Call for Presenters NZNOG'04 a.k.a. Big Geek Programme 04 (BGP-04) The next meeting of the New Zealand Network Operators' Group is to be held in Hamilton on January 29th and 30th 2004. Our hosts are the University of Waikato's WAND Network research group. NZNOG meetings provide opportunities for the exchange of technical information and discussion of issues relating to the operation of network services, with particular emphasis on New Zealand. NZNOG invites presentations on relevant topics. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: Operation of the DNS in New Zealand; Carrier IP network structures; Internet exchange activities; VoIP deployment; IP Routing theory or practice; Access technologies; Network management tools and practices. Presentations from researchers and from practitioners are welcomed. Presentations don't need to fit any particular fixed length. In addition to more substantiative talks we hope to include a session of very short presentations this year as a forum for floating an idea or reporting on a discovery in a less formal manner. The possibility exists that the meeting might be extended beyond two days to accommodate suitable material. Suggestions for topics for presentations or discussions are also welcome. Prospective presenters should in the first case send email to talks(a)nznog.org describing their intended presentation topic, and giving some idea of the level of detail and length of presentation which would suit them. We'd prefer to receive offers to present sooner rather than later, but the deadline is 23 November 2003, with the last acceptances to be notified not later than 30 November. Further information, as it becomes available, will be posted at: www.nznog.org Donald Neal | "Stucco - A hitherto Technical Specialist | unknown Marx brother." Operations Engineering | [Barry Cryer] Integration & Services Divn. | Alcatel NZ Ltd | All opinions mine only. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------