CHI-NOG 11 – (Chicago Network Operators Group) May 11th, 2023 in 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 eleventh annual conference on May 11th, 2023 in downtown Chicago. For more information on the conference please see the event's page ( http://chinog.org/chi-nog-11/). The CHI-NOG Program Committee is seeking proposals for presentations on relevant networking technologies with the focus on the following topics: - AI Networks Technologies (RDMA) - Network Planning/Capacity Modeling - Quantum Optical Networking Research - Network State Verification - Network Automation / DevOps / CI-CD - Internet and World Events - Advance BGP / MPLS Technologies - Public Cloud Networking - IXPs/Peering/Interconnection - Chicagoland Network Infrastructure - WISP Network Architecture - Low Latency Networks / Financial Networks - 5G Slicing - Network Security - Network Observability 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 in a vendor neutral matter. Key Dates 2023-02-13 – Call For Presentation (CFP) 2023-03-17 – Presentation Abstract Submission Deadline 2023-03-28 – Program Committee’s Selection Decision and Agenda Published 2023-04-28 – Full Presentation Slides Submission Deadline 2023-05-11 – Conference Submission Please submit the presentation's abstract proposal by filling out the submission form at http://chinog.org/chi-nog-11/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 https://www.youtube.com/user/chicagonog/videos The program committee is looking forward to your submission and attendance. Thank you, Tom Kacprzynski CHI-NOG Program Committee Chair