The NANOG 97 CFP is open through 27-April-2026

[NANOG Program via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

NANOG Community at large,

Spring is here, flowers are blooming, and we hope you have presentation
ideas popping up too! We wanted to send one more reminder that we are
accepting proposals through Monday, 27 April 2026, for in-person or live
remote presentations at all sessions of NANOG 97 taking place in Bellevue,
Washington on June 1-3.

Our spotlight topic for NANOG 97 is “Reliability Engineering”, but we
accept presentations on all relevant topics. The work you do and the ideas
you have are interesting and important, and we’d love to hear more about
it! We have had repeated requests for presentations from and about
enterprise (stub) networks.

Perhaps you’re having trouble figuring out what the NANOG audience would
like to see. During every NANOG Conference, we ask everyone to answer the
surveys and tell us what they want to hear about at a future conference.
Some of the most recent answers are below. If you have a presentation on
any of these general or specific topic areas, your community would love to
hear from you!

AI / Automation Topics

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   AI vs “traditional” datacenter networks
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   Automation approaches
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   Designing networks for AI traffic
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   Details on how to define and build AI agents
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   Network automation technologies
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Early-career Professional Development topics

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   Basic hands-on tutorial track
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   More career development topics
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Emerging technologies topics

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   More on net infra evolution and the drivers around it
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   New protocols, technologies, IETF work, etc.
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Enterprise Networking Topics

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   Enterprises interacting with ISPs and the Internet
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   Overlays
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Performance

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   Open source/freely available tools to move data quickly and efficiently
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   More information about how to measure and improve network performance
   from hosts.
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Routing / BGP Topics

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   BGP Route Maps
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   Integrating IPv6
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   Interplanetary networking
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   More on BGP in data centers like the "lightweight traffic engineering"
   talk
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   RPKI, Routing
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   Peering
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   Residential Broadband
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   Segment routing
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Researcher / Student Topics

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   Opportunity for students to network
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   Researcher / operator BoF / forum
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Security Topics

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   AI-driven botnets and residential proxies
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   DDoS mitigation topics
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   Security and IOT
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Soft skills

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   Attracting software developers to network development/engineering
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   Career development
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   Computing and internet history
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   Intro to NANOG mailing list and other operational communities
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   Risk-based financial decision making
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   Transitioning from technical  roles to management
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Troubleshooting and best practices

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   Layer 2 ethernet best practices
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   Network architecture or on-prem troubleshooting
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   Provisioning, troubleshooting
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Workshops and How-Tos

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   More in-depth how-tos / more in-depth seminars
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   Physical hands on labs
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Other

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   Edge computing
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   Hardware topics such as ASIC or specific software oriented network
   engineering
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   How to start an ISP from scratch
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   More cloud network specific topics
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   Starlink
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Submit your presentation proposal and abstract via the Program Committee
Tool at: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/

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   Sign in with your Profile Account
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   Select the type of talk you propose to present, and complete the form


Timeline for submission and proposal review:
NANOG 97 Calendar of Events

Date

Event/Deadline

February 20, 2026

CFP Reminder Announcement

TODAY!

Call for Content Reminder #3

TODAY!

Topics List <https://nanog.org/events/nanog-97/block-agenda/> Published

April 27, 2026

DRAFT Presentation Slides Due for Consideration for NANOG97

May 04, 2026

Meeting Agenda Published

May 22, 2026

FINAL Slides Due

May 31, 2026

On-Site Lightning Talk Submissions Open


If you have any questions, please email the PC (nanogpc () nanog org), and a
representative will respond to you in a timely manner. Otherwise, submit
your talk, tutorial, track, or panel proposal to the Program Committee Tool
at your earliest convenience. We look forward to reviewing your submission!

Sincerely,

Adair Thaxton

Program Committee Chair

Sent on behalf of the NANOG PC
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