Dear colleagues Happy New Year.
With only 2.5 weeks until UKNOF30 on 22 January at etc Venues, 155 Bishopsgate in London, a reminder to register for the meeting if you are planning to attend. EARLY BIRD (ie, free) registrations are only open for three more days (until Thursday 8 January), after which, registrations will be chargeable. Early registration also helps us with our meeting logistics - as various deadlines to the venue and other suppliers need to be met very soon. The registration page is at: http://uknof.uk/ftwfz 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. We now have just under 200 registered delegates - very close to the registered delegates in the previous London meeting we held in September 2013. :-) We are also going to have a packed agenda. Presentations on the day will, amongst others, include building and running an Anycast network on a small budget, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Sky will be talking about their next generation Broadband network. A number of network tools will be explained - fast outage detection, managing next generation services and a bunch of free tools by Team Cymru. There are of course more. Please note that although we webcast and record the presentations, we do sometimes receive requests not to record or webcast a particular presentation. If you are interested in all the presentations at UKNOF30, then please attend in person. If any of your colleagues/customers would be interested in attending UKNOF, please pass this email on to them. ACCOMMODATION ===== If you are still looking for accommodation: Although the booking deadline for our negotiated hotel rates has passed, we note that the Group Code at the DoubleTree by Hilton - Tower of London, still works for overnight stays on Wednesday 21 January, Thursday 22 January and Friday 23 January - however we are not sure how long this will remain active as it seems to be an oversight by the hotel. You may book the hotel via: http://uknof.uk/ccnjf DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Tower of London, 7 Pepys Street, London, EC3N 4AF Rate (per night): from £216 Queen Double Single Occupancy Included: English Breakfast, WiFi, in-room iMac, fitness room Book via: http://uknof.uk/ccnjf CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS ===== We are still seeking some additional material. If you have something to submit or suggest, please refer to our Call for Presentations at: http://uknof.uk/dwnbd The final submission deadline is 7th January. BECOME A UKNOF PATRON ===== This sponsorship shows your support of UKNOF over a period of a calendar year and enables UKNOF to be more effective in being able to offer it's unique service to the community. You may become a patron as an individual (where we suggest a minimum contribution of £50 + VAT for the calendar year). As an Individual Patron, your name will be listed on a Patron Sponsor page of the UKNOF website for the whole of 2015. The amount you wish to contribute is up to you and you may sign up as an Individual Patron at: http://uknof.uk/rbvsf For organisations who would like to become Patron Sponsors, please email [email protected] for further details UKNOF30 SPONSORS ===== We are thankful to our Gold sponsors Axians Networks (formerly Imtech ICT), Cisco and Corero ; and our Silver sponsors, Solid Optics and ThousandEyes for providing UKNOF30 meeting sponsorship. RIPE NCC are a UKNOF30 Meeting Support sponsor, and Cumulus Networks are sponsoring the post-meeting social event. We are limited in number of attendees by amount of sponsorship funding received and are open to offers for UKNOF30 and future meetings at the Host, Diamond, 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://uknof.uk/rgvrb FUTURE MEETINGS ===== Dates in 2015 for your diaries: UKNOF31 - 20 April, Manchester UKNOF32 - 16 & 17 September, Sheffield We look forward to seeing you in London at UKNOF30. Regards Denesh (Event Manager, UKNOF)
