CAN ITCONFERENCE 2003
in conjunction with South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) I
23-28 January, 2003, Kathmandu, Nepal

Highlights

• 2 Keynotes by world renowned Internet personalities
  
• 3 Panel discussion on SPAM, Security and Open Source
  
• 10 thematic conference sessions
  
• 12 Specialized Tutorials by experts
  
• 25+ papers at the conference
  
• Bird of Feathers meeting - as many as requested
  
• Participants from all over the world

Keynote Speakers

"Operational Stability of the Internet"
Kurt Erik Lindqvist, Stockholm

Kurt Krik Lindqvist, known more as Kurtis, is the CEO of Netnod (which establishes and operates National Internet Exchange Points in Sweden), based in Stockholm. He is indirectly responsible for much of stability of Internet in Europe, through his current position and also through involvement at RIPE and NordNOG. Kurtis is also one of the key member of the IETF IPv6 working group.

At IT Conference / SANOG he will also do a tutorial on IPv6 - the next generation Internet protocol.

"Future of IP Addressing"
Paul Vixie, Internet Software Consortium (ISC), Principal author of BIND,

Paul Vixie, DNS guru, known more as the 'father of BIND' is a very well known name in the Internet World. Paul is the principal author of BIND, that runs most DNS servers on the Internet. His expertise on DNS and internet naming is ultimate in the area. He is also responsible for the operation of the F-Root-Server.

At IT Conference / SANOG, he will do a tutorial on DNS and DNS security. He is also a panelist in the session on SPAM.