[mat-wg] Call for Papers: RIPE 67, 14-18 October 2013 in Athens, Greece

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 67 will take place from 14-18 October 2013 in Athens, Greece.

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 67. 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://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/i-want-to-present/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
  4 August 2013, using the meeting submission system
  (https://ripe67.ripe.net/submit-topic/). 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://ripe67.ripe.net/submit-topic/) 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

(https://ripe67.ripe.net/programme/i-want-to-present/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 panelists, presenters and
  moderators.

- Due to potential technical issues, it is expected that most, if not
  all, presenters/panelists 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.


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