# IXP Best Practices

##### <span class="mw-headline" id="bkmrk-introduction-1">Introduction</span>

As at July 2015, there are known shortcomings to how the SIXP operates. With the assistance of [PCH](https://www.pch.net/), the SdNOG team will host this workshop on IXP best practices as a pre-cursor to the sdnog-2 event. It is intended that the event will attract the key stakeholders for the SIXP, as well as the relevant participants from the NTC and NIC.

##### <span class="mw-headline" id="bkmrk-layout-1">Layout</span>

The workshop is intended to be a one day event, split between, an understanding of the economic elements, and strategic objectives of an IXP; it's role in the local Internet economy, and technical and operational management. The table below has a suggested overview of the topics that would be addressed.

<div class="mw-body-content" id="bkmrk-day-3%C2%A0%3A-25-august-20"><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en"><div class="mw-parser-output"><table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th>Day 3 : 25 August 2015</th><th>Topic</th></tr><tr><td>Session 1</td><td>Internet Economics; the value of peering and the role of the IXP in the Internet economy Discussion: Strategies for IXP development.

</td></tr><tr><td>Session 2</td><td>Regulatory best practices for economic growth Total Internet security of a country.

</td></tr><tr><td>Session 3</td><td rowspan="2">Technical operations and management</td></tr><tr><td>Session 4</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div></div>##### <span class="mw-headline" id="bkmrk-instructor-list-1">Instructor List</span>

Nishal Goburdhan, [PCH](https://www.pch.net/)