[routing-wg] Final Call For Presentations RIPE 69, deadline 1 October 2014

Dear colleagues,

Following the past submission deadline, there is a Draft RIPE Plenary
programme published at:

https://ripe69.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/

There are still slots remaining for the final RIPE 69 programme and RIPE
Programme Committee will accept new proposals until 1 October 2014.

This is a last call deadline if you wish to submit a proposal.

Kind regards,

Benno Overeinder
for RIPE programme committee


On 27/08/14 13:32, Benno Overeinder wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Please find the CFP for RIPE 69 in London below.
> 
> The deadline for submissions is 31 August 2014.
> 
> Please also note that speakers do not receive any extra reduction or
> funding towards the meeting fee at the RIPE Meetings.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> RIPE PC
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-meetings/pc
> 
> 
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> 
> Call for Presentations
> 
> A RIPE Meeting is an open event where Internet Service Providers,
> network operators and other interested parties get together.  Although
> the meeting is mostly technical, it is also a chance for people to meet
> and network with others in their field.
> 
> RIPE 69 will take place from 3-7 November 2014 in London, UK.
> 
> The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from
> the RIPE community for the plenary session presentations, BoFs (Birds of
> a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at
> RIPE 69.  The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network
> engineering and operations, including but not limited to:
> 
> - IPv6 deployment
> - Managing IPv4 scarcity in operations
> - Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses
> - Data centre technologies
> - Network and DNS operations
> - Internet governance and regulatory practices
> - Network and routing security
> - Content delivery
> - Internet peering and mobile data exchange
> 
> Submissions
> 
> RIPE Meeting attendees are quite sensitive to keeping presentations
> non-commercial, and product marketing talks are strongly discouraged.
> Repeated audience feedback shows that the most successful talks focus on
> operational experience, research results, or case studies.  For example,
> presenters wishing to describe a commercial solution should focus on
> the underlying technology and not attempt a product demonstration.
> 
> The RIPE PC accepts proposals for different presentation formats,
> including plenary session presentations, tutorials, workshops, BoFs
> (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks.  See the full
> descriptions of these formats at
> https://ripe69.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/
> 
> Presenters who are proposing a panel or BoF are encouraged to include
> speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a
> neutral facilitator.
> 
> In addition to presentations selected in advance for the plenary, the
> RIPE PC also offers several time slots for "lightning talks", which are
> selected immediately before or during the conference.
> 
> The following general requirements apply:
> 
> - Proposals for plenary session presentations, BoFs, panels, workshops
>   and tutorials must be submitted for full consideration no later than
>   31 August 2014, using the meeting submission system at
>   https://ripe69.ripe.net/submit-topic/guidelines/.  Proposals
>   submitted after this date will be considered on a space-available
>   basis.
> 
> - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission
>   system (https://ripe69.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/) and
>   can be submitted just days before the RIPE Meeting starts or even
>   during the meeting week.  The allocation of lightning talk slots will
>   be announced in short notice – in some cases on the same day but
>   often one day prior to the relevant session.
> 
> - Presenters should indicate how much time they will require.  See more
>   information on time slot allocations per presentation format at
>   https://ripe69.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/.
> 
> - Proposals for talks will only be considered by the PC if they contain
>   at least draft presentation slides (slides may be updated later on).
>   For panels, proposals must contain a clear description, as well as
>   the names of invited panellists, presenters and moderators.
> 
> - Due to potential technical issues, it is expected that most, if not
>   all, presenters/panellists will be physically present at the RIPE
>   Meeting.
> 
> If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions,
> please email pc [at] ripe [dot] net.
> 
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> 
> 


-- 
Benno J. Overeinder
NLnet Labs
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/