<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Southern Africa Network Operators Group (SAFNOG)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Johannesburg, South Africa </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="">22 April - 23 April, 2014</span></span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<a href="http://www.safnog.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">http://www.safnog.org</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">CALL FOR PAPERS</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">===============</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The SAFNOG 2014 Programme Committee is now seeking contributions for Presentations and Tutorials for SAFNOG 2014.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We are looking for presenters who would:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic;</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker;</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Convene and chair panel sessions of relevant topics.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please submit on-line at:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=10" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=10</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">CONFERENCE MILESTONES</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Call for Papers Opens 27 January 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">First Draft Program Published </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="">28 February 2014</span></span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final Deadline for Submissions </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="">10 April 2014</span></span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final Program Published </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="">15 April 2014</span></span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final Slides Received </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="">18 April 2014</span></span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">PROGRAMME MATERIAL</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The SAFNOG Programme Committee is organised in three parts, including workshops, tutorials and the conference.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Topics for tutorials and the conference must be relevant to Internet Operations and Technologies:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and operations</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- IPv6 deployment and transition technologies</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Internet backbone operations</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- ISP and Carrier services</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- IXPs and Peering</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Research on Internet Operations and Deployment</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- The African Internet</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- DNS / DNSSEC</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing, etc)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Access and Transport Technologies, including Cable/DSL, 3G/LTE, wireless, metro ethernet, fibre, MPLS</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence", Gaming) and Cloud Computing</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">CfP SUBMISSION</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-----------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be provided with CfP submissions otherwise the Programme Committee will be unable to review the submission. For work in progress, the most current information available at time of submission is acceptable.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">All draft and complete slides must be submitted in PDF format only.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Final slides are to be provided by the specified deadline for publication on the SAFNOG website.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prospective presenters should note that the majority of speaking slots will be filled well before the final submission deadline. The Programme Committee will retain a limited number of slots up to the final submission deadline for presentations that are exceptionally timely, important, or of critical operational importance.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please submit on-line at:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=10" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">http://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=10</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee co-chairs by e-mail at:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> safnog-pc-chairs at </span><a href="http://safnog.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">safnog.org</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals.</span><br><div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Behalf of Kevin Chege</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Co-Chair</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">SAFNOG Programme Committee.</span></div><div><br></div></div>