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<div><b>From:</b> "Eggert, Lars" <<a href="mailto:lars@netapp.com">lars@netapp.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> June 27, 2013 3:18:31 AM EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:irtf-announce@irtf.org">irtf-announce@irtf.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:irtf-announce@irtf.org">irtf-announce@irtf.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:irtf-discuss@irtf.org">irtf-discuss@irtf.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:irtf-discuss@irtf.org">irtf-discuss@irtf.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[IRTF-Announce] Call for Participation: IAB Workshop on Internet Technology Adoption and Transition (ITAT), Cambridge, UK, December 4-6, 2013</b><br>
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<div><span>Title</span><br>
<span> Workshop on Internet Technology Adoption and Transition (ITAT)</span><br>
<span>Date</span><br>
<span> December 4-6(*)</span><br>
<span>Place</span><br>
<span> Cambridge, UK</span><br>
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<span>Who Should Attend</span><br>
<span> Economists, management scientists, and other researchers</span><br>
<span> interested in technology diffusion, computer scientists and</span><br>
<span> engineers who are interested in improving likelihood of</span><br>
<span> deployment success, and operators who can provide insights</span><br>
<span> into their needs and challenges with regard to new technology.</span><br>
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<span>Prerequisite: A 3 - 10 page statement of interest</span><br>
<span>Submission Deadline: August 15, 2013</span><br>
<span>Submission URL: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=itat-2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=itat-2013</a></span><br>
<span>Acceptance Date: September 4, 2013 (or earlier)</span><br>
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<span>The Internet is a complex ecosystem that encompasses all aspects of</span><br>
<span>society. At its heart is a protocol stack with an hourglass shape,</span><br>
<span>and IP at its center. Recent research points to possible explanations</span><br>
<span>for the success of such a design and for the significant challenges</span><br>
<span>that arise when trying to evolve or change its middle section. The</span><br>
<span>difficulty in transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 seems to illustrate this</span><br>
<span>point. We have a number of other key examples of technology transition</span><br>
<span>to consider, including the next generation of web technologies,</span><br>
<span>including HTTP version 2 and real time communications on the web</span><br>
<span>(WebRTC). The eventual success of many if not all of these protocols</span><br>
<span>will largely depend on our understanding of not only what features and</span><br>
<span>design principles contribute lasting value, but also on how early</span><br>
<span>deployment strategies can succeed in unlocking that value to foster</span><br>
<span>protocol adoption. The latter is particularly important in that most</span><br>
<span>if not all Internet protocols exhibit significant externalities that</span><br>
<span>create strong barriers to adoption, especially in the presence of a</span><br>
<span>well-established incumbent. Taking into account RFC 5218, which</span><br>
<span>discusses what makes a protocol successful, this workshop seeks to</span><br>
<span>explore how the complex interactions of protocol design and</span><br>
<span>deployment affect their success. One workshop goals is, therefore, to</span><br>
<span>encourage discussions that lead to an understanding of what makes</span><br>
<span>protocols designs successful, not only in fulfilling the initial</span><br>
<span>design goals for the protocol, but more importantly in their ability</span><br>
<span>to evolve with changing protocol goals and technology.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Another equally important workshop goal is to develop protocol</span><br>
<span>deployment strategies that enable new features to rapidly gain a</span><br>
<span>foothold and ultimately realize broad adoption. Such strategies must</span><br>
<span>be informed by both operational and economic factors.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Suggested topics include</span><br>
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<span>* Economic / evolutionary models that can provide a view toward</span><br>
<span> identification of the factors leading to a protocol's success in</span><br>
<span> the field</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>* Studies that evaluate existing deployments of protocols that have</span><br>
<span> succeeded or failed</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>* Operators' experiences about economics of deployment of new</span><br>
<span> features (both successful or otherwise)</span><br>
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<span>* Intersection of policy and economics with respect to technology</span><br>
<span> diffusion</span><br>
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<span>* Studies of standards organizations and their processes and the</span><br>
<span> effects on technology diffusion</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>* Strategies to foster rapid and cost-effective adoption</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Participation will be limited. Interested parties should submit a</span><br>
<span>brief (3-10 page) position paper addressing some aspect of these</span><br>
<span>problems via the EasyChair conference management system at the</span><br>
<span>following URL: </span><br>
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<span><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=itat-2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=itat-2013</a></span><br>
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<span>Submissions are due no later than August 15, 2013. The IAB will</span><br>
<span>inform those accepted no later than September 4th. The workshop</span><br>
<span>itself will be between 2 and 2.5 days. Further information on this</span><br>
<span>will follow.</span><br>
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