Numbers strong for IPv6 Hui

Numbers strong for IPv6 Hui

Media Release – 13 August 2009
(Published on behalf of the New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group)

Over 180 registrations have been received for the IPv6 Hui business technology events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next week. The events will focus on roadmaps and corporate adoption of IPv6 – the next-generation Internet addressing protocol.

The final programme has now been confirmed and can be viewed at: www.ipv6.org.nz/IPv6HuiProgramme.pdf

‘Father of the Internet’ Dr Vint Cerf is keynote speaker for the Auckland and Wellington legs. IPv6 expert Professor Hiroshi Esaki from Tokyo University will keynote the Christchurch event via videoconference.

ICT Minister Steven Joyce will be delivering a ministerial address at the Wellington event.

Other speakers include Cisco Senior Technical Leader Tony Hain, and Tony Hill and Kevin Karp from Australian organisation IPv6Now.

“The Hui will tackle head-on the need to develop roadmaps for industry and corporate networks to adopt IPv6, and I invite all IT managers and CIOs who haven’t already registered to attend,” says New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group Chair Dr Murray Milner.

The events are being overseen by the New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group, convened by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Gold sponsors are Gen-i, FX Networks and InternetNZ. Silver sponsors are Allied Telesis, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and CityLink. Enable Networks and IPv6Now are bronze sponsors.

More event details, including a link to register, can be found at: www.ipv6.org.nz/hui.html

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