IPv6 Forum Australia, also known as IPv6 Forum Downunder, is the Australian chapter of the global IPv6Forum. It operates through the Internet Society of Australia as the ISOC-AU IPv6 Special Interest Group (IPv6-SIG).
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IPv6 Historic Timeline: a table of significant milestones in IPv6 history, both international and Australian, has been compiled by Michael Biber. If you know of relevant additions or amendments, please email the dates, events and references to mbiber(at)ipv6forum.org.au.
Since 2001, IPv6 Forum Australia has been a force for local IPv6 development. It has supported major events and projects, including the annual IPv6 Summits and the pioneering Australian study 'IPv6 for e-Business'.
IPv6 Forum Australia has been engaged with international IPv6 discussion since 2000, in both the global IPv6 Forum and other IPv6-focussed Internet bodies. Throught the IPv6-SIG there have been long-term discussions with AGIMO and the Australian Government, resulting in the earliest comprehensive IPv6 transition plan for a national government, copied around the world.
As a member of NICTIA, the National ICT Industry Alliance, the IPv6-SIG helped define the organisation's 10-year strategic vision, in which the early adoption of IPv6 was identified as an issue that should be a government priority.
IPv6 Forum Australia is a founding member of the committee for the Australian IPv6 Summit. Below are some of the projects IPv6 Forum Australia has helped organise, all major steps forward in raising local awareness about the importance of IPv6:
Australian IPv6 Summit 2010 IPv6? You're Standing In It! In 2010, innovative IPv6 has come down to earth...  2009 Australian IPv6 Summit: The Bottom Line  2008 Australian IPv6 Summit: Transition to IPv6  2007 Australian IPv6 Summit: IPv6 at Work  2006 Australian IPv6 Summit: The Business Case  2005 Australian IPv6 Summit: Inaugural Meeting  IPv6 for e-Business: mapping IPv6 readiness,
developing business tools, raising awareness and assessing Australian
infrastructure for IPv6.
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The IPv6 Forum website highlights the latest global IPv6 news and events.IPv6 Usage Survey: a table of IPv6-accessible services at major ISPs, universities, vendors, standards bodies, registrars and others, created by Mark Prior.
Please contact Michael Biber, President of IPv6 Forum Australia, for more information: mbiber(at)ipv6forum.org.au or phone +61 412 058 808