[Community] Fwd: [afren] Central Africa Peering Forum (FPAC) 2026 is coming soon! Opening of call for paper

[Omo Oaiya]

Dear colleagues,

For information, and particularly for colleagues and partners in Cameroon and across Central Africa.

The Central Africa Peering Forum (FPAC/CAPF) takes place in Yaoundé on 30 September to 1 October. WACREN will be there, and we intend to use the opportunity to explore how we strengthen our engagement in Central Africa, including whether there is a case for a regional hub built on existing infrastructure, institutions and communities already active in the sub-region.

This is a conversation that benefits from being had in the room, not after the fact. It would be good to have colleagues from the WACREN community in Cameroon and the wider sub-region there. Please also pass this on to university, NREN, research, infrastructure and Internet community contacts who should be part of that conversation.

If you are planning to attend, or know people in Yaoundé, Cameroon or elsewhere in Central Africa whom we should be engaging, do let me know.

Best,
Omo


> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet <cedrick.mbeyet at afrinic.net>
> Subject: [afren] Central Africa Peering Forum (FPAC) 2026 is coming soon! Opening of call for paper
> Date: 2 September 2026 at 16:30:12 BST
> To: afren at afnog.org
> 
> =======French version below==============
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> The FPAC/CAPF Program Committee announces the opening of the call for papers for the 2026 edition of the Central African Peering Forum, scheduled to take place at the Star Land Hotel, Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 30 September to 1 October 2026. Registration is open here: https://bit.ly/fpac2026. 
> 
> Proposals for presentations, panels, tutorials and lightning talks are invited on topics relating to: 
> 
> peering
> IXPs
> routing security
> data centres
> local content and CDNs
> Internet metrics
> digital sovereignty
> public policies relating to interconnection. 
> 
> Contributions, in English and French, may be submitted here https://bit.ly/cfp-fpac2026 or emailed to pc at fpac.africa <mailto:pc at fpac.africa>. 
> 
> Technical contributions, case studies and community initiatives are particularly encouraged.
> 
> On behalf of the Program Committee
> 
> ===================================
> 
> Le Comité de Pilotage du FPAC/CAPF annonce l’ouverture de l’appel à contribution pour l’édition 2026 du Forum sur le Peering en Afrique Centrale, prévue à l’hôtel Star Land <https://starlandhotel.com/>, Yaoundé, Cameroun du 30 Septembre au 1er Octobre 2026. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes ici : https://bit.ly/fpac2026. 
> Les propositions de présentations, panels, tutoriels et lightning talks sont attendues autour des sujets relatifs : 
> au Peering
> aux IXP
> à la sécurité du routage
> aux datacenters
> aux contenu locaux, CDN
> aux mesures Internet
> à la souveraineté numérique
> aux politiques publiques liées à l’interconnexion. 
> Les contributions, en anglais et en français, peuvent être soumises ici https://bit.ly/cfp-fpac2026 ou envoyées par e-mail à l'adresse pc at fpac.africa <mailto:pc at fpac.africa>. 
> Les contributions techniques, retours d’expérience et initiatives communautaires sont particulièrement encouragés.
> 
> 
> Pour le Comité de Pilotage
> 
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> Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet                                           
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Omo OAIYA
Chief Strategy Officer/Directeur de la Stratégie | WACREN <https://www.wacren.net/>
m: +234 808 888 1571 , +233 205 228 693

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