APRICOT'99
Call for Participation
Suntec City, Singapore
1-5 March, 1999
http://www.apricot.net
The Asia Pacific Internet Festival of 1999
Being a non-marketing and vendor neutral forum, APRICOT is committed to establishing an honest
platform for discussion on the skills and technologies with the objectives of spreading and sharing the
knowledge required for operational stability and development of the Internet within the Asia Pacific region
as well as developing affinity groups that foster mutual support throughout the year.
APRICOT draws together technology leaders, opinion setters, movers and shakers from the region to
exchange knowledge and technical know-how as well as provides human network points for
professionals, engineers, entrepreneurs and decision-makers to brainstorm and engage in stimulating
discussions through which they would impart and acquire critical information.
APRICOT‘99 comprises 2 days of tutorials (1-2 Mar ‘99) followed by a 3-day conference consisting of
concurrent Technical, Business, Education, Policy and other tracks (3-5 Mar ‘99). The participation of
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, in the APRICOT ‘99 exemplifies the key
role APRICOT plays in the growth and deployment of the Internet in this region. All key Asia Pacific
Internet organisations (APNG, APNIC, APIA, APTLD and APPLe) will also be co-locating their meetings
at the same venue to facilitate maximum interaction with the common goal of shaping the advance of
Internet in Asia Pacific region.
APRICOT’99 aims to cover various important topics during the intense week-long summit (See next
page). It has also lined up many well-known international speakers to share their knowledge and
expertise. These eminent speakers include :
David J. Farber - He is often regarded as the ‘grandfather’ of the Internet. He was responsible for the design of
the Distributed Computer System (DCS) and was one of the authors of the SNOBOL programming language.
He was also one of the principals in the creation and implementation of CSNet, NSFNet, and NREN. He was
instrumental in the creation of the NSF/DARPA-funded Gigabit Network Testbed Initiative and served as the
Chairman of the Gigabit Testbed Coordinating Committee.
Eric Allman - He was the original author of sendmail and the chief programmer on the INGRES database
management project. He is also an early contributer to the UNIX effort at Berkeley, authoring syslog, tset, the me troff macros, and trek.
Scott Bradner - He has been involved in the design, operation and use of data networks at Harvard University
since the early days of the ARPANET. He was involved in the design of the Harvard High-Speed Data Network
(HSDN), the Longwood Medical Area network (LMAnet) and NEARNET. He is currently chair of the technical
committees of LMAnet, NEARNET and CoREN.
Randy Bush - He is an ex-compiler writer, realtime kernel hacker and a software engineering manager who has
spent over 30 years in the computer industry. He has been a user and occasional implementor of networking in
the US from the ARPANET to the current day Internet, UUCP, and FidoNet. He is currently Director of Network
Engineering at Verio, a US national backbone provider.
APRICOT’99 is inevitably a unique and critical platform for all Internet builders to learn from their peers
and other leaders in the Internet community from around the world. Come to APRICOT’99 and become a
mover and shaker as well !
Participants wishing to join APRICOT’99 can register by completing the registration form attached or via
online registration at http://www.apricot.net. Fuller and latest details on all aspects of the various tracks,
plenaries and sponsorship opportunities are available at APRICOT website.
APRICOT TUTORIAL (1-2 March 1999)
Tue 2 March – Tutorial Day 2
Mon 1 March - Tutorial Day 1
Code
Code
Title / Instructor
Title / Instructor
T1.1
ISP System Administration
Barbara L. Dijker & Evi Nemeth
T2.1
Managing Acceptable Use
Barbara L. Dijker
T1.2
Sendmail Configuration & Operation
(Updated for Sendmail 8.9)
Eric Allman
T2.2
Promoting Routability
Philip Smith
T1.3
Internet QoS & Traffic Mgt; Internet Exchanges
Geoff Huston & Bill Manning
T2.3
Voice and Telephony over IP
Drew Freyman
T1.4
Designing Scaleable IP Networks
Justin W. Newton
T2.4
IPv6: The New Version of the Internet Protocol
Steve Deering
T1.5
Optical Internetworking
Marty Schulman
T2.5
Tools used at Digex and Verio to Manage their
Networks
Randy Bush & Ed Kern
T1.6
VoIP Standards Efforts & Impacts
Scott Bradner
T2.6
Security in All Seven Layers and Safeguarding
the Business Process: E-Commerce Security
Gene Deutsch & Dr Kelly Jones
T1.7
Routing Policy Specification Languages &
Analysis Tools
David Kessens & Cengiz Alaettinoglu
T2.7
Broadband Wireless Local Loop; Cable Modem
Protocols & Technology
Dewyane Hendricks & Mark Laubach
T1.8
Deploying VPN’s & Secure Extranets
Bruce Perlmutter
T2.8
APNIC Memeber Training: Address Policy &
Administration
Anne Lord & Paul Wilson
APRICOT CONFERENCE : TECHNICAL TRACKS (3-5 March 1999)
Wed 3 March
Time
Code Title / Speaker
Thu 4 March
Code
I.D
I.G
The Last Mile
Cable Modem Networks &
Technology; Broadband in Asia
Pacific; Wireless Local Loop;
Cellular Telephone IP Based Svs
10:30
to
12:00
II.D
I.A
13:30
to
15:00
Fri 5 March
Code Title / Speaker
II.A
Next Generation
Backbone Infrastructure
OC-48 IP; Cable & Wireless
Network; Level 3’s Int’l
Plans
I.E
II.E
I.F
to
17:00
II.B
IP Telephony I
VoIP; Assuring Long-Term
Success with Enhanced
Services
International Alternatives
I.H
II.F
QoS & Directory Enabled
Networks
Policy Based Mgt; Multicast &
QoS Industry Forums
II.H
Scalable App &
Multimedia Hosting &
Collocation
E-Commerce at an ISP;
Pricing for Internet Services
I.I
The Future of Internet
Exchanges
Trends in IXs; Update on JPIX
Services & Environment,
Peering Point Planning &
Implementation
Email & Unified Messaging
Universal Messaging: Seamless
Integration of Voice; Clustering &
SAN for Robust Unified
Messaging & Email Scaling
Latest Development in Public
Key Infrastructures; Web
Based Security Scanner;
Email Operational Issues:
Spamming; Free IPSEC
S/SWAN for Linux
Domain Name and IP
Management; iDNS
International Backbone;
Submarine Cable & QoS;
Satellites Access
Cacheing & Beyond
Network Security
DNS: The Next Generation
International Web Content
Distribution: Streaming Media
Caching; Global Infrastructure for
E-Commerce
UUNET Architecture in Asia;
Global IP Backbone Plans
of AT&T
15:30
II.G
VPN Revolution; Security; Strong
Encryption; VPN: Overview &
Future for Bandwidth Growth
VoIP; IP Fax Services;
International Internet
Telephony Clearing &
Settlements
Next Generation
Backbone Infrastructure
Zero Defections; Billing for New &
Existing Services; Measuring
Internet Performance
Virtual Private Networks
IP Telephony I
I.B
Customer Management
Title / Speaker
II.I
Scalable Backbone
Hardware
IP Backbone Routing &
Management; Multi-service/
Packet Networks
P/s: APRICOT organiser reserves the right to make changes to speakers and topics of APRICOT’99.
Programme for Business (3 March), Educational (4 March) and Policy (5 March) Tracks are not ready as at 25 Jan ’99.