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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div>Dear friends and colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>This might be of interest to some.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Maritza</div><div><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">-------- Forwarded Message --------</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">Call for Presentations</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">A RIPE Meeting is an open event where Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties get together. Although the meeting is mostly technical, it is also a chance for people to meet and network with others in their field.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">RIPE 73 will take place from 24-28 October 2016 in Madrid, Spain.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), panels, workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 73.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">See the full descriptions of the different presentation formats, <a href="https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;">https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/</span></a>.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to:</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>IPv6 deployment</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Managing IPv4 scarcity in operations</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Data centre technologies</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Network and DNS operations</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Internet governance and regulatory practices</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Network and routing security</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Content delivery</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Internet peering and mobile data exchange</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Internet of Things (IoT)</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">Submissions</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">RIPE Meeting attendees are quite sensitive to keeping presentations non-commercial, and product marketing talks are strongly discouraged.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">Repeated audience feedback shows that the most successful talks focus on operational experience, research results, or case studies. For example, presenters wishing to describe a commercial solution should focus on the underlying technology and not attempt a product demonstration.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">Presenters should indicate how much time they will require. In general, the time allocated for the different presentation formats is as follows:</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Tutorials: up to two hours (Monday morning)</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Workshops: one hour (during evening sessions) to two hours (Monday morning)</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>BoFs: approximately one hour</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Lightning talks: 10 minutes</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">The following general requirements apply:</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, <a href="https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;">https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/</span></a>.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (<a href="https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;">https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/</span></a>) and can be submitted any time up to and including the meeting week. The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice---in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>All presentation proposals will only be considered by the PC if they contain at least draft presentation slides (slides may be updated later on). For panels, proposals must contain a clear description, as well as the names of invited panellists, presenters and moderators.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Due to potential technical issues, presenters/panellists should be physically present at the RIPE Meeting.</p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;">If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions, please email pc [at] ripe [dot] net.</p></div><br></div><style><!--
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