Dear colleagues
With a month remaining until UKNOF27, a reminder of some important dates before
we head off into the Christmas & New Year break.
Registrations are going well, and it looks like this will be our biggest
meeting so far, outside of London. Presentations on the day will, amongst
others, include building the Janet 100GE national network, Nominet's registry
infrastructure transformation, impact of new gTLDs by ICANN and Comcast's IPv6
deployment.
If any of your colleagues/customers would be interested in attending UKNOF,
please pass this email on to them.
ACCOMMODATION BOOKING DEADLINE - Sunday 22 December
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We have negotiated rates on behalf of those attending UKNOF27. Further
information and booking details of those hotels, plus a link to other hotels in
the area are at:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/internalPage.py?pageId=2&confId=29
The negotiated rates start at £80 for Double rooms, include breakfast and VAT
and bookings are flexible (ie, may be cancelled closer to the arrival date - no
payment processed on booking, although your card details will be required to
place the reservation).
Negotiated rates are available until 22 December, after which their standard
rates will apply.
MEETING DELEGATE REGISTRATION DEADLINES - Tuesday 7 January
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To help us with meeting logistics, please register for the meeting as soon as
possible.
EARLY BIRD (FREE) registrations are available until 7 January 2014, after which
time all registrations are chargeable at £50 + VAT (plus Eventbrite fee).
The EARLY BIRD registration page is at:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confId=29
Please note, if you are from a sponsor or potential sponsor organisation,
please email [email protected] for your registration instead of registering
via the above link.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS DEADLINE - Wednesday 8 January
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We are still seeking additional material. If you have something to submit or
suggest, please refer to our Call for Presentations at:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/conferenceCFA.py?confId=29
The final submission deadline is 8th January.
IX MANCHESTER MEETING - Monday 20 January
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The IX Manchester LINX Regional Meeting will be held on 20 January, the day
prior to UKNOF. This will be in the same venue, however if you wish to attend
the IX Manchester meeting then you will have to register separately for that
meeting at:
https://www.linx.net/events/regional/Manchester/M5/Manchester.html
SPONSORSHIP
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We are thankful to our Platinum Host sponsor Gamma Telecom ; our Gold sponsors
F5 Networks and Imtech ; our Silver sponsor, Arista Networks ; and our Bronze
sponsor, Infoblox for providing UKNOF27 meeting sponsorship. UKNOF27 Meeting
Support sponsors include Bytemark (all day coffee and tea), Datacentred
(Delegate Badges), Go Communications (T-Shirts), and IX Reach (lunch and
afternoon break dessert).
We are limited in number of attendees by amount of sponsorship funding received
and are open to offers for future meetings at the Platinum Gold, Silver and
Bronze sponsor levels for the upcoming meeting in addition to Social
Recognition (pre-meeting social) and Supporter Sponsorships (eg, lunch, coffee
breaks). We also have annual Patron sponsorships available. If your company
wishes to support us, please refer to the sponsorship documentation at:
http://wiki.uknof.org.uk/Sponsorship/Overview
FUTURE MEETINGS
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Dates for your diaries:
UKNOF28 - 24 April 2014 - Reading. Registrations will open in January. Hotel
accommodation to be announced soon. We are now seeking sponsors.
UKNOF29 - 8/9 September 2014 - Belfast. Specific details TBA. We are now
seeking sponsors.
SO ENCRYPT FOR GOODNESS SAKE
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Check out the American Civil Liberties Union's parody of a Christmas classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pcWlyUu8U4
We look forward to seeing you in Manchester at UKNOF27 in just over 1 month
from now. In the meantime, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy and
prosperous year ahead.
Regards
Denesh
(Event Manager, UKNOF)
