The workshop will be moderated by Latif Ladid, President of the IPv6 Forum, with key sessions about the implementation of IPv6 around the world, the security issues related to it, the role of IPv6 in an e-government strategy, its deployment in businesses and ISPs, and its interaction with infrastructure applications, green IT, as well as some key case studies.

“The deployment of IPv6 should be based on sound technical and business practices and expert knowledge. This event aspires to be a good source of genuine motivation and enticement to embrace IPv6 benefits”, states Latif Ladid, President IPv6 Forum.

Some high profile speakers will take part in this workshop: Dr Heinz-Werner Schuelting, CEO Deutschland Online; Merika Kaeo, IPv6 Security Expert; Wolfgang Fritsche, IABG; Jean-Marie Spaus, Director of the Telecommunications Division of P&TLuxembourg; Patrick Grossetete, ArchRock; Carlo Simon, from the center of communications of the Luxembourg Government; Cody Christman, Director of Product Engineering NTT Communications; Sebastien Ziegler, Swiss IPv6 Committee; Junaid Islam, CEO Vidder and Gert Döring, Consultant Spacenet.

ICT Spring Europe is the first edition of a conference in Luxembourg oriented towards business technology and its latest evolutions, with a great focus on International players’ needs and expectations.

ICT Spring Europe has announced a panel of 60 international speakers from Absolu Telecom, ArcelorMittal, Clearstream, Deutschland Online, eBay, Forrester, Gartner, Microsoft, Paypal, Philips, RTL, SES Astra, TomTom and many more. For more information on the event, please go to: www.ictspring.com

Claude Demuth, CEO of LU-CIX, concludes “Being an IPv6 peering provider, we are proud to have helped building this workshop, which will be truly educative and allow better understanding of where we are going, who are the key Internet players and the issues at stake”.