Email Contents: UKNOF32 and UK & Ireland Peering Forum 1.0 Agenda, Registration, UKNOF Social Details Car Parking at the venue UKNOF32 First time attendees UKNOF Crew UKNOF Respect Policy UKNOF32 Sponsors and Partners UKNOF Patronage Other related events around UKNOF32 - UKNOF professional Training on DNSSEC UKNOF Future meetings
Dear colleagues UKNOF32 takes place on Wednesday & Thursday next week (16 & 17 September) in Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Sheffield, Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, S4 7YE. Here’s a few final pieces of information. UKNOF are back in Sheffield after 6 years - this time with 245 delegates currently registered and an agenda filled to the brim with operational and technical nourishment! The meeting agenda includes an update on Openreach's G.Fast Proof of Concept from TalkTalk and BT, and Facebook will show us the technologies and methods they use to run their production network. Network evolution is of note this time around, with Alcatel-Lucent talking about ethernet speeds and what is possible in the future, whilst Google talk about their warehouse-scale datacenters. Verizon talk about security and Peter Hessler shows us a unique way to use BGP for realtime spam blacklists. Continuing our casual “shoestring” series, Remco van Mook shows us how to create an Internet Exchange Point with only $1000. With other presentations, a PGP-Keysigning session during lunch, the opportunity to pick up your RIPE Atlas probe, long breaks for networking with industry colleagues, and of course UK & Ireland Peering Forum co-hosting their debut meeting with UKNOF during the morning of Wednesday 16 September, this is going to be a jam packed couple of days. The registration desk opens at 9am on the 16th with tea and coffee being served. The UK & Ireland Peering Forum 1.0 begins at 10am and UKNOF32 begins at 2pm, with a joint lunch for Peering Forum and UKNOF32 delegates from 12.30pm. The sponsored UKNOF32 Social is from 6pm and will have a very Sheffield theme and a Steam Engine! There will also be food. Note that this will require you to pick up a ticket at the Registration Desk during the UKNOF32 afternoon coffee break. These are in limited supply and are on a first come first served basis. Day 2 (Thursday 17 September) starts with registration at 9am and UKNOF32 continuing from 9.30am until 12.30pm. Full agenda and slides are here: http://uknof.uk/agenda32 Although Early Bird registrations have ended, if you or any of your colleagues are interested in attending, we still have room for more attendees on a paying basis (£126.65 inc VAT and Eventbrite fee for non-Patrons and £63.65 inc VAT and Eventbrite fee for Patrons via a discount code), in advance or at the door via: http://uknof.uk/register32 Note: Registrations are non-transferrable (except between delegates from Patron organisations and Advisory Committee organisations) As usual, we will be webcasting the event, at: http://uknof.bogons.net/uknof32.html (link will be activated on Wednesday next week) You can also participate remotely via IRC: #[email protected] Hashtags for this event (on Twitter, Facebook, Google+): #UKNOF32 [[ Car Parking ]] Car Parking is complimentary for UK & Ireland Peering Forum, UKNOF32, and Training course delegates. You simply need to register your car at the conference hotel reception desk. Postcode for SatNav users (the hotel has two): S1 2AU - which will bring you directly on to the driveway for the venue. [[ FIRST TIME ATTENDEES ]] We are pleased to see a number of first time attendees attend each subsequent UKNOF meeting. UKNOF32 is no different with 30% first time attendees registered to attend. We understand how daunting it can be to attend a meeting for the first time, especially if you are new to the industry. As such, Debbie Casey, from our Meeting Committee, will be manning the ‘First Time Attendee’ section of the registration desk and will be on hand to welcome and provide any guidance required. In addition, First Time Attendees may approach any of the UKNOF crew regarding any questions they may have. UKNOF meetings are relaxed and fairly informal, and we are certain that those who have attended UKNOF in the past will assist the first time attendees with settling in. [[ UKNOF CREW ]] The UKNOF crew consists of those who are involved with organising the main aspects of the meeting - The Programme Committee and The Meeting Committee. You will be able to recognise the crew by the red lanyards they will be sporting during the day. Mugshots are at: https://wiki.uknof.org.uk/Programme_Committee https://wiki.uknof.org.uk/Meeting_Committee [[ RESPECT AT UKNOF ]] A reminder of our Respect Policy, available at: http://uknof.uk/respect By participating in UKNOF activities, you are confirming your commitment to the principles in the Respect Policy. [[ UKNOF32 SPONSORS ]] We are grateful to our sponsors for their support of UKNOF32 and making our meeting possible and open to all. Gold: Alternative Networks, Axians Silver: IPv4 Market Group, ThousandEyes Support: RIPE NCC (tea/coffee refreshments) Social: Ask4, Axians, flexOptics [[ UKNOF31 PARTNERS ]] We are also grateful to our long term partners: Bogons (live webcast) Bytemark (servers) Portfast (connectivity infrastructure) [[ PATRON SPONSORSHIP ]] 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. We are now looking for patrons for the 2016 calendar year. The amount you wish to sponsor is up to you and you may sign up as an Individual Patron or Organisation Patron at: http://uknof.uk/patron [[ OTHER EVENTS AROUND UKNOF32 ]] UKNOF Professional Training Series kicks off with a course on "The Technical and Business Considerations of Secure DNS Deployment” taking place during the afternoon of Thursday 17 September at the Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Sheffield and is limited to 25 delegates. Lunch will be provided to the training course delegates from 1.15pm. The course starts at 2pm and will be delivered in three 50 minute segments with a couple of breaks in between. The course will provide a description of Secure DNS, the technology and how it works. It will show how to configure popular DNS server implementations to use DNSSEC for signing and validating DNS data. An overview of the tools to support these activities will be given, along with some guidance on how to do DNSSEC troubleshooting. The course will also describe the impact of DNSSEC on existing network infrastructure and DNS operations and how these may need to be reviewed and changed: procedures, customer support and helpdesk issues, provisioning systems, middleware and so on. Advice on how to prepare for DNSSEC deployment will also be given: checklists, testing, documentation, migration schemes and key management considerations. The course will be delivered by industry veteran and DNS expert, Jim Reid (RTFM LLP) The course costs £150 + VAT + Eventbrite fee (£189.65) and you may register for the course at http://uknof-pts-dnssec.eventbrite.co.uk Note that registrations for the course are only available until 15 September. [[ FUTURE MEETINGS ]] Dates for your diary: - UKNOF33 - Tuesday 19 January 2016 - etc venues, Bishopsgate, London We are now seeking hosts and sponsors. - UKNOF34 - Thursday 21 April 2016 - Manchester Central Convention Centre, Manchester We are now seeking hosts and sponsors. - UKNOF35 - September 2016 Specific details TBA. We are now seeking hosts and sponsors. Looking forward to seeing you next week in Sheffield. Regards Denesh — Denesh Bhabuta Event Manager, UKNOF
