The SIPForum conference, SIPNOC, starts earlier this year -- April 22. You guys who have opinions and painful experiences -- come and give your talk! SIPNOC is the top engineering meeting for this industry. It's not about sales pitches or vendor demos; it's about ideas and practices from the people making VoIP Networks operate.
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Begin forwarded message: From: "Marc Robins" <marc.robins at sipforum.org> Subject: [Sipnocus2012-attendees] The SIP Forum Opens Call for Presentations for SIPNOC 2013 Date: January 15, 2013 15:12:32 United States Time (New York) To: <sipnocus2012-attendees at sipforum.org> Reply-To: marc.robins at sipforum.org Proposals are now being accepted for workshops, panels, speaker presentations and ?Birds of a Feather? sessions addressing the deployment of SIP in service provider environments; Early Bird registration special has been extended to February 1, 2013 The SIP Forum has announced that it has opened the official Call for Presentations for the third annual SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC 2013), being held at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel in Herndon, VA, April 22 -25, 2013. SIPNOC 2013 has been expanded to a three-day educational conference, focusing on the challenges and opportunities related to the deployment of SIP-based carrier services. Organizers invite companies, executives and industry insiders to propose presentations highlighting the use of session initiation protocol (SIP) in service provider environments. Operators are encouraged to present SIP-related success stories, deployment issues and concerns in their networks, while equipment vendors and other industry stakeholders are invited to work with operators to present real-world deployment experiences. SIPNOC 2013 attendees will include telecommunications providers, major backbone operators, interconnect and wholesale solution providers, ISPs, cable operators, wireless network operators as well as large enterprises deploying major SIP initiatives. Early Bird Registration for attending SIPNOC 2013 is now open, and participants registering before February 1 save $145. Click here to register or visit http://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2013. SIPNOC 2013 Call for Presentations proposals can be submitted by visiting the SIP Forum Call for Presentations site. Possible topics can include SIP peering, SIP trunking, Emergency Services, Congestion Control, Scaling and Capacity Issues, SIP-based applications, Routing, Security, SIP-Network Operations Center Best Practices, IPv6 deployment challenges, User-agent Configuration, Standardization Issues and Progress, HD voice deployments, Video Interoperability, WebRTC and SIP, FoIP/T.38 Deployment, Testing or other issues facing SIP network operations. SIPNOC 2013 offers several different types of speaking opportunities including: ? General Session Talks: A General Session presentation should be on a topic of interest to the general SIPNOC audience, and may be up to 30 minutes long (including time for Q&A). ? General Session Panels: Panels are sessions with a moderator and a team of panelists. The panel moderator should submit an abstract on the panel topic, a list of panelists, and how the panel will be organized. Panel selection is based on the importance, originality, focus and timeliness of the topic, expertise of proposed panelists, as well as the potential for informative and controversial discussion. ? Special Workshops: The SIPNOC 2013 program has been expanded to include special workshops that run for 2-3 hours, providing time to focus in-depth on a variety of issues important to the SIPNOC community. Topics can include a review of SIP RFCs and standards development, the regulatory environment, etc. ? Research Topics: Researchers are invited to present short summaries of their work for operator feedback. Topics may include call routing, network performance, statistical measurement and analysis and protocol development and implementation. Studies presented may be works in progress. Researchers from academia, government, and industry are encouraged to present. ? BOFs: BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) are informal sessions on topics which are of interest to a portion of the SIPNOC community. BOFs may be held in break?out areas or in an unscheduled room. Requests for scheduled BOFs can be made at any time, including on site at the show. Acceptance notifications for speaking at SIPNOC 2013 will be sent by the Program Committee in early March. Conference registration fees will be waived for any confirmed speakers. The following is a complete list of key dates for the SIPNOC 2013 speaking program: SIPNOC 2013 Call for Presentation Key Dates Presentation Abstracts January 25, 2013 Draft Presentations Due February 15, 2013 Acceptance Decision and Notifications March 1, 2013 Draft Program Published March 11, 2013 Final Presentations Due March 25, 2013 Final Agenda Published Conference Begins April 1, 2013 April 22, 2013 The SIPNOC 2013 event website is located at www.sipnoc.org. SIPNOC 2013 Call for Presentations General Info To view the official call for presentations, which includes instructions on submitting material and specific SIPNOC policies, please visit www.sipnoc.org. To submit, visithttps://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sipnoc2013. SIPNOC Early Bird Registration Info: Deadline February 1, 2013 Save $145 if you register for SIPNOC 2013 by February 1. A special early-bird registration rate of $850 ? $145 off the regular rate of $995 ? is now in effect! Register at http://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2013. SIPNOC 2013 General Show Info For more information about SIPNOC 2013, please visit www.sipnoc.org or send an email tosipnocinfo at sipforum.org. SIPNOC 2013 Sponsorship Info For information about corporate sponsorship opportunities at SIPNOC 2013, please contact Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director, at 203-829-6307 or marc.robins ?at?sipforum.org. ************************* Marc Robins President and Managing Director SIP Forum http://www.sipforum.org Mobile: 203-829-6307 SkypeMe! marcrobins *************************