NANOG Community, The NANOG Program Committee is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for all sessions at NANOG 74 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 1-3, 2018. 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/qgqs03/6K The NANOG Program Committee seeks proposals for presentations, panels, tutorials, and track sessions for the NANOG 74 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 74 submissions can be entered on the NANOG Program Committee Tool at https://pc.nanog.org The primary speaker, moderator, or author should submit a presentation proposal and an abstract in the Program Committee Tool. - Select “Propose Talk” from the Talks menu - Select NANOG 74 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 Program Committee Tool: any time following Call for Presentations and prior to CFP 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. Please submit initial draft slides early. Panel and Track submissions should provide topic list and intended/confirmed participants - 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 of the Program Committee will respond. Otherwise, submit your talk, keynote, track, or panel proposal to the Program Committee Tool without delay! We look forward to reviewing your submission. Key Dates for NANOG 74: Monday, 07/09/18 Registration for NANOG 74 Opens Monday, 07/09/18 Agenda Outline for NANOG 74 Posted Tuesday, 09/04/18 CFP Deadline: Presentation Slides Due Tuesday, 09/04/18 CFP Topic List and NANOG Highlights Page Monday, 09/24/18 Speaker FINAL presentation Slides to PC Tool Sunday, 09/30/18 Lightning Talk Submissions Open (Abstracts Only) Sunday, 09/30/18 On-site Registration Final slides must be submitted by Monday, September 24, 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 October in Vancouver! Sincerely, Ryan Woolley NANOG PC