[e2e] NANOG 22 CFP

[Susan Harris]

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                                  NANOG 22            
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                             May 20 - 22, 2001

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The North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) will hold its 22nd
meeting in Scottsdate, Arizona, between May 20-22, 2001. The meeting will
be hosted by CenterGate Research Group.  NANOG conferences provide a
forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information
related to large-scale (i.e., national/international) Internet backbone
networking technologies and operational practices.

NANOG meetings, held three times each year, include two days of short
presentations, plus afternoon/evening tutorial sessions.  Meetings are
informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current backbone engineering
practices. The conference draws over 600 participants, mainly consisting
of engineering staff from large national service providers, and members
of the research and education community.

Now in its sixth year, NANOG evolved from the NSFNET "regional-techs"  
meetings, where technical staff from the regional networks met to discuss
operational issues of common concern. With the emergence of the
commercial Internet, NANOG meetings evolved to include a broader base of
providers, network operators, and researchers.

The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley. For more
information about NANOG meetings, schedules, and logistics, see:

     http://www.nanog.org
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

NANOG invites presentations on backbone engineering, coordination, and
research topics. Presentations should highlight issues relating to
technology already deployed or soon to be deployed in core Internet
backbones and exchange points. 

Previous meetings have included presentations on: 

    - Backbone traffic engineering 
    - Coordination of inter-provider QoS 
    - Deployment experience with queueing disciplines (CAR, RED) 
    - Inter-provider security and routing protocol authentication 
    - Routing scalability in backbone infrastructures 
    - Security issues for the Internet core 
    - Routing policy specification and backbone router configuration 
    - Building large-scale measurement infrastructure 
    - Cooperative inter-provider caching 
    - Alternatives to hot-potato routing 
    - Recommendations on queue management and congestion avoidance 
    - Experience with differentiated services 
    - Reports from next-generation networks (CANARIE, Internet2)) 
    - Inter-domain multicast deployment 
    - Backbone network failure analysis 

Tutorials have covered topics such as: 

    - BGP case studies 
    - MPLS fundamentals 
    - External route selection 
    - IP multicast technologies 
    - Distributed content caching in large IP networks

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HOW TO PRESENT

Submit an informal one- or two-paragraph abstract describing the
presentation in email to nanog-support at nanog.org.  The deadline for
proposals is April 9, 2001.  While the majority of speaking slots will be
filled by April 9, a limited number of slots will be available after that
date for topics that are exceptionally timely and important.  
Submissions will be reviewed by the NANOG Program Committee, and
presenters will be notified of acceptance by April 23, 2001.

NANOG also welcomes suggestions/recommendations for tutorials, panels and
other presentation topics.
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