Hi Philip, Since Internationalized Domain names is one of the suggested topic areas, I can make a presentation on IDN Variants addressing the following:
What are variants? Managing variant at the top-level Policy and technical issues involved IDN Variants Project - Solutions to enable the delegation of variant TLDs - what are the objectives of the project, main components, timeframe, etc. Regards, Baher On 2/20/11 6:14 AM, "Philip Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've attached the call for papers for MENOG 8. Please encourage > colleagues and friends to considering offering tutorial or conference > papers. > > We are all looking forward to your presentation proposals and assistance > to make MENOG 8 a great event. > > Many thanks! > > philip > (For the MENOG Coord Team) > -- > > > Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) > Damascus, Syria 15 23 May 2011 > http://www.menog.net > > Call for Papers > > The MENOG Coordination Team is now seeking contributions to the > programme for MENOG 8. We would like to invite people to submit their > presentation proposals as soon as possible to help us produce the > programme in a timely fashion. We would also like to encourage people > through out the Middle East region who have not previously presented > their work to do so. > > We are looking for people who would : > > * Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic; and/or > * Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker. > * Share their local experience with any of the fields of interest > for MENOG. > > Presentation proposals including slides can be submitted at: > > http://submission.menog.net/paper/user/index.php?event=28 > > MENOG 8 FORMAT > -------------- > > MENOG 8 will run for 7 days, and will include 5 days of hands-on > technical workshops, followed by a day of tutorials and 2 days of > Technical Conference sessions (including updates from the RIPE NCC). > > Workshop 15th - 19th > Tutorials 21st > Conference 22nd - 23rd > > > CONFERENCE MILESTONES > --------------------- > > Call for Papers Opens: Now > Deadline for Speaker Submissions: 17th April 2011 > Final Programme Published: 5th May 2011 > Final Presenter Slides: 8th May 2011 > > > TECHNICAL CONFERENCE > -------------------- > > Each Technical session in MENOG will last 90 minutes - multiple > sessions can be cover one subject area if there is demand. A 90 > minute session allows presentations to be up to 25 minutes in length, > meaning 3 presentations per session and some time for Q&A. Longer > presentations should be submitted as tutorials. The Technical > Conference takes place on Sunday 22nd and Monday 23rd May. > > Expected subject areas for MENOG 8 include: > > 1. IPv6 deployment > > 2. HTTP and Non-HTTP Content Filtering; Anti-spam > > 3 Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) and Localisation > > 4. NREN (National Research and Education Networks) > > 5. ISP Operations, Peering and Internet Exchange Points > > 6. SP Network Security > > 7. Datacentres, Applications & Services > > > > TUTORIALS > ---------- > > Tutorials are 90 minute technical presentations which focus on a > particular subject in-depth. Tutorials will take place on Saturday > the 21st of May. > > Tutorial Instructors are encouraged to also sign up to be a Speaker in > the Technical Conference Programme as well. You can sign up to give a > tutorial and/or conference session presentation by following the > instructions at the end of this message for signing up as a speaker or > instructor. > > Examples of Tutorial topics might be: > > - Network security, IPSec, Auditing/Forensics, DDoS Mitigation > - Routing, Network Design, BGP > - IPv6 deployment > - IDN, Localisation > - Content filtering & anti-spam > - Network planning, management and traffic engineering > - Internet exchanges, construction, peering and collocation > - Operations, NOC, Helpdesk and other support aspects > - DNS and DNSSEC > > If you have an idea for a tutorial subject that is not listed, please > feel free to submit it to us. > > > CFP SUBMISSION > -------------- > > When considering a presentation or tutorial, remember that the MENOG > audience is mainly comprised of technical network operators and > engineers with a wide range of experience levels from beginners to > multi-year experience. There is a strong orientation to offer core > skills and basic knowledge in the tutorials and to address issues > relevant to the day-to-day operations of ISPs and network operators > over the next 12 - 18 months in the conference sessions. > > Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be > provided with CfP submissions. The Programme Committee cannot consider > a presentation proposal without accompanying draft slides. > > While the majority of speaking slots will be allocated by 1st of May > 2011, a limited number of slots may be available after then for > presentations that are exceptionally timely or of critical operational > importance. > > > IMPORTANT NOTE > -------------- > > MENOG is a TECHNICAL conference so marketing and commercial content is > not allowed within the programme. The programme committee will > maintain the technical standard of MENOG, and will therefore > not accept inappropriate materials. It is expected that the presenter > be a technical person and not a sales or marketing person. The > audience is extremely technical and expects that the speakers are > themselves very knowledgeable. All sessions provide time for > questions, so presenters should expect technical questions and be > prepared to deliver insightful and technically deep responses. > > > FUNDING AND SUPPORT > ------------------- > > MENOG is a not-for-profit event that is trying to make the event only > as close to zero cost as possible for attendees; therefore we are > unable to pay the travel costs of speakers. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Menog mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog _______________________________________________ Menog mailing list [email protected] http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog
