<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Tomas Lynch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomas.lynch@gmail.com" target="_blank">tomas.lynch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>LACNOG</span>, the Latin
American and Caribbean Network Operators Group, will be holding its annual
conference –<span>LACNOG</span> <span>2016</span>– in the city of San José, Costa Rica, from September 26
to September 30<sup></sup>, <span>2016</span>. This event will be co-located with the LACNIC
26 meeting.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The <span>2016</span> <span>LACNOG</span>
Program Committee would like to invite the Internet community to submit their
presentations.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, those listed below:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Best Practices</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Success stories</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">IPv6</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Deployment</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Transition mechanisms</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">IPv6
in core, access, MPLS and mobile networks</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Impact
of IPv4 exhaustion – Strategies</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Strategies
for migrating to IPv6</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Interoperability</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Scalability:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Impact on network provisioning</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Evolution of wireless access</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Growth projections</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Fixed-mobile
convergence</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Applications</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Cloud computing</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Multimedia</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Security:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Response
mechanisms - CSIRTs</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">RFC
6561 - Recommendations for the Remediation of Bots</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Log
management</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Routing:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Secure routing protocols</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Routing table security - RPKI</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Managing
BGP announcements</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Segment
routing</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Internal and external routing strategies and
mechanisms</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Traffic engineering</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Peering, regional traffic exchange, IXPs:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Accounting
methods</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Infrastructure:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Critical systems</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Power supply</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">HVAC</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Buildings and construction</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Synergy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Disaster
response</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">SDN</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">N</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">FV</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Services:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Large-scale address translation (CGN)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">DNS / DNSSEC / IDNs</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Hosting</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">CDNs</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Caches</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Education:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Training</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Certifications</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Books and manuals</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Laboratories</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Network management:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Monitoring</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Alarms</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Reporting</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Circuit provisioning</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Performance measurements in multi-domain networks</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Cooperation</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Synergies between operators and the government
sector</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Relationships between operators and
universities</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The process for
selecting presentations will be as follows:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>Call</span> for proposals formally opens: May 30, 2016<span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Deadline for proposal reception: June 30, 2016<span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Announcement of proposals selected for
their <span>presentation</span>: July 15, 2016<span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Deadline for submitting the final
versions of the presentations: August 15<sup></sup>, <span>2016</span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span><br></span></span></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>LACNOG</span> <span>2016</span>
<span>presentation</span> proposals are subject to the following terms and conditions:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Proposals may be submitted in English,
Portuguese or Spanish.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Proposals must be submitted in text,
html, MS Word or PDF format. Scanned documents will not be accepted.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Proposed presentations may be
accompanied by an article.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Four types of activities have been scheduled:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Lightning
talks, each lasting up to ten (10) minutes. We recommend that presentations for
these talks should include no more than 8 slides.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Standard
presentations, each lasting up to twenty-five (25) minutes. We recommend that
presentations for these talks should include no more than 20 slides.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Tutorials,
where detailed aspects of each topic will be presented, ideally along with live
demos. The duration of each tutorial must be agreed with the Program Committee.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>○<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">BoF
(Birds of a Feather), informal meetings led by a moderator where attendees will
group together based on a shared interest and will carry out discussions
without any pre-planned agenda.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Those interested in
presenting should submit the following information to <a href="mailto:pc@lacnog.org" target="_blank">pc@<span>lacnog</span>.org</a> within the
deadlines set forth above:</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Full title of the <span>presentation</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Abstract and a draft of the slides or,
if available, the full article. The abstract must not exceed five hundred (500)
words. The Program Committee may, at its sole discretion, request additional or
complementary information.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Full name(s), email address(es) and
organization(s) represented by the authors</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Type of <span>presentation</span> (lightning talk, standard
<span>presentation</span>, tutorial, or BoF)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Presenters at the
<span>LACNOG</span> <span>2016</span> conference will receive a certificate attesting their
participation.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Program Committee:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Nicolas Antoniello (Uruguay)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Edmundo Cázarez López (Mexico)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Milton Kaoru (Brazil)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Tomas Lynch (Argentina)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Arturo Servin (Mexico)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Pedro Torres, Jr. (Brazil)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>●<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Jorge Villa (Cuba)</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For more information
on this <span>call</span> for proposals, please don't hesitate to contact the Program
Committee at <a href="mailto:pc@lacnog.org" target="_blank">pc@<span>lacnog</span>.org</a>.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For more information
on <span>LACNOG</span> <span>2016</span>, go to </span><a href="http://www.lacnog.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.<span>lacnog</span>.org</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Best regards,</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Tomás Lynch</span></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Program Committee<br></span></span></p></div>
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