sdnog-2 meeting sdnog-2 meeting was held on 26 -27 August, 2015 in Khartoum, at Al Salam Rotana Hotel.  In conjunction with the overwhelming community requests from sdnog-1 event the organisers have incorporated technical workshops from 23 - 25 August into the event, before the plenary sessions. The technical workshops in the form of an, instructor-led class, incorporating theoretical, and practical aspects from experts in the field. It is expected that the technical workshops be of no less than 3day duration. Other workshops may also be held, although it is envisaged that nothing will be held concurrently with the plenary sessions. sdnog-2 Reports Event Report Financial Report Special Thanks To Our Sponsors Thanks to our wonderful sponsors! We extend our sincere appreciation to our sponsors, without whom our meeting would not be possible: Platinum: National Telecommunication Corporation and Internet Society Gold: Zain Sudan Silver: AFRINIC and RIPENCC Internet connectivity: Canar Telecom Supporting organization: PCH and SudREN Partner: .SD registry Meeting Layout sdnog-2 Layout Date Room-1 Room-2 Room-3 23 Aug DNSSEC Networking Best Practices   24 Aug   25 Aug IXP Best Practices 26 Aug Plenary Day 1 27 Aug Plenary Day 2 sdnog-2 Workshops We had 3 technical workshops from 23 - 25 August 2015, Those technical workshops in the form of an, instructor-led class, incorporating theoretical, and practical aspects from experts in the field. more detail in this page : SdNOG-2 Workshops . Meeting Agenda Time Day 1: Wednesday, 26 August 2015 08:00 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 09:20 Opening Cermoney 09:30 - 09:50 SdNOG update Sara Alamin, SdNOG 09:50 - 10:20 Domains Industry in Sudan Tarik Mirgani, .SD 10:20 - 11:00 Future Direction of Telecommunication in Sudan prof.Izzeldin Kamel Ameen 11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break 11:30 - 12:00 Arbor Worldwide Infrastructure Report Mark Campbell, Arbor Networks 12:00 - 12:30 RIPE ATLAS probes Christian Teuschel, RIPE NCC 12:30 - 13:00 Routing Table Report Nishal Goburdhan, PCH 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 14:15 Greasing the wheels of the Internet economy Fahd Bataynah, ICANN 14:15 - 15:25 Panel: Data privacy and security, Trading Free for Freedom, On living in the cloud Moderator: prof. Mustafa Omer Nawari Panelists: Dr. Iman Abu Almaaly, Fahd Batynah,  Philip Papes 15:25 - 16:00 Birds of Feather : Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Nishal Goburdhan, PCH Time Day 2: Thursday 27 August 2015 08:00 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 09:30 Keynote: Communication Technologies and Digital Divide in Sudan Prof. Sami Sharief 09:30 - 10:00 Submarine Cable Talk Aisha Abdalla, Sudatel 10:00 - 10:30 Easing Offload-Small Cell Backhaul Ahmed Ortashi, Canar 10:30 - 11:00 IPv6 - The Saudi Arabian Experience Sander Steffan 11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break 11:30 - 12:00 SDN virtualization and cloud computing Mohamed Elbashir, Ericsson 12:00 - 12:30 Virtualization for teaching Patrick Okui 12:30 - 13:00 System configuration automation Daniel Shaw, AFRINIC 13:00 - 13:30 DNSSEC: Just turn it on already Philip Paeps 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break 14:30 - 14:45 NOC Report SdNOG Technical team 14:45 - 15:30 Lightning Talks: Fighting SPAM Amreesh Phokeer, AFRINIC 15:30 - 16:00 SdNOG way forward Hiba Abbas, SdNOG 16:00 - 16:30 Closing Ceremony & Lucky Draw sdnog-2 Statistic Program Committee The Program Committee, or PC, is responsible for making sure that the content that will be presented during the event is topical. It was agreed that each major sdnog event (the plenary) should incorporate new members. Below you can find the volunteer members of the PC : Gael Hernandez Hiba Abbas Mutaz Ishag Nishal Goburdhan Samir Abdullatif sdnog-2 Volunteers Thank you for your help and support, in organising the sdnog event. We know that there was a lot of work that needed to be completed, and you completed your part seamlessly, and without complaint. You're an invaluable part of the sdnog community, and we could not survive without you. Thank you! Abdalmoneim Ahmed (Abdoosh) Alaa Sabir Amel Sameer Hamimy Basma Mohamed Hiba Abbas Hiba Alamin Mohamd Manhal Mohamed Mokhtar Marwa Ibrahim Mina Gorge Khansaa Abdallah Ramah Adawi Saleh Shihab Eldeen Salma Alamin Mohamed Salma Hassan Mohamed Samir Abdullatif Omer Sara Alamin Mohamed Sara Mubarak Sirag Eldeen Mahjoub Tagi Aldeen Tarig Yassin Adam