[ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 2015 Fall Conference: Call for lightning talks

[Ben Pfaff]

The Open vSwitch 2015 Fall Conference program committee is soliciting
proposals for "lightning talks" for the program.  A lightning talk is a
5-minute talk on a topic related to Open vSwitch.  Some possible topics
are:

      * Integrating Open vSwitch into larger systems.

      * Deploying and using OVN.

      * NIC acceleration of Open vSwitch.

      * Using Open vSwitch to realize NFV and service chaining.

      * Porting Open vSwitch to new operating systems, hypervisors,
        or container systems.

      * New Open vSwitch features.

      * Troubleshooting and debugging Open vSwitch installations.

      * Open vSwitch development and testing practices.

      * Performance measurements or approaches to improving
        performance.

      * NAT, DPI, and stateful processing with Open vSwitch.

      * End-user or service provider experiences with Open vSwitch.

      * Hardware ports of Open vSwitch (existing, in progress, or
        speculative).

      * The relationship between OpenFlow and Open vSwitch.

      * Using, developing, or administering OpenFlow controllers in
        conjunction with Open vSwitch.

      * Comparisons to other implementations of features found in
        Open vSwitch (e.g. other OpenFlow implementations, other
        software switches, etc.).

      * The future of Open vSwitch.

      * Increasing the size and diversity of the Open vSwitch user
        and developer base.

      * Tutorials and walkthroughs of use cases.

The Open vSwitch 2015 Fall Conference will be held Nov. 16 and 17, 2015,
at the San Jose Doubletree in San Jose, CA, USA.  For more information,
please visit http://openvswitch.org/support/ovscon2015/.

Talks will be recorded and made available online.

To propose a talk, please email your proposal to ovscon at openvswitch.org
by Nov. 2.  Proposals should include a title and a brief abstract and
mini-bio of the speaker.  Please put "LIGHTNING:" at the beginning of
the subject line.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by Nov. 9.

Please expect to provide slides (if any) in advance, to allow the
event to run smoothly from a single laptop.

Speakers should plan to attend the event in person.  Travel to and
accommodations in San Jose are the responsibility of attendees.

To reach the organizers, email ovscon at openvswitch.org.  For general
discussion of the conference, please use the ovs-discuss mailing list at
discuss at openvswitch.org.