Just a reminder that the RFP is still open for NANOG 58! Regards, -Dave
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:02 PM, David Temkin <d...@temk.in> wrote: > *Fresh off of a great NANOG 57 in Orlando, your program committee is > already working hard to provide a world-class program for NANOG 58 in NOLA > - New Orleans, Louisiana - one of my favorite destinations in the world.* > * > * > *As a reminder, we will be following the same Monday-Wednesday program > that we started at NANOG 57, with Tutorials beginning Monday morning and > closing with the Peering Track (and potentially a social) on Wednesday > evening. * > * > * > *We look forward to seeing everyone in The Big Easy!* > * > > -------------------- > > The North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) will hold its 58th > meeting in New Orleans on June 3rd - 5th, 2013 Verizon Terremark will > host NANOG 58. The NANOG Program Committee is now seeking proposals for > presentations, panels, tutorials, tracks sessions, keynote materials, and > the NOGLab experience for the NANOG 58 program. We invite presentations > highlighting issues relating to technology already deployed or soon-to-be > deployed in the Internet. Vendors are encouraged to work with operators to > present real-world deployment experiences with the vendor's products and > interoperability via the program and as part of the NOGLab. NANOG 58 > submissions are welcome at http://pc.nanog.org. > > About NANOG > NANOG is the premier meeting for network operators in North America. > Meetings provide a forum for information exchange among network operators, > engineers, and researchers. NANOG meets three times each year, and includes > panels, presentations, tutorial sessions, tracks, informal BOFs, and a > NOGLab which features interoperability demonstrations. NANOG attendees > include operators from networks of all sizes, enterprise operators, peering > coordinators, transport and switching equipment vendors, and network > researchers. NANOG attendees will share ideas and interact with leaders in > the field of network operations, discuss current operational events and > issues, and learn about state-of-the-art operational techniques. > > Materials from NANOG 58 will be archived at: > http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog58/<http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog55/> > <http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog55/> > Key Dates for NANOG 58 > > • CFP Opens for NANOG 58: 25-February-2013 > • CFP Deadline #1: Presentation Abstracts Due: 8-April-2013 > • CFP Deadline #2: Presentation Slides Due: 29-April-2013 > • NANOG Highlights Page Posted: 22-April-2013 > • Preliminary Topic List Posted: 26-April-2013 > • Meeting Agenda Published: 13-May-2013 > • Meeting Agenda Final sent to printer: 20-May-2013 > • Lightning Talk Submissions Open (Abstracts Only): 2-June-2013 > • Speaker FINAL presentations to PCTool or speaker-support: 31-May-2013 > • On-Site Registration: 31-May-2013 > > The NANOG Program Committee seeks proposals for presentations, panels, > tutorial sessions, tracks, and BOFs in all areas of network operations, > including (but not limited to): > > - Power and facilities - Topics may include power reliability and > engineering, green power, power efficiency, cooling, and facilities > management. > - Interconnections - Topics may include IXes, intra-building, MMR, > metro-wide connections, peering, and transit purchasing tactics and > strategies. > - Security - Topics may include routing security, route filtering of > large peers/customers, and inter-AS security and cooperation. > - DNS - Topics may include using DNS data for network metrics, botnet > discovery, and geolocation. > - IPv6 - Topics may include real-world deployment challenges, Carrier > Grade NAT, NAT-PT implementations that work and scale, and allocation > strategies. > - Content - Topics may include Distribution (p2p, IPTV), content > payment models, content distribution technologies and networks, and > storage/archiving. > - Disaster recovery - Topics may include risk analysis, training, > agencies, planning methods, hardware portability, key tools, transport > audits, and other lessons learned. > > In general, presentations are being sought by and for network operators of > all sizes. Presentations about difficult problems (and interesting > solutions) that you encounter in the course of your job are encouraged. > > In addition, the Program Committee, through participation with other > organizations and vendor’s, will be programming a NOGLab experience. The > topic of the NOGLab will be timely and feature real-world experiences faced > by operators of today’s Internet. > > If you think you have an interesting topic but want some feedback or > assistance working it into a presentation, please email the Program > Committee chair (ch...@pc.nanog.org), and a representative on the Program > Committee will give you the feedback needed to work it into a presentation. > Otherwise, don't delay in submitting your talk, keynote, track, or panel > into the NANOG Program Committee tool, located at http://pc.nanog.org. > For more information about talk types and format, please see > http://nanog.org/presentations/guidelines/talktips.php<http://www.nanog.org/presentations/guidelines/talktips.php> > <http://www.nanog.org/presentations/guidelines/talktips.php> > How to Present > The deadline for accepting abstracts and slides is April 8, 2013 . While > the majority of speaking slots may be filled by that date, a limited number > of slots may be available after that date for topics that are exceptionally > timely, important, or critical to the operations of the Internet. > > Complete Presentation Guidelines can be found at > http://nanog.org/presentations/ <http://www.nanog.org/presentations/> > <http://www.nanog.org/presentations/> > The primary speaker, moderator, or author should submit presentation > information and an abstract online at: http://pc.nanog.org once you have > done this, you will receive instructions for submitting your draft slides. > > - Author's name(s) > - Preferred contact email address > - A preferred phone number for contact > - Submission category (General Session, Panel, Tutorial, or Research > Forum) > - Presentation title > - Abstract > - Slides (attachment or URL), in PDF (preferred) or PowerPoint format. > > We look forward to reviewing your submission. > > Talks > Keynote Presentation: The Program Committee invites speakers to submit > materials for up to one-hour keynote presentations. Speakers should > indicate that their submission is for a keynote in their abstracts. Speaker > must submit slides for a Keynote Presentation. > > General Session Talk: A General Session presentation should be on a topic > of interest to the general NANOG audience, and may be up to 30-minutes long > (including time for Q&A). Speakers must submit slides for a General Session > presentation. > > General Session Panel: Panels are 60-90-minute discussion sessions > between a moderator and a team of panelists. The panel moderator should > submit an abstract on the panel topic, a list of panelists, and how the > panel will be organized. Panel selection will be based on the importance, > originality, focus and timeliness of the topic, expertise of proposed > panelists, as well as the potential for informative and controversial > discussion. After acceptance the panel leader will be given the option to > invite panel authors to submit their presentations to the NANOG program > Committee for review. Until then authors should not submit their individual > presentations for the panel. > > Tracks: Tracks are 90-minute informal agenda blocks on topics, which are > of interest to a portion of the NANOG community. The 90-minute block can be > subdivided into a number of smaller, highly related presentations, panels > or open discussion. A moderator coordinates content within the 90-minute > block of time, and must submit a detailed outline to the Program Committee, > including sub-topics and presenters > Peering > ISP Security > Tools > Typically two tracks or three tracks will be run concurrently. > > Tutorials: Tutorials are 90-minute sessions. A presentation from the > introductory through advanced level on all related topics, including: > Disaster Recovery Planning > Troubleshooting BGP > Best Practices for Determining Traffic Matrices > Options for Blackhole and Discard Routing > BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPNs > Peering business and engineering basics > A tutorial submission should include an abstract and slides. > > BOFs: BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) are informal sessions on topics, > which are of interest to a portion of the NANOG community. BOFs may be held > in the hallways, breakout areas or in an unscheduled tutorial room. > Requests for scheduled BOFs will be take place on site at the meeting. > > A typical BOF session may include some structure or presentations, but > usually is focused on community discussion and interaction. > > Frequent BOF topics include: > R&D collaboration > Hot-topics in the media > The less structured nature of BOF sessions allows for the greatest > flexibility from a timing perspective. > > Lightning Talks: A lightning talk is a very short presentation or speech > by any attendee on any topic relevant to the NANOG audience. These are > limited to ten minutes; this will be strictly enforced. > > If you have a topic that's timely, interesting, or even a crackpot idea > you want to share, we encourage you to consider presenting it. The Program > Committee will vote on all Lightning Talk submissions onsite at the > meeting, and a submitter will be notified about his or her submission one > day prior to the scheduled talk time. > > Submit your lightning talk proposal at http://pc.nanog.org starting June > 2, 2013. > > Research Forum: Researchers are invited to present short (10-minute) > summaries of their work for operator feedback. Topics include routing, > network performance, statistical measurement and analysis, and protocol > development and implementation. Studies presented may be works in progress. > Researchers from academia, government, and industry are encouraged to > present. > > The NANOG registration fee is waived for: > > - For General Session presentations, the registration fee will be > waived for a maximum of one speaker. > - For General Session panels, fees will be waived for one panel > moderator and all panelists. > - For Tracks, fees will be waived for one moderator. > - For Research Forum presentations, fees will be waived for one > speaker. > - For Tutorials, fees will be waived for one instructor. > > *
