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ICANN OCTO Publications: Supporting Technical Engagement

8 September 2020
By
Adiel Akplogan

Adiel Akplogan

VP, Technical Engagement

Adiel A. Akplogan is Vice President for Technical Engagement at ICANN. With more than 25 years’ experience in the ICT industry (20 specifically in the Internet Technology Industry), Adiel has previously worked as CEO for AFRINIC (The African Network Information Centre), IT Director for Symbol Technology in France (2001-2003) and Director of New Technology at CAFÉ Informatique in Togo (1994-2000). Recognized as one of the Internet technology pioneers in Africa, he has contributed to technical capacity building and deployment of some of the first private Internet Service Providers in Africa from 1996-1999.

During his career, Adiel has served on the Boards or Advisory Committees of many global & international organizations such as the UN Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF-MAG from 2006-2009), the Technical Advisory Committee of the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ATAC/UNECA from 2005-2006), the Executive Council of the Number Resource Organization (NRO – 2005-2015 as Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer), ICANN's Strategic Panel on its role in the Internet governance ecosystem, the African Union's AXIS program Steering Committee (2012-2015), the African Network Operators Group and the Africa Internet Summit's Administration and Program committee (AFNOG/AIS – 2000-2015) and the Organisation International de la Francophonie (OIF) Expert Group on Internet Governance (since 1999).


Passionate about Internet technology and its impact on human development, he has actively contributed to the setup of several technical coordination bodies in Africa such as the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT, and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).


Adiel Akplogan has a graduate degree in electrical engineering and holds a master’s degree in E-Business and New Technology Management from Paris Graduate School of Management. He lives and works from Montréal, Canada.

ICANN's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) is tasked with the formidable mission: to help improve the technical posture of ICANN in the world. As part of this mission, the OCTO team creates and publishes a portfolio of research papers and technical briefings intended for our diverse technical community.

Technical Briefings and White Papers

We have created a centralized location for you to access all of our publications in one place, here. The goal of these publications is to educate the reader on a topic and answer some basic questions: What is the technology? How does it work? Why is it important? The publications also provide a concise assessment of the impact that a technology may have on the ICANN community or its importance in fulfilling ICANN’s mission.

Recent examples of technical briefings include:
Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC): Securing the DNS
Brief Overview of the Root Server System

We also create white papers, which are intended to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. These papers fall into a few categories including impact assessments, formal measurements, or formal research outcomes. These research products explain complex issues related to the functioning of the Internet (operational studies), the development of innovations (technical concepts), or new and potentially disruptive technologies (technical trends).

Recent examples of White Papers include:
Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Technical Analysis
Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19-Related Lockdowns on ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) Traffic
Local and Internet Policy Implications of Encrypted DNS
5G Technology

Events and Activity Reports

In order to monitor and act on evolutions in technology or emerging issues, the OCTO team attends and contributes to several global events each year. We publish key takeaways from these engagements in reports that inform ICANN's global technical community and its diverse constituencies. We are striving to improve how the OCTO team engages with and supports you.

Some examples of event and activity reports include:
IETF Year in Review for 2019
Security in the Spotlight: A Recap of IDS 2019
Review of the 2018 DNSSEC KSK Rollover

Translated Materials

ICANN serves a global community. To improve participation, we make much of our content accessible in the six United Nations languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. We also support translations into other languages as needed.

We have more materials and papers that will be published in the coming months. We invite you to explore these resources on our dedicated web page and, if you have any questions, email us at octo@icann.org.

Authors

Adiel Akplogan

Adiel Akplogan

VP, Technical Engagement
Adiel Akplogan

Adiel Akplogan

VP, Technical Engagement

Adiel A. Akplogan is Vice President for Technical Engagement at ICANN. With more than 25 years’ experience in the ICT industry (20 specifically in the Internet Technology Industry), Adiel has previously worked as CEO for AFRINIC (The African Network Information Centre), IT Director for Symbol Technology in France (2001-2003) and Director of New Technology at CAFÉ Informatique in Togo (1994-2000). Recognized as one of the Internet technology pioneers in Africa, he has contributed to technical capacity building and deployment of some of the first private Internet Service Providers in Africa from 1996-1999.

During his career, Adiel has served on the Boards or Advisory Committees of many global & international organizations such as the UN Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF-MAG from 2006-2009), the Technical Advisory Committee of the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ATAC/UNECA from 2005-2006), the Executive Council of the Number Resource Organization (NRO – 2005-2015 as Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer), ICANN's Strategic Panel on its role in the Internet governance ecosystem, the African Union's AXIS program Steering Committee (2012-2015), the African Network Operators Group and the Africa Internet Summit's Administration and Program committee (AFNOG/AIS – 2000-2015) and the Organisation International de la Francophonie (OIF) Expert Group on Internet Governance (since 1999).


Passionate about Internet technology and its impact on human development, he has actively contributed to the setup of several technical coordination bodies in Africa such as the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT, and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).


Adiel Akplogan has a graduate degree in electrical engineering and holds a master’s degree in E-Business and New Technology Management from Paris Graduate School of Management. He lives and works from Montréal, Canada.

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