WASHINGTON–The Internet Society Deploy360 Programme will extend the discussion of emerging technology issues to more countries and promote technology dialogue at a local level through the addition of regions to its 2015 ION Conference Series. The 2015 series, sponsored by Afilias, launched on January 18 in Kandy, Sri Lanka, with ION Sri Lanka, paving the way for the next ION event, ION T&T, later this week.
The ION Conference Series brings network engineers and industry experts together to discuss emerging Internet technologies including IPv6, DNSSEC and secure routing protocols. During the past five years, the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme has selected ION Conference locations specifically to connect with and support regional Internet communities most in need of knowledge sharing and/or most important to the Internet's growth. Since the first event in 2010, the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme has strategically located ION Conferences in 13 cities across five continents. A fourth region for 2015 is currently under consideration and will be announced later this year.
The ION Conference Series will convene thought leaders and technologists in Port of Spain for ION T&T on Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in conjunction with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union's (CTU) 25th Anniversary ICT Week.
It is made possible in part by the support of Internet infrastructure expert Afilias, sponsor of the 2015 � 2017 series. "As the next generation Internet Protocol (IP) address standard, IPv6 is critical to the Internet's continued growth as a platform for innovation and economic development. At the same time, DNSSEC and secure routing are critical to the Internet's operations," said Afilias EVP and CTO, Ram Mohan.
"As two of the leading proponents of DNSSEC and IPv6 adoption worldwide, Afilias and the Internet Society are committed to promoting these standards, which are key to the continued growth and evolution of the Internet." (Business Wire)
