Akwule to chair Nigeria IPv6 roundtable

Prof. Akwule, DBI President

The president of the Digital Bridge Institute, DBI, Prof. Raymond Akwule has been confi rmed as the chairman of the 2012 Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable due to hold on June 6 in Lagos.

The Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Nkemdilim Nweke, the organizers of Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, disclosed this in Lagos, saying that Prof. Akwule would be supported by industry heavy-weights during the commemoration of World Internet Protocol version 6 day.

According to her, the IPv6 Roundtable slated to hold at the Welcome Centre and Hotels, Lagos, would be presided over by telecommunications professors of international repute.

While urging industry players to take advantage of the event to address and share preparations at their ends on migration to IPv6 in the country, she noted that participants are bound to benefi t from the wealth of experience of Prof. Akwule, who is currently the President of DBI, an international centre for advanced communications studies.

Nweke also noted that with over 25 years of teaching, research, and project planning and implementation experience in the fi elds of telecommunications and Information Technology as well as Mass Communications and Media Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia USA, Prof. Akwule would enrich the day with his enlightened exposure.

Equally, as a Senior Fellow, International Cyber Center at George Mason University, she pointed out that Prof. Akwule would give some insights on the theme “IPv6 and the future of Internet in Nigeria.”

She revealed that Prof. Akwule who authored ‘Global Telecommunications: The Technology, Administration and Policies’ published by Butterworth-Heinemann and widely used as text in several major universities in the United States and beyond among other articles.

 (Excerpts from National Mirror)

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