Draft NANOG agenda

["Susan R. Harris" <srh () merit edu>]

Greetings - here's a draft agenda for the Atlanta meeting.  For additional
meeting details, see:

        http://www.nanog.org/mtg-9811/update.html
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SUNDAY EVENING, NOV. 8
TOOL DEMOS
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6:30 p.m.       Free Software for Configuring Routers and Monitoring Routing    
                 (Abha Ahuja, Merit, Jimmy Wan, IPMA/U-M, Mukesh Agrawal, 
                 IPMA/U-M)

TUTORIALS
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7:15 p.m.       Good ISPs Have No Class: Addressing Nuances and Nuisances       
                 (Howard Berkowitz)

8:45 p.m.       Optimal External Route Selection: Tips and Techniques for
                ISPs    
                 (Avi Freedman, Net Access)

MONDAY, NOV. 9          
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9:00 a.m.       Welcome, Introductions, Future Meetings 
                 (Craig Labovitz, Merit)

9:15 a.m.       Alternative Interconnects: Technology, Attachment Requirements,
                and Performance Measurements    
                 (Bill Manning, ISI, panel moderator)

10:45 a.m.      BREAK   

11:00 a.m.      Who You Gonna Call?     
                 (Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates)

11:30 a.m.      Interesting Peering Activities at the Exchange Points
                 (Naiming Shen, Cisco)

12:00-1:30 p.m. LUNCH   

1:30 p.m.       CA*net 3 - Architectural and Engineering Issues of
                Building an Optical Internet    
                 (Bill St. Arnaud, CANARIE)

2:15 p.m.       Enabling Technologies for Large-Scale Backbone Caching 
                 (Peter Danzig, Network Appliance, moderator)

                  Domestic Users of Caching
                        -  Ed Schwab, Tripod/Lycos
                        -  Ed Kern, DIGEX
                  Enabling Technologies
                        -  TBA, Cisco
                        -  Shirish Sathaye, Alteon
                        -  Bill Maggs, MCI      

3:45 p.m.       BREAK
        
4:00 p.m.       Multicast/MBGP: Real-Life Experiences in the Field
                 (Dave Meyer, Cisco, panel moderator)

                        -  Steve Rubin, AboveNet
                        -  Dorian Kim, Verio
                        -  Doug Pasko, Cable & Wireless
                        -  Henry Kilmer/Danielle Deibler, DIGEX
                        -  Jian Li, Qwest
                        -  Amir Tabdili, Sprint
                        -  Mujahid Khan, Sprint 

5:25-5:30 p.m.  Planning for Multicast Address Allocation: A Plea
                for Input from the IETF MALLOC Working Group    
                 (Dave Thaler, Microsoft)

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Beer n'Gear!         

MONDAY EVENING BOFs             
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7:30 - 9:00 p.m.        Data Center Needs, Problems, and Technology
                         (Bill Norton, Equinix, and Sean Donelan, Data
                          Research Associates)

9:00 - 10:30 p.m.       Caching in Today's Marketplace:  Vendor Approaches
                        and Solutions   
                         (Duane Wessels, University of California, 
                         San Diego)
 
TUESDAY, NOV.  10               
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9:00 a.m.               Updates from the Internet2 GigaPoPs
                          -  Ron Hutchins, Southern CrossRoads, 
                             Atlanta GigaPoP
                          -  Dave Meyer, Oregon GigaPoP
                          -  Mark Johnson, North  Carolina Networking Initiative
                          -  Stan Barber, Texas GigaPoP 

10:30 a.m.              BREAK   

10:45 a.m.              ARIN Update (Kim Hubbard, ARIN)

11:00 a.m.              InterNIC Update (Mark Kosters, InterNIC)

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.       LUNCH   

1:30 p.m.               CAR Talk:  Configuration Considerations for Cisco's
                        Committed Access Rate   
                         (Cathy Wittbrodt, @Home)

2:00 p.m.               Router Update: Fast Packet Forwarding and Packet 
                        Treatment for Differentiated Services   
                         (Curtis Villamizer, ANS, panel moderator)

4:00 p.m.               Closing Remarks (Craig Labovitz, Merit)
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Susan R. Harris, Ph.D.        Merit Network, Inc.     Phone: 734.936.2100
srh () merit edu                 Senior Science Writer   Fax:   734.647.3185
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