[ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 2016 Fall Conference: Call for lightning talks

[Ben Pfaff]

The Open vSwitch 2016 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 2016 Fall Conference will be held Nov. 7 and 8, 2016,
at the San Jose Doubletree in San Jose, CA, USA.  For more information
or to register for the conference, please visit
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-vswitch-2016-fall-conference.

Talks will be recorded and made available online.

To propose a talk, please email your proposal to
ovscon at openvswitch.org by Oct. 14.  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 Oct. 21.

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.

Registration for conference attendance is $200.  We regret that we are
unable to provide complimentary registration to lightning talk
presenters.

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.