https://events.nog.net.za/event/25/abstracts/
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 11:32 PM Amreesh Phokeer <[email protected]> wrote: > > The ZANOG 20 plenary will take place on 24-27 August 2020 in > Johannesburg, South Africa, and the Programme Committee is seeking > content from the community for this meeting. > > ZANOG is a group of individuals, who have a strong interest in > Internet related technologies. Typically, we are people that work, or > have worked at ISPs, WISPS, hosting companies, or other businesses > that make significant use of the Internet. We are actually pretty open > minded about what the actual topic is - as long as it's relevant to > our community's broad area of interest, and the quality is good. > > Along with the change of iWeek to localised events across the regions, > the technical operations community has followed a similar path of > local events with this 4-day conference in late August 2020. Two days > of which are tutorials, and two days are a full-technical plenary. > > Talks are usually around 20(+10) minutes in length, (including > questions), and common subject areas are: > > Network operations > Network architecture and design > Networking hardware and software architecture > Software-Defined Everything (SDN/NFV) > Peering and interconnection > Data centre design and operations > IPv6 deployment > Network monitoring and measurement > New innovations in networking technology > Open protocol standards > Domain Name System infrastructure > Network security and abuse prevention > Impact of public policy of network operations > Confessions/Stories from the field > Skills development for a changing technical landscape > Other - if it’s of interest to you, someone else in the melting pot > likely wants to hear it too > > But, we're always on the lookout for something different, so don't > feel it has to fall into the areas above. We're also interested in > hearing proposals for panel discussions, as these are a great way of > presenting and discussing different views on the same subject. > > Whilst we prefer submissions with slides we will consider proposals > that are a work in progress and work with the author to develop the > talk and slides. > > Submissions are welcome at any time, but for ZANOG20 we would like to > have them no later than 30 April 2020 so we can get an agenda out well > in advance. > > However, don't worry if you miss the deadline and have something > interesting to talk about, as we are often able to accept shorter (10 > minute) "lightning talks" closer to the meeting. Please also get in > touch if you would like to suggest any topics, themes or speakers. Do > note that talks of an overtly marketing nature, are not welcome. > > Please note that ZANOG is run on a non-profit basis, and is not in a > position to reimburse expenses or time for speakers at its meetings. > > If you want to chat with the PC, we can be reached at: > > [email protected] > > Thanks > > The ZANOG PC -- Amreesh Phokeer _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
