Hello everyone!
We are happy to announce this year's Fall Open vSwitch and OVN
conference! The conference will take place on November 19th and 20th,
2025. This is expected to be a hybrid event located in Prague, Czech
Republic at the Botanique Hotel.
We are seeking long and short ("lightning") talks on topics related to
Open vSwitch and OVN. We expect long talks to last 25 minutes with an
additional 5 minutes for questions, and short talks to last 10 minutes.
All talks will be recorded and made available online.
How to propose a talk
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We are soliciting proposals for full talks and short ("lightning")
talks in a single round. You may propose a talk as a full talk, a
lightning talk, or for either one at the committee's discretion.
We will also accept proposals for panel discussions. Please submit
them as full talks and make it clear in the description that it is a
panel.
Please submit proposals to ovscon at openvswitch.org by September 8,
2025. Proposals should include:
* Title and abstract.
* Speaker names, email addresses, and affiliations.
* Whether you are proposing a full talk or a lightning talk or
either one at the committee's discretion.
Speakers will be notified of acceptance by October 1st, 2025.
Speakers should plan to attend the event in person. Travel and
accommodations are the responsibility of attendees. The paper review
committee may make exceptions for virtual talks, but the preference is
for talks to be presented in-person.
Topics that may be considered, among others, include:
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* The future of Open vSwitch (e.g., AF_XDP, P4, eBPF).
* NAT, DPI, and stateful processing with Open vSwitch.
* Deploying and using OVN.
* Testing and scaling OVN.
* NIC acceleration of Open vSwitch.
* Using Open vSwitch and OVN to realize NFV and service chaining.
* Porting Open vSwitch to new operating systems, hypervisors,
or container systems.
* Integrating Open vSwitch and OVN into larger systems.
* Troubleshooting and debugging Open vSwitch and OVN installations.
* Open vSwitch and OVN development and testing practices.
* Performance measurements or approaches to improving
performance.
* End-user or service provider experiences with Open vSwitch
and OVN.
* Hardware ports of Open vSwitch (existing, in progress, or
speculative).
* The relationship between OpenFlow and Open vSwitch.
* Using, developing, or administering OpenFlow controllers in
conjunction with Open vSwitch.
* Comparisons to other implementations of features found in
Open vSwitch (e.g. other OpenFlow implementations, other
software switches, etc.).
* Increasing the size and diversity of the Open vSwitch and OVN user
and developer base.
* Tutorials and walkthroughs of use cases.
* Demos.
How to attend
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General registration is open on Event Brite at the following URL:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-vswitch-and-ovn-2025-fall-conference-tickets-1542483964059
To receive a 20% discount on your in-person ticket, please enter
promotion code EARLY-BIRD-ATTENDEE-2025 during registration. This offer
is valid until October 8th.
The event will be hybrid with a fee for both in-person and virtual
attendees. We offer complementary registration to speakers, students,
academics, and anyone for whom the registration fee is burdensome.
Please contact us if you need any help obtaining a complementary
registration.
For your convenience, we've reserved a limited block of rooms at the
Hotel Botanique, our event venue. You can book your stay using hotel's
booking link provided at our conference’s page below
https://openvswitch.org/support/ovscon2025/
Sponsoring
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For information regarding available sponsorship packages, please contact
the organizers directly at ovs...@openvswitch.org
More information
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To reach the organizers, email ovs...@openvswitch.org. For general
discussion of the conference, please use the ovs-discuss mailing list
at ovs-disc...@openvswitch.org
As always, you can see the latest developments at https://ovscon.site
Thank you,
OVS+OVN Conference Team
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