Hi, If you know / work together with people for who this workshop may be of interest, then please forward this announcemrnt to them. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:41:17 PST From: Jo-Anne Scott <joscott@igc.apc.org> Subject: INET '97 Workshop Announcement and Application * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE INTERNET SOCIETY 1997 WORKSHOP ON NETWORK TECHNOLOGY FOR COUNTRIES IN THE EARLY STAGES OF INTERNETWORKING In conjunction with the INET'97 Conference, the Internet Society will again, as in 1993 through 1996, sponsor a Network Technology Workshop prior to the conference itself. The workshop will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the Permata Training Centre, during June 15-21, 1997. The focus of the workshop will be upon assisting countries that are either not yet connected to the Internet or are in the process of developing and enhancing an initial national Internet. Attendance at the workshop includes mandatory attendance at the Internet Society's annual conference, INET'97, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur during June 24-27, 1997 following the workshop. This workshop is an outgrowth of and builds upon the experiences of four similar workshops held during 1993-1996 at Stanford University, U.S.A., Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, University of Hawaii, U.S.A., and McGill University, Montreal, Canada. GOALS The goals of the workshop are: 1. To train a critical mass of trainer/professionals in network infrastructure, transport, services, and management to be able to support an extension of meaningful Internet-related activities within the countries represented. 2. To identify and share individual and institutional contacts as well as information sources that will assist the process of national development, using international Internet connections. 3. To build robust professional linkages between all participants in the programs so that the mentor-student and colleague-colleague relationships formed during the workshop and conferences will remain strong and of continuing usefulness well beyond the workshop and conference. 4. To increase the level of cooperation among existing projects and activities for establishing public data networks in developing countries. 5. To train people and groups of people who will return to their country and region and who will teach others what they have learned at the workshop. PROGRAM An intensive program of instruction is planned for the workshop, composed of four instructional tracks, plus a supplementary pre-workshop session for some specifically invited participants. Participants attend only one of the four tracks, since the tracks run concurrently (with the exception of the pre-workshop UNIX track). All participants (except the National Network Management track) will engage in extensive hands-on training, either setting up a prototype network or using actual Internet resources or both, as appropriate, using facilities at the Permata Training Centre. The course descriptions below include for each instructional track: 1. Who should attend this course. 2. What you need to know to enter this course and benefit from it (Prerequisites). 3. What you will learn in this course. 4. What you should be able to do after completing the course (Goals). TRACK 1. HOST-BASED INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGY Who should attend: Technical staff who are now or soon will be providing mail, file, web, and other TCP/IP based services to local and/or dial-up end users. Those who will be involved in the establishment and/or operation of an internet presence, possibly initiating the deployment of a basic national network infrastructure in the country. Prerequisites: UNIX use and maybe some Unix system administration (*); some BBS or other modem-based experience, as user or provider. What you will learn: Providing mostly TCP/IP based services on Unix; providing TCP/IP services to end users (typically DOS/Windows/Macintosh based), including offline mail and news readers; gatewaying to the international internet; transitioning a network from older technologies to TCP/IP based services. Goals: Design, setup, and operation of a local TCP/IP network of one or more UNIX hosts to support a regional network of mostly TCP/IP-based services to end users (who are likely DOS/Mac/... based). The national network may initially be connected to the international internet by store and forward technology such as UUCP or intermittent dial-up IP; end users may be mostly accessing locally cached internet information. (* If you do not have basic UNIX experience, which is a prerequisite for tracks one and two, and if you are admitted to one of these tracks, then you will be required to attend a three day UNIX startup course on Thursday, 12 June through Saturday, 14 June, prior to the main workshop . You cannot apply for this startup course; attendance will be determined by the workshop instructors on the basis of apparent need for and benefit from your participation.) TRACK 2. BACKBONE INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGY Who should attend: Technical staff who are now or soon will be building or operating a wide area TCP/IP network, likely with international and/or multi-provider connectivity. Prerequisites: UNIX use and maybe some system administration *; some use of networking, preferably TCP/IP-based * What you will learn: Techniques for design, setup, and operation of a metropolitan, regional, or national TCP/IP dedicated backbone network. Detailed knowledge of routing, network troubleshooting, routing protocols, domain name system, NIC name and address coordination. Goals: Design, setup, and operation of a metropolitan, regional, or national TCP/IP dedicated backbone network, with a permanent connection to the international Internet. (* If you do not have basic UNIX experience, which is a prerequisite for tracks one and two, and if you are admitted to one of these tracks, then you will be required to attend a three day UNIX startup course on Thursday, 12 June through Saturday, 14 June, prior to the main workshop . You cannot apply for this startup course; attendance will be determined by the workshop instructors on the basis of apparent need for and benefit from your participation.) TRACK 3. NETWORK NAVIGATION AND SERVICES Who should attend: would-be providers of networked information services; also those supporting and training potential information providers on the non-commercial Internet. Prerequisites: A good user-level knowledge of the various Internet services such as email and the World Wide Web. No programming skills are required. What you will learn: How to set up and design quality Internet Information services. Topics covered will include Web servers and clients, search services, security issues, legal and ethical issues, National infrastucture issues, setting up and maintaining quality information services, special problems with servers at the end of slow links, caching strategies and mirroring, communication services and HTML authoring. The course will cover cgi-scripts and java etc. at an introductory level only. (This is NOT a programming course.) As an important reason for your attendance will be to enable you to pass on your knowledge to others, there will be sessions on how to support and train users and providers of information. The course is a mixture of presentations and demonstrations with emphasis on hands-on practical experience. You will be put into small teams to design and set up web services during the workshop. Goals: Ability to set up and design quality Internet Information services; ability to support and train users and providers of information. TRACK 4. NATIONAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT Who should attend: Individuals who will have the responsibility for management of a network. The topic of "management" covers technical, operational and business management of national Internet services. Prerequisites: Rudimentary familiarity with the Internet, and familiarity with management of information technology at a technical level. What you will learn: Exposure to the aspects of management of a public Internet network on a national scale, including areas of operational and policy management commonly found with Internet development. No technical or hands-on component is included, although the managerial aspects of various technical topics is covered. Goals: Capability to manage the development of a national public Internet, guiding its development into the role of a cost effective and useful communications resource. PLACE The workshop activities will be held at Permata Training Center near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Participants will be housed at the training center during the workshop, and at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur during the INET'97 Conference. Taxi transportation is available from the airport to workshop accommodations. WORKING LANGUAGE The working language of the workshop will be English; good comprehension of spoken and written English will be required of each participant. Some members of the instructional staff will have some degree of proficiency in languages other than English. DATES Participants should plan to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on or before 1800 hours on Saturday 14 June, and leave after 1300 hours on Friday 27 June. Workshop sessions will be held starting in the afternoon, Sunday 15 June, and end in the evening of Saturday 21 June. At the end of the workshop, participants will be transferred to a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, where they will live through the end of the INET'97 Conference. Once participants have arrived at the workshop site, all required transportation to workshop and conference events will be provided. Workshop attendees who will be attending the preliminary UNIX courses will be expected to arrive on or before 1200 hours on Wednesday, 11 June. Notification of UNIX course attendance will be distributed with admission decisions. INET'97 begins at 1800 hours, Tuesday 24 June and ends at 1230 hours on Friday 27 June. ELIGIBILITY The workshop is specifically directed toward the needs of people from developing countries who are playing or will play an important part in introducing and extending public internetworking in their countries and regions. Attendees should be involved in planning to establish or in establishing the Internet's presence in their countries and regions, in institutionalizing its operation, and in assisting the country's schools and universities, governmental agencies, local firms, and residents in learning about and exploiting the range of services available through the net. By the Internet, we mean the publicly accessible Internet, with unrestricted access for educational institutions and the not-for-profit community. Staff members of international and bilateral technical co-operation agencies, as well as professionals having substantial involvement in international technical assistance activities, are also eligible for admission as space allows. Participants who have attended one or more previous Developing Countries Workshop will be considered eligible to attend the 1997 workshop; however, these former participants must apply for a course of study other than subjects studied previously. Their request must be consistent with their responsibilities in a national and/or regional context, and a convincing argument for repeated attendance must accompany the application. This should include a statement of the activities carried out as a result of the previous workshop. Less financial aid will be available for repeat attendees than for first-time applicants. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION To apply for admission, please complete the attached form and return it as soon as possible, but no later than 7 February 1997. If you expect to attend the workshop as the result of being awarded a United Nations or similar fellowship awarded by a multilateral of bilateral aid agency, please inform us of the details in your application. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance to the program and the amount of financial aid available to them during the latter half of March. Please note that in this context, the workshop activity includes attendance at the INET'97 Conference. If you are admitted to the workshop, you should NOT register separately for the Conference; that will be done automatically for you. NOTE: Applicants are required to submit some form of *reliable* electronic address (Please make an effort to give an electronic mail address if possible; a reliable FAX number should also be included on your application, and can be used for correspondence if email communication is not possible.) in order to expedite notification of their acceptance as well as any further correspondence. Please be sure that all of the contact information you submit is legible and accurate, or we will not be able to contact you. VISAS Every visitor to Malaysia must have a valid passport in order to obtain the necessary visa from Malaysia. If you apply to attend the workshop, be prepared to obtain a passport immediately upon receiving an invitation to attend, or sooner if practical, since visa procedures may be lengthy. It is the responsibility of participants to ascertain the visa requirements that apply to them and to obtain any appropriate visas (including transit visas) needed to attend the workshop and the related conference. The Internet Society will assist applicants in this matter by providing visa application information as well as information regarding the Workshop, the Society and its professional goals and activities. COSTS The cost of attending the workshop and associated events is U.S. $3,000. This fee includes: - All tuition and fees for the workshop, including the UNIX pre-workshop course, if you are selected. - All lodging charges from Saturday, 14 June through Friday, 27 June (and also covering the period of the pre-workshop UNIX course if you are selected to attend it). - All meal charges for the period starting with dinner on Saturday evening, 15 June through breakfast on Friday morning, 28 June (and also covering the period of the pre-workshop UNIX course if you are selected to attend it). - Transportation from Permata Training Center to Kuala Lumpur at the end of the workshop. - Registration at the INET'97 Conference (24-27 June), including those meals and social events included in conference registration. Participants should bring the equivalent of U.S. $30 for airport transfers and departure tax. They may wish to budget approximately U.S.$50-250 for optional travel and other needs and activities (laundry, etc.) from Sunday, 23 June through the morning of Tuesday, 25 June. For some candidates, the Internet Society will provide financial assistance to cover a part or all of each participant's overall expenditures. If you request financial aid for the workshop, please be certain to provide the financial information that will be requested in the application for admission. Financial aid will take the form of either pre-paid airline tickets for travel to and from Kuala Lumpur, partial or total coverage of the workshop fee, or both. The overall amount of aid available will be limited. Please make all possible efforts to secure whatever funding is possible from sources known to you. If you are requesting financial aid, please tell us why it is necessary, how you expect to fund part of your expenses, and what efforts you have made and are making to obtain additional aid. Aid from ISOC may depend upon your ability to obtain partial financial support from other sources. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Specific questions regarding the workshop may be directed electronically to: workshop-info@isoc.org or sent by mail to the address at the bottom of the application form below. ____________________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION A. Personal data ---------------- FAMILY NAME (LAST NAME, SURNAME) ONLY: Full Name: Home Address: Home Telephone: Employer/Organization: Position/Title: Business Address: Business Telephone: Fax (if any): E-mail address (if any): Date of birth: Nationality: Name as it appears on passport or other travel document: Passport number: Country issuing passport: Are you an ISOC member? Your ISOC member number if you know it: Knowledge of English: Please rate your knowledge in these categories: Listening/comprehension minimal fair good excellent Reading minimal fair good excellent Speaking minimal fair good excellent Writing minimal fair good excellent Please indicate with an asterisk (*) the most reliable addresses and telephone/fax numbers above which can be used to reach you. B. Course of Instruction ------------------------ Instructional track applied for (Please select one track; the tracks will run concurrently): [ ] Track 1 Host-based Internetworking Technology [ ] Track 2 Backbone Internetworking Technology [ ] Track 3 Network Navigation and Services [ ] Track 4 National Network Management Please indicate any specific interests within the area you have chosen: C1. Technical Skills (only for applicants to attend Tracks 1 and 2) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Are you a UNIX user? How much have you used it? 2. Have you been a UNIX system administrator? Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.). 3 Have you used/administered TCP/IP networks? Describe. 4. Have you used or run a BBS? Describe. 5. Have you set up UUCP? How many times? Describe. 6. Have you set up modem initialization strings? In what circumstances? How many times? 7. What other operating systems are you familiar with (e.g. MacOS, Appletalk, MS-DOS, Novell Netware, Banyan Vines, VMS, DECNET, etc.), and for how long have you been a user or administrator of each? 8. Have you configured and operated a Domain Name System server? How many zones? 9. Have you configured routing on either dedicated router hardware or a UNIX host? If yes, please list manufacturer/model/software version(s) and protocols routed. C2. (?) Internet Experience (only for applicants to attend Track 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Do you have experience in using the following Internet services? (Please qualify your experience using 0 to 5, 0 means no experience and 5 a lot of expertise) [ ] Listserver [ ] News [ ] FTP [ ] Gopher [ ] Web [ ] Other (specify): 2. Do you have experience running Internet services? (Please qualify your experience using 0 to 5, 0 means no experience and 5 a lot of expertise) [ ] Listserver [ ] News server [ ] FTP server [ ] Gopher server [ ] Web server [ ] Searching/Indexing services [ ] Caching Server [ ] Other (specify): D. Description of Role in National Networking Activities -------------------------------------------------------- Bearing in mind that this information will be used to determine whether to admit you to the workshop, please provide in the format of your choice the following information about yourself. Please be sure that it is sufficiently clear, well organized and adequate for this purpose. 1. A summary of your educational and professional background. 2. A description of your current employer, your position, your duties and responsibilities, and how they relate to current and future data networking activities in your country. 3. A brief description of your computing and networking environment (operating systems, networking software, modems, etc.), including the connectivity of your organization to the Internet and your country's connectivity to the international Internet. 3a. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply): [ ] Academic [ ] General Research [ ] Government [ ] NGO [ ] International organizations (UNESCO, UNDP, World Bank, etc.) [ ] Commercial [ ] Internet Provider [ ] National Network Support [ ] Special Interest Group Specify________ [ ] Other Specify________ Approximate number of full time staff at your institution: 4. How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend. 5. How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop and the INET'97 conference after you return to your country. 6. If you have previously attended Internet Society Workshops for Developing Countries, 1. Year and track you attended: 2. A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past: 3. The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically because of your knowledge and effort: E. Financial Information ------------------------ Your application must contain the following complete information if you wish to be considered for financial support to attend the workshop. Your acceptance into the workshop may depend on your ability to provide some or all of the funding. 1. Are you are requesting financial aid from the Internet Society (ISOC) for attending the workshop and conference? [ ] Yes [ ] No 2. If you are requesting financial aid, please provide a complete list of funding sources in the following form. The list should contain all sources of funds that are available to you for payment of the workshop fee. 1. Your Institution U.S.$ 2. Your Government $ 3. From international organizations $ 4. Your personal contribution $ 5. Amount you ask from ISOC $ _______ TOTAL Income $3,000.00 3. Will you provide your own airfare? [ ] Yes [ ] No 4. If you are requesting financial support for airfare, please provide a good estimate of round trip, lowest economy excursion airfare next June between your place of residence and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1. Airfare: 2. Airline: 3. Type of fare: 4. City of departure: 5. Source of your estimate: Signature: ____________________________ Date: ___________________ _________________________________________________________________________ For a copy of this announcement, including a blank application, send e-mail to: workshop-apply@isoc.org PLEASE SEND YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION BY ELECTRONIC MAIL IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE TO DO SO. The "Subject" line of the message should contain your surname or family name in the following format: Subject: INET'97 Workshop Application: <your-family-name> Completed applications may be submitted electronically by sending them in electronic mail form to: workshop-application@isoc.org If you are not able to send your application by electronic mail, please return this application by fax or air mail to: Internet Society Network Technology Workshop 828 Guinda Street Palo Alto, California 94301 U.S.A. Voice: +1.415.322.0342 or +1.415.322.6728 Facsimile: +1.415.322.0342 or +1.415.325.0893