Pirate Bay founder to speak at iWeek 2009

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Peter Sunde, one of the founders of the Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for iWeek 2009. Sunde’s keynote speech is sure to be an enlightening insight into modern copyright and digital culture.

iWeek, organised by the Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) and UniForum SA (the co.za administrators), is the premier Internet conference and exhibition in South Africa. It is to be held this year from 2 – 4 September at The Forum at the Dimension Data Campus in Bryanston, Johannesburg.

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Heavyweight sponsors support iWeek 2009

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

iWeek 2009, South Africa’s premier conference and exhibition for the Internet industry, has already lined up an impressive roster of sponsors and exhibitors for the event, which will be held from 2-4 September 2009 at The Forum at the Dimension Data Campus in Bryanston. Leading tier-1 Internet service provider, MTN Business has come on board as the platinum sponsor, with converged communications network operator, Neotel as a gold sponsor, and firewall manufacturer, Global Technology Associates Inc, and alternative telecom operator Vox Telecom as joint silver sponsors.

Internet Solutions (IS) will be providing Internet connectivity for the event to ensure that delegates can stay in touch while they’re out of the office.

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