Dear NANOG 87 Attendees, Today is the first day of NANOG 87, sponsored by Path Network <https://path.net/>, here are a few reminders for today, Monday, 13 Feb, 2023. For complete details about this week’s program, including speakers, presentation files, and sponsors, please view the online agenda here: NANOG 87 Agenda <https://www.nanog.org/events/nanog-87/agenda/>, where the default time listed is EST. If you are not able to be at the conference in person, you can watch today’s programming on our web platform <https://www.nanog.org/events/nanog-87/watch-n87-webcast/>. Make sure you are signed in with your NANOG profile to view the live stream. The Monday Agenda follows (all times listed in EST): Time Location Agenda Item 08:00 - 17:00 Atrium Foyer Monday Meeting Registration 08:00 - 09:45 Atrium Ballroom A Monday Breakfast 09:00 - 09:45 706 - 707, Atrium Level NANOG 87 Newcomers Orientation 10:00 - 10:15 Atrium Ballroom BC NANOG 87 Conference Opening 10:15 - 11:00 Atrium Ballroom BC Keynote: The Future is Now: Delivering the Next Generation Brilliant Network 11:00 - 11:45 Atrium Ballroom BC The Operational Impacts of Supporting a Disaggregated, Distributed, Cloud-based Network Architecture 12:00 - 13:15 Atrium Ballroom A Monday Networking Lunch 12:00 - 13:30 via Webcast Stream Internet Innovators with Internet Hall of Fame George Sadowsky 13:30 - 14:00 Atrium Ballroom BC Uncommon Paths to Beginning Network Automation 14:00 - 15:00 Atrium Ballroom BC Cloud Network Engineering: A Closer Look 14:15 - 15:00 706 - 707, Atrium Level XKL 400gb during a pandemic 15:00 - 15:30 706 - 707, Atrium Level 400ZR: Revolutionizing Networking 15:00 - 15:30 Atrium Ballroom BC Simplified Troubleshooting through API Scripting 15:30 - 16:00 Atrium Foyer Monday Break 16:00 - 16:30 Atrium Ballroom BC Imposter Syndrome in Networking - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Further Your Network Automation Journey 16:00 - 16:30 706 - 707, Atrium Level Can Optical Channel Margins Help Alleviate Congestion at the IP Layer? 16:30 - 17:00 Atrium Ballroom BC gRIBI - gRPC Service for RIB Injection 16:30 - 17:00 706 - 707, Atrium Level Wavelength Services Delivered Another Way 17:00 - 18:30 703 - 704, Atrium Level NANOG 87 Peering Coordination Forum 19:00 - 22:00 The Painted Duck NANOG Social Event We have ombudspeople on site at NANOG 87. They are NANOG’s designated impartial conflict resolution practitioners providing confidential + informal assistance to our community on a variety of issues and concerns. You may confidentially reach out to our Ombuds via email to ombuds@nanog.org Lightning Talks - The Program Committee has begun accepting Lightning Talk submissions for 10-minute speaking slots to be presented in-person on Tuesday, 14-Feb, and Wednesday, 15-Feb. A lightning talk is a very short presentation/speech by any attendee attending in person 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 and interesting, we encourage you to consider presenting it. Please submit an abstract <https://www.nanog.org/meetings/submit-lightning-talk/>. The submission deadline is Tuesday, February 14, 3:00 pm EST. Don't forget we have Daily Surveys available - you will find all NANOG 87 surveys at nanog.org/surveys <https://www.nanog.org/surveys> Also note, sponsorship opportunities for NANOG 88, taking place 12-14 June, 2023, in Seattle are available. Please find Shawn Winstead, NANOG's Business Development Specialist, or email sponsor-support@nanog.org to inquire about availability. Thank you! The NANOG Support Team