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--></style></head><body lang=ES-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>LACNOG 2020 - Call for Presentations</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.lacnog.org/eventos/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.lacnog.org/eventos/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>LACNOG, the Latin American and Caribbean Network Operators Group, will hold its LACNOG 2020 conference in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, from 5 to 9 October 2020, which will be co-located with the LACNIC 34 event.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The LACNOG 2020 Program Committee invites the Internet community to submit their proposals for the event.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>In line with the spirit of LACNOG, proposed topics must be geared towards Internet development in the region. The following is a non-exhaustive list of some of the topics of interest for the LACNOG 2020 meeting:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network operation and professional experiences, success stories</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Internet of Things</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>MANRS</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Community networks</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IPv6 integration and deployment</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Experiences involving botnets, malware, spam, viruses, denial of service attacks and exploit techniques</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IP network architecture, sizing, configuration and administration</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Routing and switching protocols, including unicast, multicast, anycast, SDN, etc.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>End-user applications (e.g. e-mail, HTTP, DNS, NFVs, etc.)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Value-added services such as VPNs, distributed systems, cloud computing, etc.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Peering, Internet traffic exchange, IXPs</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network data security and management, attack mitigation</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network monitoring, performance, measurements and telemetry</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network automation, evolution and convergence</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Infrastructure and physical transport, including optical and wireless networks</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Legislation, regulations and Internet governance issues</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Research and education</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Possible presentation formats include: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lightning talk: brief, 8-minute presentation plus 4 additional minutes for questions.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Presentation: 20-minute presentation plus 5 additional minutes for questions.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The deadlines for the 2020 call for proposals will be as follows:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Reception of proposals: 8 June - 7 July 2020</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposals will be accepted until: 7 July 2020 at 23:59 UTC-3 (Uruguay time)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Evaluation by the Program Committee: 8-19 July 2020</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Announcement of results: 20 July 2020</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Deadline for submitting the final presentation: 1 August - 18 September 2020</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Final presentations will be accepted until: 21 September 2020 at 23:59 UTC-3 (Uruguay time)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Event date: 5-9 October 2020</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Applicants must submit a summary and a draft of the slides of their proposed presentation along with a brief biography and photograph using the form available at </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://vulcano.lacnog.org/e/lacnog2020"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://vulcano.lacnog.org/e/lacnog2020</span></a></span><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If your work is selected, you authorize LACNOG and LACNIC to publish your name, photograph, biography, and final work in the event program.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Regardless of the chosen format, all works must presented in person at the event venue. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Given the current pandemic caused by the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak, there is the possibility that the event may be held in virtual format, in which case speakers will be notified in advance and the necessary adjustments will be coordinated based on the schedule determined by the Program Committee.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Applicants whose proposals are accepted will be exempted from paying their in-person event registration fee but will not automatically receive financial assistance for their travel and/or accommodation expenses. However, LACNIC offers a fellowship program for attending the LACNIC 34 event which will be held jointly with LACNOG 2020 to which speakers can apply independently. When submitting your draft to the LACNOG Program Committee, please specify whether you are applying (or planning to apply) for a LACNIC fellowship.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Speakers presenting their work at the LACNOG 2020 conference will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Guidelines for Submitting a Presentation for LACNOG have been prepared containing a description of the criteria that will be considered when evaluating each proposal, presentation format details and other data. These Guidelines are available at </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.lacnog.org/guiapresentaciones/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.lacnog.org/guiapresentaciones/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Communications with the Program Committee will be handled through pc@lacnog.org.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We thank you in advance for your attention and look forward to your proposals for LACNOG 2020.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Program Committee</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>