papua New Guinea	Nathan Andy Kwasam, University of Papua New Guinea
	It took the Papua New Guinea Government agencies and stakeholders fifteen years to formulate the National Policy on Information and Communication (NPIC), ten years of non-implementation, and a further four years to review it. Currently, the NPIC is under another long process of review starting in 2004. It is now 2007, and the new NPIC has not been promulgated. The process of making the NPIC spans over three Governments, under three different Departments and Ministries. Why is it so hard to formulate and implement such policies? This paper looks at the issues which contribute to the long process of the making of the NPIC and the subsequent lack of implementation. Its starts with a historical overview of the process, follows by a descriptive analysis of the issues involved in formulation and implementation. The paper concludes with an academic and theoretical recommendations to the issues discussed
1125-1150	Opportunities beyond competition and regulation	Loyley Ngira, Our Telekom
	In a liberalised telecommunications market, the incumbent will almost always focus on competition and regulatory mechanisms more then on the opportunities it can derive in a competitive marketplace. Whilst it is important to address and ensure that regulatory measures are properly implemented to provide a conducive business environment for all players, attention to opportunities can be overshadowed by aggressive perusal of such issues. Recognising business opportunities is at best tricky, requires innovation, anticipation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Our Telekom believes business opportunities will eventuate in a competitive environment and it must align itself in the best possible position to capitalise on these opportunities when they present themselves. Our Telekom's greatest asset in the face of competition is its vast range of experience and expertise in this business terrain and the knowledge it has acquired and accumulated operating in the harsh Solomon Islands economy
1150-1215	Women in ICT (WIT): Data Collection and a Gender Analysis of Pacific ICTs	Anju Mangal and Alisi Tuqa, PICISOC
	Data and research works on Women ICT professionals are somewhat lacking in Pacific organizations, and because of the unavailability of detailed gender analyses, issues of access, application and participation is not really well known. In general, women are engaged more in using ICT for administrative purposes (word processing, email, etc) then engaging as ICT professionals (computer engineers, etc). The presentation will highlight the on-going work PICISOCs Women in Technology (WIT) is doing to help Pacific women better understand the current state of access, participation and leadership of Pacific Women in ICTs. It works to find and highlight solutions to increase women’s participation in the ICT workforce and in the knowledge society such that socioeconomic and political development is enhanced for the community at large. PICISOC WIT will present its desktop research and case studies for Solomon Islands and Fiji at the PACINET 2007 Conference
1215-1240	Improving customer service using Document Management systems	Jan Battaerd, OAS
	Most organisations continually strive to provide improvements in customer service. Using a Document Management system, paper documents are scanned, indexed and archived. Tracking correspondence in and out of the organisation helps management ensure customers enquiries are handled in a timely fashion. The Vanuatu National Provident Fund and Department of Lands in Vanuatu have installed SAPERION, an application developed in Germany over 25 years ago. As well as improvements in customer interaction, overall staff productivity has also improved. No more lost files, reduced wasted time tracking client or project information. It’s not an instant fix, but a journey to improve business processes, secure document archives and comply with legislation for corporate governance
1240-1300	Open Mic
1300-1400	Lunch

Download the PICISOC AGM 2006 minutes (draft) here AGMMinutesdraftPacINET2006.pdf (114.40 Kb)

1600-1800
.Open Meeting, Chairman
.Introduction of Board
.Minutes of Last meeting, Secretary
.Financial Report, Treasurer
.Membership Report, Chairman
.Chapter Activities, SIGs
.Motions
.ISOC Board Report, Franck Martin, ISOC Board Member
.Presentation of Bids for hosting PacINET 2008
.Selection/Award of Host for PacINET 2008
.Other Business
.Next Meeting
.Close Meeting

Unsolicited commercial email (UCE), also known as 'spam', is currently the most frequent complaint from users of the Internet, and is a potential threat to the effectiveness of email as a form of communication. This tutorial will discuss the concept of spam and examine a number of tips and measures to defend against spam. Participants will also look at ways to cut down on UCE using filters, blacklists, and other anti-spam techniques, and discuss how to set up email policies to combat spam. The tutorial will also look at a comparative study of spam laws in the Asia Pacific region

1400-1800	For Pacific Regulators only

1100-1300	Ghislain Hachey, IOSN

1400-1530	Franck Martin, PICISOC

0900-0925	A Project Monitoring Case using FOSS	Ghislain Hachey, Infosyst Open Solutions
	A presentation on project monitoring in general and how to make use of proven free open source software to achieve this. Presentation would mostly be under the form of a workshop/tutorial where participants would go through the steps of implementing a reporting system using FOSS themselves. The real life example used for the workshop would be the reporting system I have implemented for the Solomon Islands Schoolnet project. Basically, it would be like a mini course on how to install, administer and use the system. The course would be designed using the course authoring tool eXe (FOSS) and would be SCORM compliant. I would donate the course after for future reference and it would be easily imported into Learning Management Systems of schools, universities and training centers in the Pacific. Participants with good technical skills would then see how fairly easy it is to implement such useful systems at an affordable cost. In addition, the skills learned from this workshop could then be applied not only to project monitoring but also to the implementation of any kind of reporting system
0925-0950	NOME: A Case Study in Pacific Localisation	Miguel Juston and Kendra Gates Derousseau, Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
	Few Pacific jurisdictions currently have anonymisation or privacy protection acts in place and PacLII, a catalyst for legal strengthening in the 20 Pacific island nations and territories that it serves, would like to help to either develop and/or implement this legislation. In an effort to promote legal strengthening through the international Legal Information Institute (LII) commitment to FOSS (free/open-source software), PacLII is localising a pre-existing FOSS called NOME, created by CanLII, which facilitates anonymisation by identifying proper nouns in sensitive judgments and suggesting replacements for them. This localisation includes creating country profiles for each PacLII jurisdiction which will contain customized proper noun inclusion and exclusion lists as well as the choice to use the NOME interface in the local language. In our paper, we will illustrate various aspects of this project. We will particularly focus on the technical and practical challenges linked to the adaptation of a program developed by and for Canada to emerging Pacific island nations
0950-1015	Moving from Oracle to Postgresql	Bryan Scott, FFA
	FFA is also in the middle of moving a significant portion of it's backend databases from oracle to postgresql. This presentation will give an overview of why FFA is undertaking this move, why we choose postgresql, and finally our progress to date
1015-1100	IPCOP: a small network firewall appliance	Bryan Scott, FFA
	Need to protect your small network with a firewall. If you have a spare old computer opensourced IPCOP may be the answer for you. A simple and easy to setup firewall IPCOP is prefect for remote locations. This talk will also go through some of the available add-ons FFA uses to customise and add features to it's basic IPCOP setup. This will be a practical workshop and involve the customisation and setup of an IPCOP appliance in under 30 min
1100-1130	Morning Break
1130-1215	Utilities Roundup – PacINET Regular	Phill Hardstaff, SPC
	Phill Hardstaff leads a rountable on popular and useful utilities and tools for the Windows and Linux platforms
1215-1300	Pacific Islands Recommended Hardware and Software List Update – PacINET Regular	Franck Martin, PICISOC
	Franck Martin leads an update and discussion on the PICISOC recommended hardware and software platform for Pacific Island countries
1300-1400	Lunch

1400-1530	Franck Martin, PICISOC
	Design a network (a brief on TCP/IP and how to choose a suitable subnet/addressing), Setup a Linux server for basic network functions (a basic working installation), Setup a Workstation to connect to the network, Setup a Network Printer, Setup a small Network Router to connect to the Internet and LAN, Setup DHCP (either on Router or Server) to hand out IPs, Configure basic firewall on Router (or at least explain what the Router will do for firewalling/NAT since most of them have a default config) and how basic access control can be set e.g. filter by MAC, etc, and how it all works together
1530-1600	Afternoon Break

1600-1730	Phill Hardstaff, SPC

Information security is the art, science, and practice of protecting information systems against wilful or accidental harm. The target audience is ICT managers, technical staff aspiring to management, and technical staff working independently. This full day workshop will provide participants with an overview of the field of information security management with the goal of motivating Pacific ITC organizations and professionals to seek out infosec training and certification.

Part 1: What an infosec team needs to know
• Fundamentals
o Confidentiality
o Integrity
o Availability
o Risks
o Threats
o Incidents
• Overview of infosec domains
o Access Control
o Application Security
o Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
o Cryptography
o Information Security and Risk Management
o Legal, Regulations, Compliance and Investigations
o Operations Security
o Physical (Environmental) Security
o Security Architecture and Design
o Telecommunications and Network Security
• Infosec training and certification
o Vendor certifications
o Independent certifications
o Infosec training opportunities in the Pacific

Part 2: Security incidents
• Anatomy of a hacker attack
• Other common incidents
o Malware
o Insider attacks
o Denial of service
• Incident response fundamentals

Part 3: Top ten infosec tools
• Demonstration of each tool

08:00-08:30	Registration
08:30-10:20	Part A
10:20-10:40	Morning Break
10:40-12:30	Part B
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:20	Part C
15:20-15:40	Afternoon Break
15:40-17:30	Part D

0900-1700	Franck Martin, SOPAC

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