The following is an open call for papers/presentations for the conference and tutorial sessions for 26th South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) Meeting being hosted from August 03, 2015 onwards at Mumbai, India.

Important dates regarding the Call for Papers:

Call For Paper : May 04, 2015

Deadline For Proposals : June 21, 2015

Paper Confirmation : July 10, 2015

SANOG XXVI : August 03-11, 2015

Please submit Online at: Paper Submission Page

Note: Any marketing, sales and vendor proprietary content in presentation is against the spirit of the SANOG and it is strictly prohibited.

Conference Presentation:

The conference will be comprised of 6 session in two days, including the plenary. The tracks are for general ideas, and feel free to propose talks that you think are relevant to the operational and Internet research community. The topics given below are not exclusive. Presentations are expected to be 25 minutes long with technical content.

* Network Operations

* Routing in the IP Core, BGP, MPLS, IPv6

* Data Center, Switching Technologies, SAN & Virtualization

* Security, IDS, DoS mitigation

* Internet Exchange Point, transit & peering

* Mobile Internet, M2M, Internet of Things

* Any case studies or learning related to operational technologies that you want to share with the community

Tutorial Proposals:

Tutorial proposals are invited in the following general areas. Please feel free to propose additional ideas and topics. Tutorials generally are either half or full days.

* Routing in the IP Core, BGP, MPLS, IPv6

* Data Center, Switching Technologies, SAN & Virtualization

* Security, IDS, DoS mitigation

* Internet Exchange Point, transit & peering

* Mobile Internet, M2M, Internet of Things

Track 1: Network operations.

In this session we invite papers, reports and presentations from network operators, equipment vendors and academic institutions conducting network research on operational issues. Possible topics for this track are:

- Prevention and mitigation of Denial of Service attacks including intrusion

- Routing policies and architecture for scalable IP and broadband networks

- Data Center Management and Operations

- MPLS and QoS implementation experiences

- Traffic management and measurement

- Network migration issues (IPv4 to v6, Layer 2 to IP etc.)

Track 2: Applications and Services.

This track will discuss various services that can be enabled on packet networks. Papers and presentations are invited from developers, operators, equipment vendors and research organisations on the following and related topics

- Voice and Multimedia over IP

- Managed network services including Security and VPNs

- Mail servers, Spam prevention and migitation

- Wireless Technology and Applications

- Data mining for performance enhancements/abuse control/QoS

Track 3: Peering and IXP.

This is to cater to the growing demand on the newly established Internet Exchange Points in the region. As local ISPs are going international, we would like to invite both regional and international experts to share their ideas and experience on these topics.

- Internet Exchange Points Operations

- Peering Techniques and Policies

- BGP Multihoming Techniques

Track 4:

Regional updates. This track is fairly broad, and will include updates from ISPs, regional Internet exchanges, APNIC, routing table updates and such information that would be useful to the SANOG community. You are also welcome to submit proposals for BoFs, tutorials and other tracks.

Please submit Online at: Paper Submission Page

We are looking forward to see you at SANOG 26 in Mumbai, India.