Call for presentations

We are preparing a compelling event program to give our attendees access to the best experiences and ideas in the industry. The Africa Internet Summit 2025 (AIS’25) offers exposure for speakers’ ideas, expertise, and organisations to a wide range of profiles from industry experts. We are looking for the industry’s top minds to deliver presentations that will spark the imagination, encourage dialogue, and drive new solutions to our Internet challenges in the region.
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The AIS’24 Program Committee is looking
for people to:
  • Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker
  • Convene and chair panel sessions on relevant topics
  • Deliver technical tutorials

We are specifically interested in presentations
focusing on the following topics:

  • IPv6 deployment 
  • IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and Operations
  • Internet Governance.
  • Internet Measurements.
  • Routing Security, including RPKI and IRR
  • DNS / DNSSEC
  • Community networks.
  • Business Practices and Higher Education in the Age of Technology
  • Network data security and management attacks mitigation.
  • Internet backbone operations
  • Routing and switching protocols, including unicast, multicast, anycast, SDN, etc.
  • Content & Service Delivery and "Cloud Computing"
  • Network Automation/Programming
  • Peering, Interconnects and IXPs
  • Content Distribution Network technology & operations
  • Research on Internet Operations and Deployment
  • Network Virtualisation

AIS'24 Speaker Guidelines

  • Presentations are expected to last for 25 minutes, tutorials, and panel discussions can run up to 90 minutes.
  • The presenter should articulate their presentation slowly allowing room for interpretation.
  • The presenter(s) will be required to upload their final presentation in PDF format, no later than five (5) days prior to the presentation date.
  • Presenters are responsible for producing any handouts if required. For this event, we are expecting between 200 to 500 on-site delegates.
  • Presentations with marketing and/or commercial content will not be considered.
  • Read more about the Speaker's obligations in the Meeting Etiquette here

Important Dates

Opening Call for Presentations


18 June 2024

Deadline for submitting Presentation Abstracts


15 August 2024

Deadline for submission of draft presentations


30 August 2024

Submission of final presentation


06 September 2024
How to submit a Presentation Proposal?
Submit your Presentation proposal by filling out the form with the requested information here.

For any questions or concerns, reach out to the Program Committee via email at [pc at internetsummit dot africa]