HPISO to sponsor the 2nd Global IPv6 Summit

BANGALORE: Hewlett Packard India Software Operation (HPISO) has announced to

sponsor India’s 2nd Global IPv6 Summit from January 23-25, 2002 in Bangalore

organized by IPv6 Forum India. The three-day event is designed to deliver

information, ideas and strategies required for understanding as well as

implementation of the latest version of IP (IPv6).

Targeted at Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Enabled Service

Providers (VASPs), mobile and cellular operators, software developers,

Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and networking product vendors, this summit

will provide an exclusive platform to developers and users on the IPv6.

IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the next generation Internet technology

that gives enhanced address space and additional functionality like security,

privacy and quality of service (QoS) for Internet companies.

HPISO vice president R&D, Srivibhavan Balaram, said, "The theme of

the summit, Internet for the Millennium, matches with HPISO’s strategy of

promoting cutting edge technologies that support Internet business and

e-services. We hope that IPv6 will enable India to take a lead in the

development of next generation Internet technologies.

Some of speakers expected to address the summit, include, Ericsson’s vice

president and President IPv6 Forum, Latif Ladid, Cisco’s Cisco fellow, Steve

Deering, Nokia‘s Nokia Fellow Charles Perkins, HPISO ‘s VP- R&D,

Srivibhavan Balaram, Compaq Director for Network Technical, Jim Bound, IIIT-B

Director Prof. S. Sadagopan, Nanda Kumar, CEO, Suntec, Mr. Gopi Garge, VP, IPv6

Forum India, Prof. Dheeraj Sanghi, IIT Kanpur, Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Asst. Dean,

CS&E, Bits Pilani and many more. Key areas such as impact of IPv6 on

mobility, on corporates and next generation Internet will be discussed. A review

of IPv6 deployment, strategies with its relevance to India will be in the

offing. The focus will be on knowledge sharing.

This summit will officially launch the Indian IPv6 task force that will help

kick start regional IPv6 deployment efforts to help reach Internet to the common

man. In addition to the main summit, many parallel sessions are planned such as

the IPv6 Policy Roundtable, OneWorld Working Group Roundtable, IPv6 Interest

Group - 6IG Convention- IPv6 Students Meet, Business Case for IPv6; Roundtable

for CEO’s and senior decision makers, IPv6 technical and performance updates.