<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">On behalf of the organisers of AusNOG-02 I would like to announce that registration for the event is now available via the new AusNOG web site at <a href="http://www.ausnog.net">www.ausnog.net</a>.</font></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">This year's event will be held at the </font></font><a target="_blank" href="http://www.scec.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal normal 12px/22px 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Sydney Convention and Exhibiton Centre</font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> in Darling Harbor (Sydney, Australia) on August 21 and 22, 2008. With the growing reputation of AusNOG, we have been able to secure a fantastic range of local and international speakers including regular NANOG presenters and IETF participants. This is a fantastic opportunity for Australian network operators who may not be in a position to regularly attend conferences outside of Australia to hear these speakers share their knowledge and experiences. Some of the organisations providing speakers include Google, Cisco, Juniper, Arbor Networks, Equinix, Packet Clearing House and APNIC to name a few.</font></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">In conjunction with AusNOG-02, APNIC will be running a training day on the 20th of August (the day before AusNOG-02). That training day will offer session on Internet Resource Management, and IPv6 (including configuration and deployment). The APNIC training day is offered free of charge to all AusNOG delegates.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Early bird registration is open as of today and will be available for the next 2 weeks. Standard registration will commence on the 1st of August. The registration fees for this year's event are $600 (early bird) and $650 (standard).</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">For further information about AusNOG-02 including a summary of the speakers and programme, accommodation options, and on-line registration, please visit the web site <a href="http://www.ausnog.net">http://www.ausnog.net</a></span></font></div></body></html>