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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hi
All,<BR><BR>The European Union IPv6 Task Force and the Internet Society<BR>are
pleased to announce the Next Generation Internet (IPv6)<BR>Workshop, to be held
within the framework of the World Summit<BR>of the Information Society (WSIS),
9th December 2003 in Geneva.<BR>See </FONT><A
href="http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/wsis.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/wsis.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> (the complete agenda is<BR>already
available).<BR><BR>This workshop aims to raise awareness on Internet
Protocol<BR>version 6 (IPv6). Educate WSIS stakeholders, in
particular<BR>Governments and civil society from developed and
developing<BR>nations, on the new Internet infrastructure and opportunities
for<BR>non-for-profit and commercial entities. It ensures that the
concerned<BR>authorities start to think about designing and adapting the
current<BR>environment to a new "regulatory framework" that enables to
convert<BR>the new possibilities into business opportunities. It also
informs<BR>on IPv6 current status, regional developments and
deployments<BR>worldwide ("road-map"), and the expected evolution.
Lastly,<BR>it raises awareness on the benefits and implications of IPv6<BR>for
civil society, in network and information security and<BR>privacy.<BR><BR>With
more than 600 millions users connected to the Internet<BR>and its explosive
growth in the last few years, the IP addresses<BR>space is becoming scarce, in
particular in developing countries.<BR>With Internet services being introduced
in wireless and broadband<BR>communications, expectations for 2005 are that more
than<BR>1 billion users and thousands of new applications will need<BR>to be
connected to the Internet.<BR><BR>The current protocol, named Internet Protocol
version 4 (or IPv4) is<BR>showing limitations. To overcome these, Internet
Protocol version 6<BR>(IPv6) was created and conceived as the successor of IPv4.
IPv6<BR>was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)<BR>since
1995 (</FONT><A href="http://www.ietf.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.ietf.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>).<BR><BR>Finally, it is clear, that "IPv4" does not respond anymore to
civil<BR>society's newest requirements.<BR><BR>To attend this workshop, and this
includes speakers, you need to<BR>register (</FONT><A
href="http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Visitors/Registration/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Visitors/Registration/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>).<BR>Unless you are already accredited to the
Summit by your<BR>company/organization/international organization. Entry fees is
20<BR>SF/day.<BR><BR>Please, forward this email to all your
contacts.<BR><BR>Rosa Delgado<BR>ISOC
Co-ordination</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>