hello everybody,

The 27th meeting of the Swiss Network Operators Group (SwiNOG) will be held in Berne on top of the Gurten on April 9th 2014. For SwiNOG#27 we really need your help: Over the last years we’re strugging with sponsors and much more with papers and presentations. If we can’t put together an agenda we need to postpone this SwiNOG to november. Please remember: SwiNOG is a COMMUNITY and needs the support of the community - you!

Important Dates for SwiNOG#25 ---------------------------------------------------

31.01.2014 Announcement of Meeting 31.01.2014 Call for Papers 01.03.2014 Decision if SwiNOG#27 is going to be hold This depends on Papers AND Sponsors

10.03.2014 Registration opens 14.03.2014 Call for Papers closing 17.03.2014 Final publication of agenda 31.03.2014 Registration closes 04.04.2014 Deadline for all slides 09.04.2014 Meeting day

Topics for Presentations/Talks ---------------------------------------------------

The number and length of presentations per session is not fixed, although due to time constraints we would prefer the length of the presentations to be between 10 to 45 minutes.

However proposals for longer/shorter presentations or presentations whose subject falls outside of the topics below are also welcome; please do not hesitate to submit them.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of typical SwiNOG meeting topics:

- Security - DDOS Mitigation - AntiSpam - IPv6 - Open Source tools - International view of the internet (incidents, outages, measurements) - Routing - Server applications (DNS, Web, etc.) - Legal issues (BÜPF, etc.) - Telecommunication polictics (Net Neutrality, Incumbent monopoly, etc.) - Big Data / Cloud

Language of Slides and Talks ---------------------------------------------------

The whole day will be held in English, therefore we kindly ask you to produce your presentation in English.

Submission Guidelines ---------------------------------------------------

All submissions must have a strong technical bias and must not be solely promotional for your employer.

Please remember that your presentations should be suitable for a target audience of technicians from varied backgrounds, working for companies whose sizes may vary considerably.

To submit a proposal for a presentation, we request that you provide the following information to <swinog-core at swinog.ch>:

* the name of the presenter (and if applicable your affiliation) * a working email address * the name and number of the topic which will contain the presentation * the title of the presentation * its expected length (in minutes) * a short abstract of the presentation (so we know what it is about)

We also welcome suggestions for specific presentations which you feel would be valuable to the SwiNOG community.

Please be aware that your presentation will be published on the SwiNOG website after the event. We can publish modified slides if requested - it might be that some confidential data will be presented by you which are not intended for publication on the internet.

Greetings, Steven Glogger SwiNOG Core Team

General Information (SwiNOG Community) ---------------------------------------------------

The Swiss Network Operators Group (SwiNOG) is an informal group of people who are concerned with engineering and operation of the Swiss Internet.

SwiNOG exists to enhance the quality of Internet services available in Switzerland. It does this by fostering the free exchange of technical ideas and information between different companies and organisations.

SwiNOG is a community for professionals who are operating, designing or researching the Internet. It provides a technical forum where those working on, with and for the Internet can come together to solve problems with every aspect of their (net)work.

The meeting is designed to provide an opportunity for the exchange of information among network operators, engineers, researchers and other professionals close to the network community.

More information about SwiNOG can be found at http://www.swinog.ch/

Information about the meeting will be published at http://www.swinog.ch/meetings/swinog27/

General Information (SwiNOG Organisation) ---------------------------------------------------

The SwiNOG Organisation Association is a non-profit association under article 60 and further of the swiss civil law. It manages the SwiNOG community ressources (domain, web, mailing-lists, etc..) and organises SwiNOG meetings.

Contact: SwiNOG Organisation 8000 Zurich Switzerland