Subject: [irtf-discuss] iPOP 2020 - Infos and CfP

From: "Ciavaglia, Laurent (Nokia - FR/Paris-Saclay)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:03:31 +0000

Dear all,

iPOP 2020 will be held 28-29 May 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. (https://www.pilab.jp/ipop2020/proposals/cfp.html)
the iPOP conference series has a long history and privileged connections with IETF/IRTF technologies and participants.

NMRG will participate actively to the conference with a co-located interim meeting on 27 May 2020 (announcement to come), and co-organize a special session on "Challenges and Advances in Intent-based Networking".

We also would like to invite you to submit your ideas and results to the iPOP 2020 conference. Submissions are in the form of extended abstract of 400 words and a maximum of 1 page.

The CfP is copied below for your convenience.

Important dates:

  *   Submission deadline of one-page abstract:  February 28, 2020
  *   Notification of acceptance:  April 2, 2020
  *   Submission deadline of final presentation slides:  May 8, 2020

Best regards, Laurent & Jérôme.
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iPOP 2020 CfP
The conference is intended to share the knowledge, new findings, and experiences on the state-of-the-art of IP and optical networking technologies among the industry and the academia. It features technical sessions and exhibitions. The opportunity to participate is open to all.

The Technical Program Committee (TPC) for iPOP 2020 is soliciting presentation proposals for this conference. Protocol design, experiments, theories, implementations, and operational experiences are solicited.

The topics of the conference will include but not be limited to the following:
* SDN/NFV expectation for 5G and IoT
* Network service based on cloud/edge computing
* Service function chaining
* AI-assisted/autonomous/automated operation and control
* Intent-based networking
* Policy-based management
* Network abstraction/virtualization/slicing
* Control plane (OpenFlow, MPLS/GMPLS, etc.)
* SDN for packet and optical transport networks
* Open source software for SDN/NFV
* Optical disaggregation and its management
* Data center and WAN orchestration
* Multi-layer/region networks
* Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-TP for backhauling
* Quality of service/experience
* Traffic engineering, path computation element
* Flex-grid/elastic optical networks
* Standardization/interoperability/testbeds
If you wish to submit a topic for consideration, please send an extended abstract of 400 words and a maximum of 1 page, including figures and diagrams, speaker's name, affiliation, and contact information to the TPC at [email-masked].
Important Dates:
Submission deadline of one-page abstract
: February 28, 2020
Notification of acceptance
: April 2, 2020
Submission deadline of final presentation slides
: May 8, 2020