On behalf of the rest of the NANOG Program Committee, I'm pleased to announce that submissions for Lightning talks for NANOG 45 are open at: http://www.nanogpc.org/lightning/ Lightning talks are short presentations (no more than 10 minutes, including questions) of topics that are either too short, too timely or too preliminary to include on the general agenda. In the past, these have been some of the most popular presentations at NANOG, For this upcoming conference in Santo Domingo, we have lightning talk slots available on all three days. The Program Committee will pick the first three of these prior to the conference (by the end of next week, in fact), so please get your submissions in by Wed, 14 January for the best possible consideration. We already have several submissions, but would appreciate more, of course. Rest assured, however, that we will continue accepting lightnings talk proposals (and voting on them) through the conference, as timeliness is part of what makes lightning talks so great. The sooner you submit, though, the better your chance to present. See all of you in Santo Domingo. Todd Underwood Chair, Program Committee, NANOG