[LACNIC/Napla] Call for presentations - FIR 2015

[Fabián Mejía]

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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
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REGIONAL INTERCONNECTION FORUM 2015
May 18-22, 2015 – Lima, Peru
More information:  http://interconexion.lacnic.net


LACNIC (http://www.lacnic.net) is an international organization based in 
Montevideo, Uruguay, responsible for administrating IP address space, 
Reverse Resolution, Autonomous System Numbers and other resources for 
the region of Latin America and the Caribbean on behalf of the Internet 
community.

The Regional Interconnection Forum (formerly known as NAPLA), is a 
discussion forum that includes an annual meeting held within the 
framework of LACNIC's main annual event.

The LACNIC 23 event (http://www.lacnic.net/web/eventos/lacnic23) will be 
held in Lima (Peru) on 18-22 May, 2015, so we are calling the Internet 
community to submit proposals for presentations that could be included 
on the 2015 Regional Interconnection Forum's program.

The topics of interest for the event include, but are not limited to, 
the following:

* Internet Exchange Points (IXPs): current status, future projects, new 
services, public policies, multimedia peering,.

* Regional Connectivity: the role of governments, submarine and 
terrestrial cables, traffic measurements, current and future needs.

* Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): strategies of deployment and 
presence within the region, peering policies, impact on local and 
regional traffic,

* Cloud services: impact on local and regional traffic, availability, 
growth, future projects in the LAC region.

* Other critical infrastructure: DNS root servers, ccTLDs and gTLDs.

* Technical topics: best BGP routing practices, analysis of faults and 
attacks having major impacts on traffic.

* Current issues: impact on local or regional traffic of high-interest 
events (e.g., availability / unavailability of services, natural 
disasters, sports events of high interest, etc).



GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS:

Those interested in presenting a proposal should send an email to 
comite.fir@ lacnic.net containing the following information in the text 
of the message:

* Presentation title.
* General summary.
* An attachment with a draft of the slides or an extended abstract of 
the article / work submitted. This text should not exceed one thousand 
(1000) words.
* Estimated time of the presentation.
* Authors' details (full name, email address and company/organization 
they represent)
* Specify whether at least one of the authors can guarantee their 
attendance at the event, or whether this depends on the possibility of 
obtaining financial assistance from the event's organizers (see "Speaker 
Benefits").

In addition, the following considerations should be taken into account:

* Proposals may be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
* Proposals must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF).
* Scanned documents will not be accepted.
* Presentations may not be longer than 30 minutes. The time allocated 
may be different than requested.
* The Evaluation Committee may, at its sole discretion, request 
additional information, which must be sent promptly.


PROPOSAL EVALUATION:

The Evaluation Committee created for this purpose shall evaluate 
proposals based on the following basic criteria:

* Originality
* Value of sharing the experience
* Technical quality
* Relevance
* Possibility of generalized application
* Presentation
* Applicability
* Importance of the development


THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE IS MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:

* Roque Gagliano (UY)
* Milton Kashiwakura (BR)
* Hernan Arcidiacono (AR)
* Christian O'Flaherty (UY)
* Carlos Martinez (UY)
* Fabian Mejia (EC)


SPEAKER BENEFITS:

The registration fee will be waived for those authors whose proposals 
are accepted and included in the program. However, speaker travel and 
accommodation expenses will not be covered.

Those requiring financial assistance to attend the event may apply for 
such assistance when LACNIC opens the corresponding application period. 
Please note that acceptance of a proposal does NOT imply that the 
author(s) will be granted financial assistance, although the submission 
of a proposal may be considered a plus during the recipient selection 
process.

For more information, please check out the Financial Assistance section 
on the event's website: (http://www.lacnic.net/web/eventos/lacnic23) or 
check with LACNIC staff at becas en lacnic.net


IMPORTANT DATES:

* Deadline for proposal reception:
   Sunday, 8 March 2015

* Notification of acceptance:
   Week of March 16, 2015

* Deadline for submitting the final version of the presentation:
   Friday, 24 April 2015


Kind regards,

Fabian Mejia
Chair
Regional Interconnection Forum