CHI-NOG 08 - (Chicago Network Operators Group) May 10th 2018, Chicago, IL The Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG) is a vendor neutral organization. Our goal is to create a regional community of network professionals by presenting the latest technology trends, enabling collaboration and providing networking opportunities. CHI-NOG will be hosting its eight annual conference on May 10th, 2018 in downtown Chicago. For more information on the conference please see event's page ( http://chinog.org/chi-nog-08/). The CHI-NOG Program Committee is seeking proposals for presentations on relevant networking technologies with the focus on the following topics: * Network Automation/ DevOps * Interconnection/Peering * Low Latency Networks/Financial Networks * Network Security * Academic Research in Networking and Related Infrastructure Fields. * Internet Monitoring * Network Analytics * Advanced BGP/MPLS Technologies * Optical Networking/Data Center Interconnect * Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) * Software Defined Networking * Cloud Networking Technologies * Network Traffic Engineering * Open Source Networking Tools * Data Center Fabric * Wireless * IPv6 Session Format Each presentation is 30 minutes, which includes a question and answer time. The duration can be extended per individual request to 60 minutes and will be considered by the program committee. Presentations should not contain any marketing material and should avoid discussion of commercial products but rather focus on the underlying technology. Key Dates 3/19/2018 - Presentation Abstract Submission Deadline 3/23/2018 - Program Committee's Selection Decision 4/15/2018 - Full Presentation Slides Submission Deadline 5/10/2018 - Conference Submission Please submit presentation’s abstract proposal by filling out the submission form at http://chinog.org/chi-nog-08/abstract-submission/ . Once your presentation is selected please provide the program committee with your photo and a short bio for web publication. All accepted speakers will receive complimentary tickets to the conference. For past presentation please see the archives at http://chinog.org/presentation-archive/. The program committee is looking forward to your submission and attendance.