[SIG-IX] SANOG I , CfP

["Gaurab Raj Upadhaya" <gaurab@lahai.com>]

[apologies for cross posting]

hello all

We in Kathmandu are initiating the first ever South Asian Network Operators Group 
(SANOG) meeting and scheduled it towards end of January 2003. Please find the 
CfP here.

Hope we can have active participation.

gaurab

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South Asian Network Operators' Group (SANOG) I

in conjunction with

CAN IT Conference 2003
24 -27 January 2003, 
Birendra International Convention Center (BICC), 
Kathmandu, NEPAL

Call For Papers

As data networks has grown in the South Asian region, this year we in Kathmandu 
are taking the initiative for a South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) 
meeting. This is in line with established practices like NANOG in North America, 
RIPE NCC Meetings in Europe and APRICOT in Asia. The meeting will provide a 
regional forum to discuss operational issues and technologies closer home for data 
operators in the South Asian Region. The themes for this years conference includes 
operational technologies as an inherent part, to facilitate the organization of 
SANOG I

Sustaining the growth in the region requires regular dialogue and interaction 
between members of the operators community. CAN, understanding the needs of 
the community, initiated the International IT Conference in 2001, as an integral part 
of the CAN InfoTech Show. In the past two years, we have had participation in the 
conference from world over, and papers from all over the world making it to the 
conference. 

The conference will discuss practical aspects of IT and provide the opportunity to 
learn from each other's experience. The conference will act as a common platform 
for sharing success/failure stories related to applications of Information 
technologies. 

Considering the increasing demand and taking in the feedback from the local 
community, CAN has decided to enlarge the conference and include tutorials and 
workshops in the conference program. At the same time, CAN is working with 
international organizations to make the conference a regular event in international 
IT calendar. 

In this context, CAN requests papers on the themes identified for the conference. 
We are interested in practical experiences, research papers and technology papers. 
We discourage business presentations but encourage business to make technology 
and research presentation. The aim of the conference is to provide value for the 
professionals. The three main themes for this year's conference are: Software and 
Multimedia development, Information Security for e-services, and Networking for 
future.  The conference will be supplemented by one day of pre-conference tutorials 
and a post conference workshop. Proposals for tutorials and workshops are also 
requested from experts and professionals. 



THE THREE THEMATIC TRACKS:
	
SANOG : Information Security for E-services
Information security is an increasing concern in all aspects of e-services. We will 
invite experts to present security paradigm, experiences and research papers. 
Possible sub topics may be:
* Identifying vulnerabilities
* Models for effective information security
* Securing Banking networks
* Security in e-commerce transaction
* Network Security, firewalls, VPNs
* Cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure 


SANOG: Networking for Future
Networking and Internet are the most important aspect of today's communication 
and business network. Networking topics may include but are not limited to : 
* Routing Protocols and enhancements
* Multi Protocol Label Switching
* Quality of Service implementations
* Backbone network maintenance
* Internet Exchanges establishments
* IPv6 deployment
* Voice Over Internet Protocol technologies.

ITConf:: Multimedia and Software Development
Under this theme, we will invite technical papers, software demonstration and 
project reports from developers, student and experts. Some sub-topic under this 
theme may be
* Successful project demonstrations on use of multimedia technologies
* XML / XSL, SOAP applications and innovations
* Software development techniques
* Open Source Software demonstration
* Unicode and local language software
* Streaming audio and video contents

Possible Topics for Panel Debates
* Open Source Software Development
* Internet Governance
* Information Society and the World Summit on Information Society
* Information Security / Full Disclosure / SPAM control 

Possible Topics for SANOG Tutorials and Workshops
* IPv6
* Internet Exchanges
* Advanced Topics in DNS
* Multicast
* 802.11b networking
* Internet Routing
* IP Address Management

Dates
* Expression of Interest / Submission of abstract: 30 November 2002
* Notice of selection: 15 December 2002
* Submission of final paper / presentation: 1 January, 2003
* Publication of final program: 10 January 2003
* Publication of Proceedings: 22 January 2003

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

Pre Conference Tutorial:	24th January 2003
Conference: 			25-26 January 2003
Opening Social Event:		25 January 2003
Post Conference Workshop:	27 January 2003


FOR FURTHER DETAILS:
Mr. Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
Conference Co-ordinator
Computer Association of Nepal
Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: gaurab@lahai.com
URL: http://www.itconference.org.np



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