[WSIS CS-Plenary] New Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)

[YJ Park]

Hi All,

The European Union IPv6 Task Force and the Internet Society
are pleased to announce the Next Generation Internet (IPv6)
Workshop, to be held within the framework of the World Summit
of the Information Society (WSIS), 9th December 2003 in Geneva.
See http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/wsis.htm (the complete agenda is
already available).

This workshop aims to raise awareness on Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6). Educate WSIS stakeholders, in particular
Governments and civil society from developed and developing
nations, on the new Internet infrastructure and opportunities for
non-for-profit and commercial entities. It ensures that the concerned
authorities start to think about designing and adapting the current
environment to a new "regulatory framework" that enables to convert
the new possibilities into business opportunities. It also informs
on IPv6 current status, regional developments and deployments
worldwide ("road-map"),  and the expected evolution. Lastly,
it raises awareness on the benefits and implications of IPv6
for civil society, in network and information security and
privacy.

With more than 600 millions users connected to the Internet
and its explosive growth in the last few years, the IP addresses
space is becoming scarce, in particular in developing countries.
With Internet services being introduced in wireless and broadband
communications, expectations for 2005 are that more than
1 billion users and thousands of new applications will need
to be connected to the Internet.

The current protocol, named Internet Protocol version 4 (or IPv4) is
showing limitations. To overcome these, Internet Protocol version 6
(IPv6) was created and conceived as the successor of IPv4. IPv6
was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
since 1995 (http://www.ietf.org).

Finally, it is clear, that "IPv4" does not respond anymore to civil
society's newest requirements.

To attend this workshop, and this includes speakers, you need to
register (http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Visitors/Registration/).
Unless you are already accredited to the Summit by your
company/organization/international organization. Entry fees is 20
SF/day.

Please, forward this email to all your contacts.

Rosa Delgado
ISOC Co-ordination
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