CHI-NOG 13 - Agenda Published - May 27-28

[Tom Kacprzynski via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

We are pleased to announce the agenda for the Chicago Network Operators
Group's 13th (CHI-NOG 13) annual conference, taking place on May 27th
(workshops) and 28th, 2026 (conference) in Chicago, IL.

Agenda

   1. The NAF's Network Automation Framework * | Jeff Doyle (**Alchemy
   Global Networks)*
   2. From Datacenter to AI Center, Building the Networks that Build AI * |
   Tyler Conrad **(Arista)*
   3. False Immunity: Long Prefixes that Bypass ROV * | Bryton Herdes *
   *(CloudFlare)*
   4. Multi-Path Traffic Engineering * | Colby Barth **(HPE/Juniper)*
   5. Show Me Your PRs * | Steve Ulrich **(nexthop.ai <http://nexthop.ai>)*
   6. The Automation Identity Crisis: Navigating the Jump from Scripter to
   Leader * | Rob Martin **(Arista)*
   7. InterQnet: A Heterogeneous Full-Stack Approach to Co-designing
   Scalable Quantum Networks * | Joaquin Chung **(Argonne National
   Laboratory)*
   8. Multicast for AI Data Centers * | Mike McBride **(Futurewei)*
   9. Let the AI Build the Lab: Hands-Off Virtual Topology Prototyping * |
   Taran Deshpande **(Cisco)*
   10. Internet Measurement & Observability Walkthrough * | Aaron Atac *
   *(CoreWeave)*
   11. The KINDNS Initiative * | David Huberman **(ICANN)*
   12. Building Community-Owned Critical Infrastructure * | Matt
Griswold **(Open
   Pipes & 20C)*
   13. Deployment and Management of Digital Coherent Optics * | Phil Bedard
   **(Cisco)*
   14. IPv6. Why Should You Care? * | Nick Buraglio **(ESnet)*
   15. Stop your NetOps Suffering: How AI Can Do the Un-Fun-damental Parts
   of NetOps for You | *Scott Robohn **(Solutional)*

Workshops

   1. Routing Security Workshop - ARIN Deep Dive on RPKI | *Brad Gorman* (
   *ARIN*)
   2. Intent Based Automation - Build an AI Fabric | *Mohammad Zaman & Amer
   Fakhar* (*Nokia*)
   3. ICANN's DNSSEC Labs | *Eddy Winstead* (*Internet Systems Consortium*)


Detailed agenda can be found at https://13.chinog.org.

Regular registration is still open, but ending soon. Registration:
https://chinog.org/chi-nog-13/registration/

Thank you

Tom Kacprzynski
CHI-NOG Program Committee Chair
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