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<div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Every year I say it. This is the single best event that ISOC puts on. Developing peering and interconnections is at the very heart of what we do. Right now it's just about halfway through Day 2. Apologies for late notice but there was a fair amount of troubleshooting to do on the stream. I break the stream down into sessions at the end of day, so at least it is easy to catch up.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr;margin:5px 15px 0px 0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:691.818px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:671.818px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nsfmmwrcn4/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none"></a></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2018" style="color:rgb(213,78,33);text-decoration:none;border-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(187,187,187)"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-10465" src="https://i1.wp.com/isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/afpif2018_1920x1080.png?resize=300%2C169" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;"></a>The<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">9th<span> </span><a href="https://www.afpif.org/afpif2018/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum</a></strong>(AfPIF) takes place from<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">21-23 August, 2018</strong><span> </span>in<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">Capetown, South Africa</strong>. The event, which this year is being held in conjunction with<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://iweek.org.za/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">iWeek</a></strong>, discusses regional interconnection dynamics and content issues that are critical components of transit deficits. As a multi-stakeholder forum, AfPIF seeks to foster cross-border interconnection opportunities by ensuring that key players — infrastructure providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), IXPs, international financial institutions, and policy-makers and regulators are present at the event. The event is being streamed live via the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2018" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Internet Society livestream channel</a></strong>. Capetown time is UTC+2 thus 6 hours ahead of NYC.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">What:<span> </span><a href="https://www.afpif.org/afpif2018/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum 2018</a></strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Where: Westin Hôtel, Capetown, South Africa</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">When: 21-23 August, 2018</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Program:<span> </span><a href="https://www.afpif.org/afpif2018/agenda/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">https://www.afpif.org/afpif2018/agenda/</a></strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Webcast:<span> </span><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2018/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2018/</a></strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Facebook:<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/</a></strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Twitter: #AfPIF2018<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/afpif2018" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/afpif2018</a></strong></p><br class="gmail-m_4777316588457069239gmail-m_6761619794412127939m_5046994557546102926gmail-m_-1971930491631196777gmail-m_8139750861893957084gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br><p></p><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><p style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><font color="#888888" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></font><br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10464" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10464</a><br><p style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=9709&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">

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