Subject: [afnog] SAFNOG 2014 - Call for Papers OPEN
From: Chim Sichali <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:49:49 +0200
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The Southern Africa Network Operators Group (SAFNOG)
Johannesburg, South Africa  22 April - 23 April, 2014
http://www.safnog.org

CALL FOR PAPERS
===============

The SAFNOG 2014 Programme Committee is now seeking contributions for
Presentations and Tutorials for SAFNOG 2014.

We are looking for presenters who would:

- Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic;
- Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker;
- Convene and chair panel sessions of relevant topics.

Please submit on-line at:

               http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=10

CONFERENCE MILESTONES
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Call for Papers Opens          27 January 2014
First Draft Program Published  28 February 2014
Final Deadline for Submissions 10 April 2014
Final Program Published        15 April 2014
Final Slides Received          18 April 2014

PROGRAMME MATERIAL
------------------

The SAFNOG Programme Committee is organised in three parts, including
workshops, tutorials and the conference.

Topics for tutorials and the conference must be relevant to Internet
Operations and Technologies:

- IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and operations
- IPv6 deployment and transition technologies
- Internet backbone operations
- ISP and Carrier services
- IXPs and Peering
- Research on Internet Operations and Deployment
- The African Internet
- Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware)
- DNS / DNSSEC
- Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing,
etc)
- Access and Transport Technologies, including Cable/DSL, 3G/LTE, wireless,
metro ethernet, fibre, MPLS
- Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence",
Gaming) and Cloud Computing

CfP SUBMISSION
-----------------------

Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be provided
with CfP submissions otherwise the Programme Committee will be unable to
review the submission. For work in progress, the most current information
available at time of submission is acceptable.

All draft and complete slides must be submitted in PDF format only.

Final slides are to be provided by the specified deadline for publication
on the SAFNOG website.

Prospective presenters should note that the majority of speaking slots will
be filled well before the final submission deadline.  The Programme
Committee will retain a limited number of slots up to the final submission
deadline for presentations that are exceptionally timely, important, or of
critical operational importance.

Please submit on-line at:

                http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=10

Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee
co-chairs by e-mail at:

         safnog-pc-chairs at safnog.org

We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals.

On Behalf of Kevin Chege
Co-Chair
SAFNOG Programme Committee.
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