Lonely Planet have named it one of New Zealand’s most exciting cities and the New Zealand Network Operators Group (NZNOG) is holding their annual conference and training workshops in the Garden City from January the 23rd to the 27th. As there is more to life than sitting in conferences. The off the ball action will give you the chance to socialise, network and have fun. We’ll be kicking off on Wednesday with drinks at the Copthorne Commodore, brought to you by Network Hardware Resale. So if you are finishing up workshops or tutorials, or arriving on the Wednesday join the rest of the group for some refreshments and a chin wag. Thursday we have a field trip to the Allied Telesis labs to see first-hand router and switch research and development, one of New Zealand’s hidden secrets is we actually do a lot of this, we don’t just implement. We will be accompanied by penguins and huskies for the conference dinner at the Antarctic Centre on the Thursday. There will be a good opportunity before the dinner to explore the centre. Following the dinner there will be some after drinks courtesy of our platinum sponsor Vocus. We want the conference to be enjoyable, exciting and not all about Internet operations. More About NZNOG12 The conference proper will run across the 26th and 27th of January and as always will include leading speakers in the field of Internet operations from New Zealand and much farther afield. Training workshops and tutorials will precede the conference and run from the 23rd to the 25th of January. The annual conference, workshops and tutorials are a once a year chance for individuals and organisations involved in Internet operations to meet and share the latest in Internet operations, technologies practises and receive high quality training. The event is unique in New Zealand and attracts technical, skilled individuals with a genuine interest in Internet operations and Internetworking technologies. The event will be held at the Copthorne Commodore near Christchurch Airport. Accommodation is available on site as well as in the immediate area. The cost of attendance has been confirmed at $250, students are $150. For further information: To register: https://nznog.lilregie.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @NZNOG Susbscribe to the NZNOG mailing list: http://www.nznog.org/?page_id=5 Visit the conference website: http://2012.nznog.org