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--></style></head><body lang=ES-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Hi, good morning.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>First, We hope all of you are well, as are your family, friends and colleagues.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>As you already know, LACNOG 2020 will be held in virtual format, together with LACNIC34, from 5 to 9 October 2020. We remind those who are working on their presentations for the event, that the call for papers is open until next July 25 (within 10 days). All the details related to the presentation of your papers can be found in the message below.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Regards,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>LACNOG Program Committee</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>LACNOG 2020 – Call for Presentations (Update)</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lacnog.org/eventos/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.lacnog.org/eventos/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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 from 5 to 9 October 2020 together with the LACNIC 34 event. Due to the current pandemic caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19), the event will be held entirely in virtual format.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network operation and professional experiences, success stories</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Internet of Things</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>MANRS</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Community Networks</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IPv6 integration and deployment</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><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><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IP network architecture, sizing, configuration and administration</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><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><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><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><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><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><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Peering, Internet traffic exchange, IXPs</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network data security and management, attack mitigation</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network monitoring, performance, measurements and telemetry</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Network automation, evolution and convergence</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Infrastructure and physical transport, including optical and wireless networks</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Legislation, regulations and Internet governance issues</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Research and education</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Possible presentation formats include: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><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><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><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><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Deadlines for the 2020 call for proposals will be as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Reception of proposals: 8 June - 25 July 2020</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposals will be accepted until: 25 July 2020 at 23:59 UTC-3 (Uruguay time)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Evaluation by the Program Committee: 26 July to 9 August 2020</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Announcement of results: 10 August 2020</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Deadline for submitting the final presentation: 10 August - 18 September 2020</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Final presentations will be accepted until: 18 September 2020 at 23:59 UTC-3 (Uruguay time)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Event date: 5 to 9 October 2020</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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 using the form available at </span><a href="https://vulcano.lacnog.org/e/lacnog2020"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://vulcano.lacnog.org/e/lacnog2020</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><a href="http://www.lacnog.org/guiapresentaciones/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.lacnog.org/guiapresentaciones/</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Program Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>