[142004] in North American Network Operators' Group
IETF Fellowship Announcement (IETF 82 and 83)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Conte)
Wed Jun 15 19:35:17 2011
From: Steve Conte <conte@isoc.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:35:08 -0700
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Dear Colleagues,
The Internet Society has announced that it is inviting applications for =
its latest Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF, part of its Next =
Generation Leaders (NGL) programme (www.InternetSociety.org/Leaders). =
The Fellowship programme allows engineers from developing countries to =
attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.
As you know, the IETF is the Internet's premier standards-making body, =
responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. =
IETF participants represent an international community of network =
designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical =
operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet =
architecture.
Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. =
The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for =
the next two IETF meetings:
* IETF 82, 13 - 18 Nov 2011, Taipei, TW =20
* IETF 83, 25 - 30 March, Paris, FR
http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/index.php
Fellowship applications for both IETF meetings are due by 15 July 2011.
Please note that this fellowship is aimed at individuals from developing =
regions that possess a solid level of technical education and enough =
knowledge about concrete areas of IETF work to follow and benefit from =
the meeting=92s technical discussions.=20
I encourage you to pass on information about this program to individuals =
involved in your network that have a keen interest in the Internet =
standardisation activities of the IETF.
The Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are sponsored by Afilias, =
Google, Microsoft, and Intel.
The Internet Society=92s Next Generation Leaders programme is sponsored =
by Nominet Trust, the Association Fran=E7aise pour le Nommage Internet =
en Coop=E9ration (AFNIC), SIDN, and the European Commission.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Steve Conte =
<conte[at]isoc[dot]org>.
Kind Regards,
Steve Conte
Internet Society
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Steve Conte
conte@isoc.org
