CALL FOR PAPERS and SUGGESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION SESSIONS
Networkshop is the annual technical conference organised by UKERNA in
association with either a Further orHigher Education Institute. Aimed at
network managers and technical staff from the JANET community, the
conference provides a forum for technical updates and discussions on
current and developing networking technologies, bringing together
expertise from all fields of networking.
Networkshop 30 is being organised by UKERNA and the University of
Nottingham. It will last from lunchtime on Tuesday 26th March through to
lunchtime on Thursday 28th March.
This technical workshop complements the annual JANET User Support Workshop
for support staff and the Networking Strategy workshop held in December for
senior level computing management.
The programme will include a mixture of plenary sessions for all delegates
and parallel sessions for smaller groups. The parallel sessions can take
the form of talks, discussions, demonstrations or tutorials.
In addition to the plenary and parallel sessions, there will also be an
exhibition area for commercial suppliers to exhibit their products and
services. As last year, it's also hoped to include a dedicated parallel
session where exhibitors can also give presentations, although a straight
sales pitch is discouraged.
Proposed Programme
The programme will cover a broad range of subject areas, highlighting the
different aspects of networking. A typical plenary session lasts up to 90
minutes during which individual papers of between 20 and 45 minutes
duration will be presented. A typical parallel session should be
approximately 45 minutes duration although longer sessions could also be
accommodated. After the presentations there will be time for any questions
and discussion that arises.
In addition to the general developments within JANET over the past year and
looking forward to the next phase of SuperJANET4, we are particularly keen
to hear of any interesting projects or developments that may be of interest
to the wider community, especially if any problems were encountered and
details of how these were overcome.
The committee would also be very grateful for any suggestions or papers on
other subjects, with specific emphasis given to the technical content.
Subject areas suggested so far include:
- Wireless Technology
- Content Delivery Applications
- Internet 2
- Network Monitoring
- Security Issues
- LAN Technologies
- Quality of Service
- The FE experience
- GRID
- Network Services
- Developments in the SuperJANET backbone
Above all, Networkshop is for you, so to make it a successful and hopefully
enjoyable event I really want to hear what you would like to be included.
BoFs
Birds of a feather sessions (BoFs), where members of the community come
together to discuss common subject areas have proved a worthwhile addition
to the programme over the past years. The committee recognise the benefit
of these and plan to make rooms available at the end of each day for this
purpose. Any group who believe they may require this facility is welcome to
register their interest.
Submission of Papers
Interested authors are invited to submit an abstract of their paper with a
short autobiography to the workshop organiser by 14 December 2000. All
abstracts must contain the author's name, address, telephone number, fax
number and e-mail address (if available).
Please send abstracts and/or suggestions, preferably by e-mail to:
P.wakefield@ukerna.ac.uk
Paul Wakefield
UKERNA
Atlas Centre
Chilton, Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0QS
Tel: 01235 822239
Fax: 01235 822399
Thank you on behalf of the committee,
Paul Wakefield
Paul Wakefield
Training Officer, UKERNA, Atlas Centre, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QS
Tel: +44 1235 822239 Fax: +44 1235 822399 Mobile 07866 389444
Networkshop 30
University of Nottingham
UKERNA
Mail to networkshop@nottingham.ac.uk
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