SANOG XXIII
13-21 January 2014, Thimphu, Bhutan

Call for Papers

Call for Proposals : 24 September, 2013
Deadline for Proposal : 30 November 2013
Paper Confirmation : 15 December 2013

Please submit Online at the Online Submission Portal

Note: Any marketing, sales and vendor proprietary content in presentations
is against the spirit of the SANOG and it is strictly prohibited.


Conference Presentation: The conference will be comprised of 6 session in
two days, including the plenary. The tracks are for general ideas, and
feel free to propose talks that you think are relevant to the operational
and Internet research community. The topics given below are not exclusive.
Presentations are expected to be 25 minutes long with technical content.

* 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
* Any case studies or learning related to operational technologies that
you want to share with the community


Tutorial Proposals: Tutorial proposals are invited in the following
general areas. Please feel free to propose additional ideas and topics.
Tutorials generally are either half or full days.

* 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

Track 1: Network operations. In this session we invite papers, reports and
presentations from network operators, equipment vendors and academic
institutions conducting network research on operational issues. Possible
topics for this track are:
             
- Prevention and mitigation of Denial of Service attacks including
intrusion
- Routing policies and architecture for scalable IP and broadband networks
- Data Center Management and Operations
- MPLS and QoS implementation experiences
- Traffic management and measurement
- Network migration issues (IPv4 to v6, Layer 2 to IP etc.)
             
Track 2: Applications and Services. This track will discuss various
services that can be enabled on packet networks. Papers and presentations
are invited from developers, operators, equipment vendors and research
organisations on the following and related topics
             
- Voice and Multimedia over IP
- Managed network services including Security and VPNs
- Mail servers, Spam prevention and migitation
- Wireless Technology and Applications
- Data mining for performance enhancements/abuse control/QoS
             
Track 3: Peering and IXP. This is to cater to the growing demand on the
newly established Internet Exchange Points in the region. As local ISPs
are going international, we would like to invite both regional and
international experts to share their ideas and experience on these topics.
             
- Internet Exchange Points Operations
- Peering Techniques and Policies
- BGP Multihoming Techniques
             
Track 4: Regional updates. This track is fairly broad, and will include
updates from ISPs, regional Internet exchanges, APNIC, routing table
updates and such information that would be useful to the SANOG community.
You are also welcome to submit proposals for BoFs, tutorials and other
tracks.


Please submit Online at the Online Submission Portal

We are looking forward to see you at SANOG 23 at Thimphu, Bhutan.


Thanks and warm regards,

Santanu Dasgupta and Aftab Siddiqui
Program Committee Co-Chairs - SANOG
On behalf of SANOG Programme Committe