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NANOG47 Call for PresentationsThe North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) will hold its 47th meeting October 18 – 21 in Dearborn, Michigan. NANOG 47 will be co-hosted by Arbor Networks and Merit Network. The NANOG Program Committee is now seeking proposals for Presentations, Panels, Tutorials, Tracks sessions, and KeyNote materials for the NANOG47 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. NANOG47 submissions are welcome at http://pc.nanog.org. Conditional acceptance notifications for NANOG47 will be sent by 13 August 2009. Detail of the submission process, as well as NANOG47 dates of interest are described below.About NANOGNANOG is the premiere meeting for network operators in North America, and provides a forum for information exchange among network operators, engineers, and researchers. NANOG meets three times each year, and include panels, presentations, tutorial sessions, tracks, and BOFs. 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 NANOG47 will be archived on: http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog47 Key Dates for NANOG47
Technical ConferenceThe NANOG Program Committee seeks proposals for presentations, panels, tutorial sessions, tracks, and BOFs in all areas of network operations, including (but not limited to):
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 (), and a representative on the Program Committee will give you the feedback needed to work it into a presentation. TalksKeynote Presentation: The Program Committee invites speakers to submit materials for 1 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: A General Session presentation should be on a topic of interest to the general NANOG audience, and may be up to 20 minutes long (including time for A&A). Speakers must submit slides for a General Session presentation. 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. Frequent track topics include:
Panels: Panels are 90-minute discussion sessions between a moderator and a team of panelists. A 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. Tutorials: Tutorials are 90-minute sessions. A presentation from the introductory through advanced level on all related topics, including:
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, break-out 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:
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. Signups for lightning talks will be accepted during the NANOG meeting. Submit your lightning talk proposal at: http://pc.nanog.org Research ForumResearchers 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.Registration Fee WaiversThe meeting registration fee will be waived as follows:
How to PresentThe deadline for accepting abstracts and slides is August 11, 2009. 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/The primary speaker, moderator, or author should submit presentation information and an abstract on-line at: http://pc.nanog.org Once you have done this, you will receive instructions for submitting your draft slides.
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