[LACNIC/Anuncios] LACNIC XIII Report

[Adriana Rivero]

*LACNIC XIII REPORT*

Hosted by the Bureau Telecommunications and Post and CAR-IX, the LACNIC 
XIII event was held on 16-21 May 2010 in the city of Willemstad, 
Curaçao. The meeting was attended by 251 participants from 35 different 
countries, both from the LACNIC region as well as from other regions.

Participants included representatives from different sectors such as 
governments, academia, ISPs, NAP and ccTLD operators, content providers, 
international carriers, Regional Internet Registries, ICANN, and civil 
society.

Simultaneous interpretation in three languages (Spanish, English and 
Portuguese) was provided for all plenary sessions, which were also 
broadcast via webcast. Remote participation was significant.

The following is a summary of the most important activities that took 
place during the event.


- TUTORIALS – Starting on Sunday, 16 May, 7 tutorials were held. The 
material presented during these workshops is available at the event's 
website at the following URLs:

- IPv6: Introduction and Configuration
http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/tut_introIPv6.html

- IPv6 - OSPF and BGP Routing Practices
http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/tut_ipv6.html

- Resource Certification System - RPKI LACNIC
http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/tut_rpki.html

- New LACNIC Registration System (EPP)
http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/tut_sistemaRegistro.html

- DNSSEC http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/tut_DNSSEC.html

- Creating and Managing Computer Security Incident Response Teams 
(CSIRTs) http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/creacionCSIRTs.html

- ISP Traffic Engineering Using BGP Features
http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/tut_interconexion.html


- SESSION FOR FIRST-TIME PARTICIPANTS -
More than 50 people who attended the LACNIC event for the first time 
participated in this informational meeting, where a presentation was 
made about LACNIC and its annual meetings. This session was also 
attended by several members of the LACNIC Board of Directors.


- GENERAL SESSIONS -
In what was an innovation to the traditional structure of LACNIC events, 
joint general sessions were held with the participation of LACTLD. These 
sessions focused on relevant issues of common interest to both 
organizations, such as Internet Governance, DNS Security, DNSSEC 
deployment in ccTLDs. As usual, LACTLD also held its member assembly and 
a policy workshop within the framework of LACNIC's annual event.

- REGIONAL INTERCONNECTION FORUM, NAPLA 2010 –
A report of what had been discussed on the Napla mailing list was 
presented, followed by reports by representatives of many of the 
region's NAPs. In addition, the results of the election conducted to 
appoint a moderator for the list were announced: Milton Kaoru 
Kashiwakura was the winning candidate. The presentation files are 
available at:

http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/napla.html

- LACSEC - 5th Network Security Event for Latin America and the Caribbean
This event's agenda included two keynote speakers: Laura Kuiper (Cisco), 
whose presentation dealt with how to handle security incidents, and 
Carlos Morales (Arbor Networks) who analyzed possible threats and 
defense mechanisms when a datacenter faces a distributed 
denial-of-service attack.

All presentations made during this forum are available at:

http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/seguridadredes2010.html

- +RAICES –
Within the framework of this project, an agreement was signed between 
LACNIC, ISC and the Haitian Association for the Development of 
Information and Communication Technologies (AHTIC) which will allow 
installing a copy of the F root server in Haiti.

- PUBLIC POLICY FORUM -
During the Public Policy Forum 5 proposals were presented, 3 of which 
approved. These proposals will now enter the 45-day last call for 
comments period:

These policies are available at the following URL:
http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/foroPoliticas.html

Max Larson Henry, of Haiti, was elected co-chair of LACNIC's Public 
Policy Forum and will now occupy the position vacated by Franciso Arias, 
whose term expired at the closing of the forum.

As announced during the Forum, this year a second Public Policy forum 
will be held during the LACNIC XIV event that will take place in October 
in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, together with the first LACNOG event.

- RPKI –
During the Forum a report on the progress of LACNIC's activities 
relating to the implementation of the Resource Certification (RPKI) 
project was presented, as was LACNIC's CPS (Certification Practice 
Statement) for RPKI, which consists of a description of the practices 
followed by a Certification Authority (CA) in order to generate and 
manage certificates. Both presentations are available at:

http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/foroPoliticas.html#miercoles


- FORUM MODERATOR PANEL –
The Forum's agenda included a panel made up by the chairs of all of 
LACNIC's forums −Public Policy, LACSEC, FLIP-6, and Interconnection 
Forums− who debated on how to increase the community's participation in 
the forums and other LACNIC activities.

- LATIN AMERICAN IPv6 FORUM, FLIP 6 -
An annual report was presented on the activities of the Latin America 
and Caribbean IPv6 Task Force, followed by several presentations on 
activities conducted to promote the deployment of IPv6 within the region 
and at world level. These presentations can be found at:

http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/flip62010.html

- LACNIC ANNUAL MEMBER ASSEMBLY –
During the assembly, the annual report, balance sheets and external 
auditor's reports as at December 2009 were approved by unanimous vote.

New members of the Fiscal and Electoral Commissions were also elected. 
The winning candidates for these positions were Cassio Vecchiatti and 
José Enrique Díaz, respectively.

The proposed modification of service and membership fees for 3 member 
categories was approved by a majority of votes.

Details of the documents discussed during the Assembly are available at 
LACNIC'S website:

http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicxiii/asamblea.html


- LAC GOVERNMENT MEETING –
The III Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Governments Working 
Group was also held within the framework of LACNIC XIII. The meeting was 
attended by 18 government officials representing 15 different countries 
of the region, while 11 more officials from 5 other countries 
participated remotely.

LACNIC presented an activities report relating to the AMPARO and RPKI 
projects.

The exhaustion of IPv4 addresses and the importance of transitioning to 
IPv6 were debated. In addition, discussions were held on issues relating 
to the WHOIS service and the implications of some countries' privacy 
laws. Several representatives of different law enforcement agencies of 
the region joined in this discussion remotely.

It was agreed to continue to work on facilitating IPv6 adoption within 
the region, coordinating promotion and training activities.

- CARIBBEAN PARTICIPANTS MEETING – Fifteen attendants from Caribbean 
countries participated in the meeting summoned by LACNIC with the aim of 
understanding their needs, their view on LACNIC meetings and of how to 
improve the participation of the Caribbean community in the different 
participation instances offered by LACNIC.

- SESSION FOR SPONSORED PARTICIPANTS –
Forty people from 21 different countries of the region received 
financial support through LACNIC's sponsorship program so that they 
could participate in LACNIC XIII. These participants were invited to a 
session where they were informed about the activities LACNIC is 
conducting to promote the community’s participation and what LACNIC 
expects from them in return.

LACNIC wishes to thank everyone who made this event possible, 
particularly the Bureau Telecommunications and Post and CAR-IX who 
hosted the event, as well as all of the meeting's sponsors:
Nic.br, CGI.br, Afilias, Ams-IX, Google, ISOC, ICANN, NIC.mx, NIC.cl, 
Antel Uruguay, UTS, Scarlet, NetPro.

Regards,

Member Services and Communications
LACNIC