NANOG Community,

The NANOG Program Committee (PC would like to remind you that we are now accepting proposals for all sessions at NANOG 75 in San Francisco, California, February 18-20, 2019.  Below is a summary of key details and dates from the Call For Presentations on the NANOG website, which can be found at http://www.cvent.com/d/1bqspy/6K. Due to the holidays, we have extended the deadline for slides to be submitted to December 17th.

The NANOG PC seeks proposals for presentations, panels, tutorials, and track sessions for the NANOG 75 program. We welcome suggestions of speakers or topic ideas. Presentations may cover current technologies already deployed or soon-to-be deployed in the Internet. Vendors are welcome to submit talks which cover relevant technologies and capabilities, but presentations must not be promotional or discuss proprietary solutions.  NANOG 75 submissions can be entered on the NANOG Program Committee Tool (PC Tool) at: https://pc.nanog.org

The primary speaker, moderator, or author should submit a presentation proposal and an abstract in the PC Tool.
-- Select “Propose Talk” from the Talks menu
-- Select NANOG 75 from the Meeting menu
-- Select the appropriate *Session* the talk will be presented in
    = General Session (30-45 minutes)
    = Tutorial (90-120 minutes)
    = Track (90-120 minutes)

Timeline for submission and proposal review:
-- Submitter enters abstract (and draft slides if possible) in PC Tool prior to deadline for slide submission
-- PC performs initial review and assigns a “shepherd” to help develop the submission - within 2 weeks
-- Submitter develops draft slides of talk if not already submitted with initial proposal. Please submit initial draft slides early 
-- Panel and Track submissions should provide topic list and intended/confirmed participants in the abstract
-- PC reviews slides and continues to work with Submitter as needed to develop topic
-- Draft presentation slides should be submitted prior to published deadline for slides
-- PC accepts or declines submission
-- Agenda assembled and posted
-- Submitters notified

If you think you have an interesting topic but want feedback or suggestions for developing an idea into a presentation, please email the Program Committee, and a representative will respond.  Otherwise, submit your talk, keynote, track, or panel proposal to the PC Tool without delay!  We look forward to reviewing your submission.

Key Dates for NANOG 75:

Oct. 29, 2018: CFP Opens & Agenda Outline Posted
Dec. 17, 2018: CFP Deadline: Presentation Slides Due
Jan. 14, 2019: CFP Topic List & NANOG Meeting Highlights Page
Jan. 22, 2019: NANOG 75 Agenda Published
Feb. 11, 2019: Speaker FINAL presentations to PC tool or speaker-support
Feb. 17, 2019: Lightning Talk Submissions Open (Abstracts Only)
Feb. 17, 2019: Onsite Registration

Final slides MUST be submitted by Monday, February 11, 2018, and no changes will be accepted between that date and the conference.  Materials received after that date will be updated on the web site after the completion of the conference. 

We look forward to seeing you in February in San Francisco!

Sincerely,

Brad Raymo
NANOG PC