Howdy, In case you hadn't seen it, there's going to be a SIPNOC conference coming up in April in Washington, DC. It's basically a NANOG-type meeting for SIP folks - a meeting for engineers, not executives. We're looking for SIP network operators (service providers, enterprises, etc.) to present on topics they think other operators may find of interest. For example: SIP Trunking or Peering - topics may include best practices, issues, agreement models, and routing methods for SIP enterprise trunks, or peering between service providers or between enterprises Applications/content - topics may include new or novel media, new user service features, new uses of SIP, storage/recording, or topics about IM, presence, fax, video or telepresence Interoperability - topics may include best practices, issues found, current state of deployed equipment, or tactics for resolving interop issues Routing - topics may include new or novel mechanisms, best practices, or issues with routing of SIP sessions/requests/calls Security - topics may include experience with or tactics/best-practices for handling fraud, DDoS, overload events, AAA, blacklists, SPIT or war-dialers Monitoring/Troubleshoooting - topics may include experiences or mechanisms for monitoring remote or large SIP networks, measuring or monitoring call quality, or how to reproduce and resolve issues Testing - topics may include techniques for equipment certification, procedures for testing new trunks/peers, useful tools or scripts Availability/Disaster-Recovery - topics may include techniques, architectures or procedures for handling equipment failures, site/PoP failures, Internet or network transport outages, or power outages The above are just example topics. In general, presentations are being sought by and for SIP network operators of all sizes. Presentations about difficult problems (and interesting solutions) that you encounter in the course of your job are encouraged. The deadline for submitting presentation proposal abstracts is coming up in one week! For those planning on submitting something, please note the following SIPNOC CFP Dates of Interest: Event/Deadline Date Call for Presentations Opens 20 January 2011 Presentation Abstracts and Draft Slides Due 21 February 2011 Acceptance Decision and Notifications 28 February 2011 Draft Program Published 7 March 2011 Final Presentations and Papers Due 28 March 2011 Final Agenda Published 4 April 2011 Conference Begins 25 April 2011 To view the official SIPNOC CFP document, detailing important submission policies and guidelines, please visit: http://www.sipnoc.org -Hadriel Kaplan SIP Forum Board member