<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is, by a long chalk, the most popular event in the Virtual Peering Series thus far - a LOT of sign ups. Of course, Geoff Huston has been harping on about this for some time. It will be interesting to see what the other operators have to say.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday March 23 2021, at 13:00-14.30 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the eighth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'Death of Transit & The Evolving Role of IXPs'.
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering8" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/afpeering8-300x169.png" alt="Livestream (English)" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Tuesday March 23 2021</strong>, at <strong>13:00-14.30 UTC</strong>, the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.af-ix.net/" target="_blank">African IXP Association</a></strong>, in partnership with the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>, presents the eighth webinar in the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/" target="_blank">Virtual Peering Series – Africa</a></strong>, with the theme '<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/death-of-transit-the-evolving-role-of-ixps/" target="_blank">Death of Transit & The Evolving Role of IXPs</a></strong>'.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">The global Internet industry is consolidating. More traffic emanates from fewer autonomous systems every day, primarily due to the growth of global cloud & content delivery services. As more content and services migrate to their platforms, they work to expand their private global networks to the Internet’s edge via undersea cables, terrestrial networks, and data centers where they interconnect directly with eyeball networks.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">This installment of the Virtual Peering Series – Africa will explore what this phenomenon means for Internet exchange points (IXPs) in Africa and around the world.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering8" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/afpeering8fr-300x169.png" alt="Livestream (Francais)" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>Le <strong>mardi 23 mars 2021</strong>, de <strong>13h00 à 14h30</strong> UTC, l'<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.af-ix.net/" target="_blank">Association africaine des IXP</a></strong>, en partenariat avec l'<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>, présente le huitième webinaire de la série Virtual Peering - Afrique, sur le thème « <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/mort-du-transit-et-evolution-du-role-des-ixp/" target="_blank">Mort du transit et évolution du rôle des IXP</a></strong> ».</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">L’industrie Internet mondiale se consolide. Plus de trafic émane de moins de systèmes autonomes chaque jour, principalement en raison de la croissance des services mondiaux de cloud et de diffusion de contenu. À mesure que de plus en plus de contenus et de services migrent vers leurs plates-formes, ils s’efforcent d’étendre leurs réseaux mondiaux privés vers la périphérie d’Internet via des câbles sous-marins, des réseaux terrestres et des centres de données où ils s’interconnectent directement avec des réseaux oculaires.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">Cet épisode de la Série de peering virtuels – Afrique explorera ce que ce phénomène signifie pour les points d’échange Internet (IXP) en Afrique et dans le monde.</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>Geoff Huston</strong>, Chief Scientist, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)<br><strong>Mark Tinka</strong>, Head of Engineering, SEACOM<br><strong>Christian Kaufmann</strong>, Vice President Technology, Akamai Technologies<br><strong>Patrick Christian</strong>, Principal Analyst, TeleGeography</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>MODERATORS / MODÉRATEURS</strong><br><strong>Kyle Spencer</strong>, Executive Director, Uganda Internet Exchange Point and Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association<br><strong>Caglar Dabanoglu</strong>, Senior Network Architect, Akamai Technologies</p>
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