CFP Opens
Open Now
Now Open
Call for Presentations
Share your operational experience, research, and architecture work with the South Asian network operator community.
Timeline
Important Dates
Draft Submission
TBA
CFP Deadline
July 8, 2026
Acceptance Notice
TBA
Conference Begins
July 22, 2026
CFP submissions are closed now
SANOG 44 Call For Presentations (CFP) Announcement
The following is an open call for presentations for the conference
sessions for 44th South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) meeting
being hosted from 26th – 28th July, 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Important dates regarding the Call for Presentations:
Call For Presentations Open: Now
First Draft Programme Published: 22nd June 2026
Deadline For Proposals: 1st July 2026
Final acceptance notification: 7th July 2026
SANOG 44 Conference: 26-28 July, 2026
Please submit Online at SANOG Paper Submission System
Note that any marketing, sales and vendor proprietary content in the presentation
is against the spirit of the SANOG, and it is strictly prohibited.
Note that proper credit must be given for all content taken from other
sources. Evidence of plagiarism is grounds for rejection.
Presentations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis – so
It is important not to delay submitting if you wish to secure a
presentation slot.
Conference Presentation:
The three-day conference will comprise of several sessions, including the Plenary,
Technical Updates, Operational Updates, and Tutorials.
These are general sessions, and you are invited to propose talks or hands-on tutorials
that you think are relevant to the Internet operational and research
community. The topics given below are not exclusive.
Presentations are expected to be no more than 25 minutes long and with suitable
technical/operational content.
Tutorials can be 90mins or 180mins, with hands-on components a core requirement.
* Network Operations
* Routing in the IP Core, BGP, MPLS, IPv6
* Data Center, Switching Technologies, SAN & Virtualization
* Security, IDS, DoS mitigation
* Internet Exchange Point, transit & peering
* Mobile Internet, M2M, Internet of Things
*DNS, DNSSEC
*ccTLDs, gTLDs IDNs
*SDN and NFV
*Content Caching
*Network Automation and “Machine Learning”
*Access and transport networks including LTE/5G, wireless, metro ethernet, DWDM, IPoDWDM
* Any case studies or learning related to operational technologies that you want to share with the community
We are looking forward to welcoming you at SANOG 44 in Kathmandu, Nepal
What we're looking for
Submission Topics
- check_circle BGP, IS-IS, OSPF — routing operations and stability
- check_circle IPv6 deployment, dual-stack operations, and migration
- check_circle Internet Exchange Points (IXP) and peering policy
- check_circle DNS operations, DNSSEC, and abuse handling
- check_circle Network security, RPKI/ROA, route origin validation
- check_circle Data center networking, 5G, and SDN
- check_circle Network automation, observability, and operational tooling
- check_circle Machine learning for network operations
Original work only. No marketing or product pitches. We will reject submissions where the speaker is selling something rather than sharing operational experience.
Programme Committee
The experts guiding the technical selection for SANOG 44.
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Committee Chair
Dibya Khatiwada
NREN/PCH
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Committee Co-Chair
Tashi Phuntsho
Flexoptix GmbH
Committee Members
Abu Baker
Yottabyte
Abu Sufian
ADN Telecom
Devdas Bhagat
Azerion BV
David Phelan
APNIC
GZ Kabir
SANOG
Karma Jamyang
DrukREN
Mohamed Mansoor Zaheer Hussain
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Philip Paeps
Independent Consultant
Philip Smith
APNOG
Pratima Pradhan
BTCIRT
Rupesh Basnet
NPNOG
Rupesh Shrestha
SANOG Chair
