<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">************************************</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""> npNOG2 : Call For Papers </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">************************************</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">The following is an open call for presentations for the conference for 2nd Nepal Network Operators Group (npNOG)</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Meeting being hosted from 15th to 18th June 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Important dates regarding the Call for Papers:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Call For Papers Open: Now</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Deadline For Proposals: 4th June 2017</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">First Draft Program Published: 16th May 2017</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Final Slides Received : 5th June 2017</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Final Program Published : 5th June 2017</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Please submit Online at</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="mailto:cfp@npnog.org" class=""><b class="">cfp@npnog.org</b></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Note: Any marketing, sales and vendor proprietary content in</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">presentation is against the spirit of npNOG and it is strictly</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">prohibited.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Conference Presentations: The conference will comprise 4 sessions over</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">one days, including the plenary. These are general sessions and you</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">are invited to propose talks that you think are relevant to the</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Internet operational and research community. The topics given below</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">are not exclusive. Presentations are expected to be no more than 25</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">minutes long and with suitable technical content.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Internet Operation and application in Nepalese Perspective.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Rural connectivity and its challenges.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">ISP and Telco backbone network operation.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">IP Core Network Routing, Switching and operations.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">IPv6 deployment and transition technologies.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Access and Transport network including 3G/LTE, WiMax, FTTx/GPON, STM, MPLS etc.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Wi-Fi and SP Wi-Fi Technologies.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, “telepresence”, Gaming) and Cloud Computing and Virtualization.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">DNS / DNSSEC, System administration etc..</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Network security issues (NSP-Sec, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware).</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Firewall and Network Security BCPs.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing, etc..)</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">IXPs and Peering</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Research on Internet Operations and Deployment.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Academic Research on Internet Technologies.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">IP Telephony and Voice.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Any case studies or learning related to operational technologies</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">that you want to share with the community</b></span></li>
</ul><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">We are looking forward to welcoming you to nPNOG2 in Kathmandu, Nepal.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Thanks and warm regards,</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Ram Krishna Pariyar</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">On behalf of npNOG Programme Committee</b></span></div><div class="">
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