* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS NANOG 30 ****************************************** CELEBRATING OUR 30th MEETING and 10th YEAR ****************************************** General Session Tutorials Case Studies Research Forum February 8-10, 2004 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) will hold its 30th meeting February 8-10, 2004, in Miami, Florida. The meeting will be hosted by Terremark and held at the Radisson Miami Hotel. This is the second time Terremark has hosted NANOG - NANOG24 was also held in Miami, in February 2002. Registration for NANOG30 opens December 15. NANOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. Meetings are held three times each year, and include two days of short presentations, plus afternoon/evening tutorial sessions. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current backbone engineering practices. NANOG conferences draw over 450 participants, mainly consisting of engineering staff from national service providers, and members of the research and education community. For more information about NANOG meetings, schedules, and logistics, see: http://www.nanog.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS NANOG invites presentations on backbone/enterprise engineering, coordination, and research topics. Presentations should highlight issues relating to technology already deployed or soon to be deployed in core Internet backbones and exchange points. Vendors are encouraged to work with operators to present deployment experiences with the vendor's products. Researchers are invited to present short (10-minute) summaries of their work for operator feedback. Topics include routing, network performance, statistical measurement and analysis, and protocol development and implementation. Studies presented may be works in progress. Researchers from academia, government, and industry are encouraged to present. The community is invited to present talks on: -- Security attacks/mitigation, tools, and analysis -- Operator experience/how-to's on building packet-switched networks (e.g., IP or MPLS) that can carry TDM, Layer 2 (e.g., Frame Relay and ATM), IP services, and emerging services such as VPLS -- Experience with active DoS retaliation methods, e.g., reverse port scanning -- Operator case studies on: - Implementation experience with 10/100Gig E - VOIP architectures and deployment - Integration with optical control planes (GMPLS, ASON, etc.), voice (enterprise, Class 4 and Class 5), and video - Provisioning and automation - Enterprise network security, management, and route control - Network troubleshooting and problems solved -- Experience with active DoS retaliation methods, e.g., reverse port scanning. -- Implementation and use of measurement technologies in vendor devices Other potential topics include: -- Backbone traffic engineering -- Impact of BGP dynamics on backbone traffic patterns -- Route processor architecture -- Large-scale wireless deployment -- Building large-scale measurement infrastructure -- Inter-domain multicast deployment NANOG also welcomes suggestions/recommendations for tutorials, panels, and other presentation topics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW TO PRESENT Submit a detailed abstract or outline describing the presentation in email to nanog-support@nanog.org. The deadline for proposals is December 22, 2003. While the majority of speaking slots will be filled by December 22, a limited number of slots will be available after that date for topics that are exceptionally timely and important. Submissions will be reviewed by the NANOG Program Committee, and presenters will be notified of acceptance by January 12. Final drafts of presentation slides are due by January 28, and final versions February 4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------