Hello NoNOG Community!
We are officially looking for speakers for our upcoming event. NONOG is all about bringing together network engineers, operators, and tech enthusiasts to share knowledge, exchange real-world experiences, and explore new peering possibilities.
If you have an interesting project, a lesson learned from a major outage, or a new technology deployment you want to talk about, we want to hear from you!
Presentation Formats
We are accepting proposals for two types of sessions:
- Regular Talks (30 Minutes): Best for deep dives into technical architecture, case studies, or comprehensive project overviews.
- Lightning Talks (10 Minutes): Perfect for quick tool intros, brief updates, hot takes, or sharing a specific “aha!” moment.
Note: Do you have a massive topic that needs more time? Longer talks can be accommodated, but please reach out and agree on this with the organizing committee in advance.
Topics
To give you some inspiration, we are seeking technical submissions on a wide range of operational topics, including but not limited to:
- Routing & Core Infrastructure: Routing and routing security, dealing with stuck routes, RPKI/ASPA deployment, Segment Routing, and carrier-grade NAT/Subscriber Management.
- Network Automation & Tools: Practical use of inventory systems, or custom scripts for service orchestration, network visibility, and automated configuration management.
- IXP, Interconnection & Peering: Best practices at IXP, local traffic engineering, network optimization, and improving regional connectivity.
- Optical Networking & Transport: Coherent vs. non-coherent transport developments, routed optical networking, and fiber-sensing for infrastructure protection.
- Time & Synchronization: Building and maintaining robust time/frequency networks (PTP, NTP, and Sync over WAN).
- Network Observability & Telemetry: Modern monitoring practices, analyzing major routing incidents, predictive troubleshooting, and real-time telemetry.
- Security & Critical Infrastructure: Hardening digital communication infrastructure, DDoS mitigation strategies, proactive threat protection, and navigating compliance (like the NIS2 directive).
- Operations & “War Stories”: Post-mortems of unusual network outages, migrations gone right (or wrong!), and real-world testing procedures before production deployment.
Guidelines for Speakers
To keep our sessions high-quality and engaging for the community, please keep the following guidelines in mind:
- Target Audience: Our crowd consists primarily of network engineers. Focus your content on what matters to them — routing, switching, automation, security, and infrastructure.
- Technical > Commercial: We heavily prefer technical content over sales pitches. While you are welcome to present products that solve real-world engineering issues, the focus should remain on the technology and the solution, not a product brochure. Keep the commercial aspects “between the lines.”
- Language: While presentations should preferably be delivered in English, Norwegian would also work for a large part of the audience.
- Q&A: Please budget your time to save a few minutes at the end of your slot for questions from the audience.
- Stage Presence: A quick tip for the stage—remember to speak clearly and face the audience (rather than just reading off the projector screen) to keep everyone engaged.
How to Submit
Ready to take the stage? Please submit your talk proposal including a title, a short abstract, and your preferred format (Regular or Lightning) to contact at nonog.net.
We look forward to hearing your stories and building a better network together!