Just a small update, We have moved the conference dates to December 6-7, 2023 so as to not overlap with another networking conference happening around the same time.
Stay tuned for further updates! Thank you! Conference Team On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 1:23 PM Michael Santana <msant...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > We are happy to announce this year's Open vSwitch and OVN conference! > The conference will be on November 1-2, 2023 and will be a fully virtual > event. > > We are seeking long and short ("lightning") talks on topics related to > Open vSwitch and OVN. We expect long talks to last 25 minutes with an > additional 5 minutes for questions, and short talks to last 10 minutes. > > We will use an online format. Talks will be pre-recorded and played > during the conference. During the playback, text chat will give the > attendees and the presenters an opportunity to interact. During the > question period, the presenters will answer questions live over audio > (and video, at the presenters' discretion). Video will also be > available for offline viewing. > > > How to propose a talk > --------------------- > > We are soliciting proposals for full talks and short ("lightning") > talks in a single round. You may propose a talk as a full talk, a > lightning talk, or for either one at the committee's discretion. > > We will also accept proposals for panel discussions. Please submit > them as full talks and make it clear in the description that it is a > panel. > > Please submit proposals to ovs...@openvswitch.org by September 15. > Proposals should include: > > * Title and abstract. > > * Speaker names, email addresses, and affiliations. > > * Whether you are proposing a full talk or a lightning talk or > either one at the committee's discretion. > > Speakers will be notified of acceptance by September 29. > > > How to attend > ------------- > > General registration is not yet open. We will announce when it opens. > The event will be fully virtual. Will be available after registering. > > At the moment we are unsure about whether attendance will > be free of cost this year. We will have a follow up soon on this. > > > > Topics that may be considered, among others, include: > ----------------------------------------------------- > > * The future of Open vSwitch (e.g., AF_XDP, P4, eBPF). > > * NAT, DPI, and stateful processing with Open vSwitch. > > * Deploying and using OVN. > > * Testing and scaling 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. > > * Integrating Open vSwitch into larger systems. > > * Troubleshooting and debugging Open vSwitch installations. > > * Open vSwitch development and testing practices. > > * Performance measurements or approaches to improving > performance. > > * 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.). > > * Increasing the size and diversity of the Open vSwitch user > and developer base. > > * Tutorials and walkthroughs of use cases. > > * Demos. > > > More information > ---------------- > To reach the organizers, email ovs...@openvswitch.org. For general > discussion of the conference, please use the ovs-discuss mailing list > at ovs-disc...@openvswitch.org > > > Thank you, > Conference Team _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev