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<font face="Tahoma">Hello all.<br>
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With just 3 days to go, we are all very excited to see you in Cape
Town, next Tuesday.<br>
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Please refer to the highlights below for next week's meeting.<br>
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The Day 1 social - NAPAfrica's Beers for Peers - is now open for
registration. Please do so here so you can reserve your place
early enough. Entrance is free of charge:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.teraco.co.za/events/beers-for-peers/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.teraco.co.za/events/beers-for-peers/</a><br>
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The Day 2 social will be held at the Grand Africa Cafe &
Beach, in Granger Bay. Tickets to attend will be provided to
registered participants, at the conference venue. Entrance is free
of charge:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://grandafrica.com/grand-africa-cafe-beach/venue/grand-africa-cafe-beach-entire-venue-solo-use/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://grandafrica.com/grand-africa-cafe-beach/venue/grand-africa-cafe-beach-entire-venue-solo-use/</a><br>
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See you all soon, and happy travels :-).<br>
<br>
Mark.</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/19/22 15:05, Mark Tinka wrote:<br>
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<font face="Tahoma">Hello all.<br>
<br>
With 10 days to go to the 7th edition of SAFNOG, we are
delighted, and excited, to welcome you all to sunny and vibrant
Cape Town, where we can all see each other after 2 years of
social distancing.<br>
<br>
We have put together a very exciting program that covers a
number of new, trending, thoughtful, operational and technical
topics from within our community. Here are some key highlights:<br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Tahoma">The arrival of the new Equiano cable
system, and what it means for the region, presented by
Jonathan Davidson, Google.</font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><font face="Tahoma">A keynote on how value within the
telecommunications space is shifting, and what the modern
telco may need to look like for the future, by Edgar
Kasenene, IDEX.</font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><font face="Tahoma">A panel on what the ongoing semi
conductor shortages are doing to the industry, represented
by vendors, operators and distributors, and hosted by yours
truly.</font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><font face="Tahoma">The new paradigm in submarine cable
design, using SDM (Spatial Division Multiplexing), presented
by Alan Hollander, Infinera.</font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><font face="Tahoma">... and a whole lot more!</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Check out the full agenda here:</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://safnog.org/event/agenda.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://safnog.org/event/agenda.html</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">If you haven't yet, please register to
attend, and also book your hotel accommodation using SAFNOG's
preferred rate, at:<br>
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<p><font face="Tahoma"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://safnog.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://safnog.org/</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">The Day 1 social will be Beers For Peers,
hosted by NAPAfrica.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">The Day 2 social will be hosted by Iris
Network Systems.</font><br>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">If you have any questions, please send an
e-mail to:</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma"> secretariat at safnog dot org<br>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Happy travels!</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Mark.<br>
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