Agenda

Day 1 – 25th October 2022
09:00 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 –
11:20
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session 1:

– Opening & Welcome
– Anambra : Oppurtunities to connect
– Opening Address, H.E Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State

MC: Joshua Joshua
11:30 – 12:00Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00Session 2: Networks Peering & Interconnection

– Smart Cities, Unified Duct Infrastructure and Open Access – LASIMRA
– Automation Peering – Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta
– Interconnect with Amazon and improve your users’ experience – Jorgen Grinnes, Infrastructure Business Developer, Amazon
Peering Personals #1
13:00 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 15:30Session 3:

– Making Netflix Content Available Locally – Salam Yamout, Open Connect Partner Engagement Director, Netflix
– Why Migrate from IPv4 to IPv6? – Willy Manga, AfriNIC
– Peering DB Presentation – Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta
Peering Personals #2

MC: Loveline Kasomo, Network Operations Manager, Tizeti
15:30 – 16:30Session 4:

-Enabling peering in underserved regions: The IXPN Experience – Jacob Dagunduro, Head, Technical Services, IXPN
-Nigerian Communications Commission
Peering Bilaterals #3

MC: Olatokunbo Oyeleye – Head Internet Governance, Nigeria Communication Commission 

Peering Personals #2
16:30 – 19:30Peering Social
Day 2 – 26th October 2022
09:00 – 10:00
Peering Bilaterals
10:00 – 11:00Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session 1:


– Introduction
– Peering with Cloud infrastructure, Edge and Core Networks – Johnson Agogbua, Founder & CEO, Kasi Cloud
– Building human capital capacity in Africa for Cloud Connectivity; lessons to draw from Global operators
– Unified Duct Infrastructure Project (Open Access Infrastructure for the ICT Ecosystem), Chidi Ajuzie Princewill, WTES Projects Ltd
Peering Personals #4
11:30 – 12:00Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00Plenary Session 1- Data Centres and Internet Exchange Points

Dr. Krish Ranganath, CTO, African Data Center
Rudman Muhammed, CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
Ayotunde Coker, CEO, Open Access Data Center
Folu Aderibigbe, Sales Director, Rack Centre

Moderator – Dewole Ajao, Global Network Acquisition EMEA, Google
14:00 – 15:00Plenary Session 2 – Education and the intersection with Technology

Prof. Abiodun Musa Aibinu, Vice Chancellor, Summit University
Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja
Mukom, AFRINIC

Moderator – Prof. Adewale Adedokun
15:00 – 15:30Closing Remarks
– Sponsors Time
– Way Forward
Joshua Joshua, ngPIF
15:30 LUNCH