IETF 98
Chicago, IL, USA
March 26-31, 2017
Host: Ericsson
IETF 98 Information: http://ietf.org/meeting/98/index.html
Register online at: http://ietf.org/meeting/register.html
1. Registration
2. Visas & Letters of Invitation
3. Accommodations
4. Code Sprint
5. Hackathon
6. IETF 98 Meeting Wiki
7. Sponsors
1. Registration:
A. Early-Bird Registration: USD 700, if paid in full prior to 23:59
UTC 2017-03-17
B. After Early-Bird cutoff: USD 875
C. Full-time Student Registrations: USD 150 (with proper ID)
D. One Day Pass Registration: USD 375
E. Registration Cancellation
Cutoff for registration cancellation is Monday, 20 March 2017 at UTC
23:59.
Cancellations are subject to a 10% (ten percent) cancellation fee if
requested by
that date and time
F. Online Registration and Payment ends Friday, 24 March, 2017, 17:00
local Chicago time
G. On-site Registration begins on Sunday, 26 March 2017 at 10:00 local
Chicago time
2. Visas & Letters of Invitation:
You may request an IETF and a Local Letter of
Invitation through a link in your registration
confirmation email. If you have yet to register and
require a LOI, you will be able to generate one during
the registration process.
3. Accommodations:
1. Swissotel Chicago (Headquarters Hotel) - BLOCK IS
CURRENTLY FULL. However, cancellations do occur as the
meeting date approaches.
Room Rate: $169 (single/double)/$199 (triple) USD.
Includes in-room high-speed Internet. Room rates DO NOT
include a daily breakfast buffet or occupancy tax of
17.4% (taxes subject to change)
Reservation Cutoff Date: 7 March 2017
Cancel with No Penalty: 48 hours prior to arrival
Distance to Meeting Venue: N/A
More detail at: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/98/hotel.html
Reservations: https://aws.passkey.com/go/ietf2017
2. Fairmont Chicago (Overflow hotel, block of 350)
IETF has secured a guestroom block at the Fairmont
Chicago, Millennium Park. The Fairmont is connected to
the Swissotel via the Pedway (a climate controlled
pedestrian walkway; less than 5 minute walk to the
Swissotel Chicago).
The Fairmont is offering a onetime $25 credit for
their in-house restaurant, the Columbus Tap, for
attendees that stay four nights or longer.
Room Rate: $169 (single/double)/$199 (triple) USD.
Includes in-room high-speed Internet. Room rates DO NOT
include a daily breakfast buffet or occupancy tax of
17.4% (taxes subject to change)
Reservations Cutoff Date: 2 March 2017
Cancel with No Penalty: Up to 48 hours prior to
check-in/arrival
Reservations: https://aws.passkey.com/go/interneteng
4. Code Sprint
The IETF 98 Code Sprint in Chicago will, as
always, let you work on fixing those things about the datatracker
which you most urgently desire to do something about.
When: Saturday, March 25 from 09:30 to 18:00
Where: Swissotel Chicago, Room TBD
Information: https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETF98Sprint
Sign-Up:
https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETF98SprintSignUp
Mailing List: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/codesprints
For information on setting up your environment, code
checkout and commit, etc., see:
http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/SprintCoderSetup
The Sprint will be run according to the IETFSprintHowto:
http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETFSprintHowto
5. Hackathon
The IETF is holding a Hackathon at IETF 98 to encourage
developers to discuss, collaborate and develop utilities, ideas,
sample code and solutions that show practical implementations of
IETF standards.
When: Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26
Where: Swissotel Chicago, Room TBD
Signup for the Hackathon:
https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf98/hackathonregistration.py
More information can be found here:
http://ietf.org/hackathon/98-hackathon.html
Keep up to date by subscribing to:
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon
The IETF is still seeking a Hackathon sponsor for 2017! For more
information please see:
https://iaoc.ietf.org/host-and-sponsorship.html
Contact Howie Baggott if interested, [email protected].
The Hackathon is free to attend and open to all. Extend
the invitation to colleagues outside the IETF!
Descriptions and information regarding the technologies
for the hackathon are located on the IETF 98 Meeting Wiki:
https://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/98hackathon
Don’t see anything that interests you? Feel free to add
your preferred technology to the list, sign up as its
Champion and show up to work on it. Note: you must login to
the wiki to add content. If you do add a new technology, we
strongly suggest that you send an email to [email protected]
to let others know. You may generate interest in your
technology, and find other people who want to contribute to
it.
To request a wiki account, please click on the “login”
button on the bottom right corner of the page, and choose
“register.” If you need a new password please click on the
“login” button on the bottom right corner of the page and
choose “Send new password.”
6. IETF 98 Meeting Wiki
The IETF 98 meeting wiki (Your Wiki) has been created to
exchange information regarding IETF 98.
Your IETF 98 (Chicago) wiki can be found here:
http://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/ietf98
To create an account, click ‘Login’ at the bottom of the
wiki and then ‘Register’. If you have forgotten your
password, you may reset it with the "Send new password" link.
7. Sponsors
We would also like to thank the following companies who are sponsoring
IETF98:
Ericsson (Host), Comcast Business, Cablelabs, Verisign, Comcast & A10
Networks.
If you would like to get your company involved as a sponsor,
and support the work of the IETF contact Howie Baggott @
[email protected] or call +41763340337
