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The following is a non-exhaustive list of some of the topics of interest for the LACNOG 2021 meeting:</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Network operation and professional experiences, success stories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span 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style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Community Networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>IPv6 integration and deployment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Experiences involving botnets, malware, spam, viruses, denial of service attacks and exploit techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>IP network architecture, sizing, configuration and administration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Routing and switching protocols, including unicast, multicast, anycast, SDN, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>End-user applications (e.g., e-mail, HTTP, DNS, NFVs)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Value-added services such as VPNs, distributed systems, cloud computing, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Peering, Internet traffic exchange, IXPs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Network data security and management, attack mitigation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Network monitoring, performance, measurements and telemetry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Network automation, evolution and convergence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Infrastructure and physical transport, including optical and wireless networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Legislation, regulations and Internet governance issues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Research and education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Possible presentation formats include: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lightning talk: brief, 10-minute presentation (including a space for Q&A)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Presentation: 20-minute presentation (including a space for Q&A)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Posters: includes a single-page PDF (A</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2<span style='color:black'> or smaller) with the basic information of the presentation plus a 2- to 5-minute video with the presentation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Deadlines for the 2021 call for proposals will be as follows:</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Reception of proposals: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>24<span style='color:black'> June to 23 July 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Proposals will be accepted until: 23 July 2021 at 23:59 UTC-3 (Uruguay time)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Evaluation by the Program Committee: 26 July to 8 August 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Announcement of results: 10 August 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Deadline for submitting the final presentation: 10 August - 17 September 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Final presentations will be accepted until: 17 September 2021 at 23:59 UTC-3 (Uruguay time)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>●<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Event date: 11 to 15 October 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='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, for which they must use the form available at</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><a href="https://eventos.nog.lat/e/lacnog2021"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://eventos.nog.lat/e/lacnog2021</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='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 style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Speakers presenting their work at the LACNOG 2021 conference will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Guidelines for Submitting a Presentation for LACNOG have been prepared that contain a description of the criteria that will be considered when evaluating each proposal, presentation format details and other information. These Guidelines are available at </span><a href="http://www.lacnog.org/guiapresentaciones/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.lacnog.org/guiapresentaciones/</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Communications with the Program Committee will be handled through </span><a href="mailto:pc@lacnog.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>pc@lacnog.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We thank you in advance for your attention and look forward to receiving your proposals for LACNOG 2021.<span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Program Committee</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>