�� NZNOG 2010 - Call for Participation and Papers

The next conference of the New Zealand Network Operators' Group is to be

held in Hamilton, New Zealand between 27 January and 29 January 2010. Our

host is the WAND group.

NZNOG meetings provide opportunities for the exchange of technical

information and discussion of issues relating to the operation and

support of network services, with particular emphasis on New Zealand.

The conference is low priced and has a strong technical focus with the

aim and history of getting a strong turnout of technical personal from

New Zealand Internet orientated companies.

Conference Overview

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NZNOG 2010 will consist of up to three days of workshops and tutorials followed�

by two days of conference presentations. �There will also be opportunity for

more informal and small lightening talks. These are typically around five

minutes long and are organised closer to the actual conference.

Important Dates

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Call for Papers opens: � � � � � �29 October � 2009

Deadline for speaker submissions: �1 December �2009

Responses to speaker submissions: �7 December �2009

Draft program published: � � � � �15 December �2009

Final program published: � � � � �15 January � 2010

NZNOG 2009 Conference: � � � 27 - 29 January � 2010

SIG / Miniconf / Tutorials / Workshops

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In previous years we have had a single day of workshops and tutorials,

this year however we are looking at having up to three days of workshops

and tutorials, if we can get the submissions.

Examples of past activities workshops include 'MPLS and fixed access

networks for beginners', 'Mikrotik RouterOS Training', 'APNIC Internet

Resource Management Essentials', and a System Administrators

mini-conference which included talks on 'Using Debian packages for

system administration' and '42 hosts in 1U: Using virtual machines'.

Conference Presentations

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The main conference program for 2010 will be made up of two days with a

single stream where possible. Presentations don't need to fit any particular

fixed length and can be from 30 minutes to 3 hours in length.

NZNOG conferences have traditionally spanned the entire operational spectrum,

and then some. Proposals for conference presentations are invited for

virtually any topic with a degree of relevance to the NZNOG community.

Past years' talks have included the following:

- Internet exchange operations

- Global anycast networks and the building thereof

- Peering, peering, and peering

- Network security

- 10GB ethernet operations

- Advanced networks in NZ

- Current Internet research in NZ

- Wireless networking

- QOS over carrier networks

- Content distribution networks and media streaming

- How we paid the construction guys 18 pints of beer and they

�gave us a free metro fibre network in Palmy North

- Open Source VoIP Platform in Carrier Environments

- Lawful Interception

- Designing networks for High Availability

Some ideas for this year also include the following:

- IPv6, been there done that

- DNS Security

- Routing Security

- Review of 2009

- IPSec

- Internet Filtering

- How Cloud Computing has impacted Network Design

If you are interested in submitting a talk please fill out the questions

at then end of this document and submit them to http://submission.nznog.org

Alternatively, you can and email them to talks@nznog.org

Submission Guidelines

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When considering a presentation or SIG, remember that the NZNOG audience

is mainly comprised of technical network operators and engineers with a wide

range of experience levels from beginners to multi-year experience. There is

a strong orientation to offer core skills and basic knowledge in the SIGs

and to address issues relevant to the day-to-day operations of ISPs and

network operators in the conference sessions.

The inclusion of a title, bio, topic, abstract, and slides with proposals

is not compulsory but each will help us determine the quality of your

proposal and increase the likelihood it will be accepted.

Final slides are to be provided by 15 January 2010.

Note: While the majority of speaking slots will be submitted by 15 December 2009,

a limited number of slots may be available for presentations that are

exceptionally timely, important, or of critical operational importance.

The NZNOG conference is a TECHNICAL conference so marketing and commercial

content is NOT allowed within the program. The program committee is charged

with maintaining the technical standard of NZNOG conferences, and will

therefore not accept inappropriate materials. �It is expected that the

presenter be a technical person and not a sales or marketing person. The

audience is extremely technical and unforgiving, and expects that the speakers

are themselves very knowledgeable. �All sessions provide time for questions,

so presenters should expect technical questions and be prepared to deliver

insightful and technically deep responses.

Funding and Support

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NZNOG conferences are community run and funded events that try to keep the

cost to attendees as low as possible so generally we are unable to pay the

travel costs of speakers. �There is a limited amount of funding available to

international speakers.

Conference presenters will not have to pay any registration fee for the day

they are presenting. Discounts for SIG and lightning talk presenters may

be available but are not automatic.

Lightning talks

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Lightning talks are short talks/presentations that last no more than 10

minutes. This is a good opportunity to get your pet topic out there or

perhaps to get some experience with presenting without having to go to a

full talk. At NZNOG 2010 it is planned that there will be at least one

hour long lightning talk session.