[apnic-talk] SECOND CALL FOR TUTORIAL INSTRUCTORS, SESSION CHAIRS and SP
APRICOT 2001
Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
- The one event where Asia Pacific Internet Infrastructure Engineers
gather, talk tech and learn about the latest tools and tehcniques.
26 February to 2 March 2001
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Last year's APRICOT 2000, in Seoul, was the largest technical
conference gathering of Asia Pacific Internet Engineers and Operators
so far. APRICOT 2001, the first APRICOT of the New Millennium, will
be held in Kuala Lumpur, and is looking to be even bigger and more
worthwhile!
The APRICOT 2001 Program Committee is now preparing a schedule and
materials for the conference, and is seeking contributors to the
programme. We are seeking participants who can:
a) Offer a full day technical tutorial on an appropriate topic; and/or
b) Participate in the technical conference sessions; and/or
c) Chair a technical conference session; and/or
d) Convene and chair a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session.
NOTE: Please excuse any duplicate mailings. If you are not the right
person from your organization to answer this call, or if you are
not available, we would appreciate your kind assistance in
forwarding this invitation to someone you think would be
appropriate.
If you have already submitted the form attached you should not
need to do it again. You should recieve a confirmation of your
submittal within 2 weeks. If you have submitted a request to
participate and did not use the form below, please resubmit
using this form.
CONFERENCE THEME
The theme of APRICOT 2001 is "Developing the Next Generation", and the
programme committee is therefore seeking material consistent with that
theme.
PROGRAMME MATERIAL
Tutorial and Technical Conference Session topics that have been
successful in the past, or which have been requested for this year,
include:
* Introduction and Advanced Network Management and ISP System
Administration
* Hot Topics in Future Networks, Multi Protocol Label
Switching(MPLS), Quality of Service, and Voice over IP
* Traffic Engineering with Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
* High Speed Networking Technology: ATM, Gigabit Ethernet, Switch
Routers and Optical Dense Wave Division Multiplexing(DWDM)
* High Performance IP Backbone Routing and management, Routing
Policy and RPSL
* IPv6 Introduction and Deployment
* Voice over IP Standards, Efforts and Impacts on ISPs
* Computer Telephony Integration and Voice over IP for ISPs
* Network Security, Encryption, Firewalls and VPNs for ISPs
* BIND, DNSSEC, IPv6 DNS, Reverse and Multilingual DNS
* Peering and Collocation
* Unified Messaging, Scaling E-mail infrastructure and SPAM
control
* Content Distribution Networks, Streaming and Multimedia
Infrastructure
* Supporting E-Commerce and ASPs
* Last Mile Innovations: Wireless, xDSL and Cable Modem
The programme committee will consider proposals in any of these areas,
and also in new areas. If you have an idea for a tutorial or session
subject that is not listed, please feel free to submit it to us.
When considering a subject, remember that the APRICOT audience is
mainly comprised of technical network operators and engineers with a
wide range of experience levels from beginners to multi-year
experience. There is a strong orientation to offer core skills and
basic knowledge in the tutorials and to address issues relevant to the
day-to-day operations of ISPs over the next 12 - 18 months.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
APRICOT is a TECHNICAL conference and marketing and commercial content
is not expected within the programme. The programme committee is
charged with maintaining the technical standard of APRICOT, and will
therefore not accept inappropriate materials. All sessions provide
time for questions, so presenters should expect technical questions,
and be prepared to deliver insightful and technically deep responses.
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS
The APRICOT Technical Conference Schedule isd made up of 1.5 hour
conference sessions, each including up to 3 speakers (therefore
allowing 20-30 minutes per speaker). Sessions are chaired by persons
of appropriate expertise in the subject matter of the session, and
will include ample time for questions from the audience.
TUTORIALS
Tutorials are full-day workshops which focus on a particular subject
in-depth. They may be presented by a single Instructor, or a team of
instructors working together.
Tutorial Instructors are encouraged to also sign up to be a Conference
Session Chair and/or Speaker as well.
FUNDING AND SUPPORT
Since APRICOT is a not-for-profit event that tries to keep the cost to
attendees low, we only pay the costs for those speakers (primarily
tutorial instructors) who have no corporate "sponsor".
If you belong to a company or organization that can cover you travel
expenses, that is a big help. For those of you who do not belong to
such an organization, Apricot will cover 4 days of hotel accommodation
for Tutorial Instructors from Overseas. Apricot can also consider
covering airfare up to US$1500 on a case by case basis. Local Tutorial
Instructors can receive a US$500 honorarium but no Hotel
accommodations.
It is ok to split the work of a full day tutorial between several
instructors, but APRICOT may only be able to cover the hotel
accommodations and case by case airfare for one person per
Tutorial. Of course, Tutorial, Conference Chairs and Speakers will not
have to pay any registration fee to attend the rest of the conference.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
If you would like to be considered as a session chair, tutorial
instructor or a session speaker, please fill out the form below and
email it to me at the address below.
A draft conference agenda is attached in acrobat PDF format.
More information on the conference:
http:/www.apricot2001.com
Thanks!
Robert J. Berger
Technical Conference Chair
Voice: +1-408-882-4755
Fax: +1-408-490-2868
rjbApricot at ibd dot com (Best way to contact me)
Below is a form to use to submit your request please use a copy for
each tutorial and/or session you would like to apply for.
You can fill in a web form at instead of this email one at:
http://www.apricot2001.com/participation/papers.html
-------------- Instructor / Speaker / Chair Request Form -----------
Please check which type of submission this is
(one form per submission):
__Tutorial __Tech Conference Presentation __Chair __BOF
-First Name (Given):
-Middle Name or Initial:
-Last Name (Family):
-Company or Organization:
-Your Title:
-Country you live in:
-Email:
-Website associated with you:
-Voice Phone (include country code, 1 for US):
-Fax (optional):
-Title of Tutorial or Talk:
-Abstract of Tutorial or Talk:
-Short Biography on yourself:
Please attach a JPEG, PNG, GIF or TIFF picture of yourself if
possible (do not hold up submitting your request for this)
# The following Assistant info is if you have an Administrative
# Assitant, PR person or some other person that helps you with your
# scheduling who you would like to have cc'd for any correspondence
- Assistant Name (optional):
- Assistant Email (optional):
- Assistant Phone (optional):
--------- End of Form -----------
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