Hi Everyone. Registrations have been open for the conference for a while now and I'm pleased to say that they are at an unprecedented level for this time of year. Given that we've only just released the program, thats an outstanding achievement. With some great help from InternetNZ the conference is shaping up to be as awesome as usual. First up I'd like to thank the sponsors who have signed on thus far: Go Wireless - Gold Network Hardware Resale - Gold Vocus - Gold CityLink - Gold GKC - Silver Brocade - Silver Arbor Networks - Silver APNIC - Silver Extreme Networks - Silver Kordia - Bandwidth Sponsor We have more slots open for sponsorship as well as the much coveted Platinum sponsor position. If you would like to ensure that your organisation gets high visability at the event then contact sponsorship(a)nznog.org for a sponsorship pack. We know that the program is an important part of convincing your organisations that you need to attend. This year we've got a wide range of speakers lined up along with some great Workshops and tutorials. Program: International Keynotes: Tom Paseka (CloudFlare) - NZ Perspectives from a global CDN Roland Dobbins (Arbor Networks) - TBA Conference Presentations: Geoff Huston (APNIC) - Measuring DNSSEC Jamie Baddeley (Citylink) - NZIX2/Citylink SDN Sam Russell (REANNZ) - Building a better Skype with WebRTC, SIP, and ENUM Barry Brailey (DNC) .nz DNSSEC programme Jean-Sébastien Fontana (Extreme Networks) - Introduction to TRILL Gerard Creamer (Netspace) - Experiences with dual A records vs anycasting Beatty Lane-Davis (Cyan) - SDN & NFV Michael Fincham (Unleash) - RPKI Peter Gent (MBIE) - 5GHz Wireless Links Jan Jorz (ISOC) - BCOP Project Quintin Russ (SiteHost) - IPv6 deployment in the cloud InternetNZ Update APNIC update WAND update Lightning Talks Workshops: Network Infrastructure Security BGP Routing Tutorials: OpenDNSSEC Installation and Configuration (1/2 day) SDN/OpenFlow Installation (1/2 day) Mikrotik Routing (full day) APNIC Internet Resource Management (1/2 day) We'd suggest you register now. At least this side of Xmas. Flights, Accommodation etc will likely be easier and cheaper the sooner you do it. Better than doing it in a panic in mid January. For more information on how to register, head off to http://www.nznog.org/register See you all there. Dean