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0x14: COVID-19 update, postponement of Netdev conf 0x14
by Jamal Hadi Salim 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

Hi, After much deliberation, due to the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) the NetDev Society board has decided to postpone the conference scheduled to happen in Vancouver, BC March 17th-20, 2020. Netdev Society has been consulting with attendees and sponsors, monitoring health organizations, and trying to work with government and corporate imposed restrictions on travel and event attendance. The conclusion reached is that for the health and wellbeing of the community, it is best to postpone the conference at this time. We understand that this is an unfortunate situation for everyone, and very much appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter. The new tentative date for Netdev conference is June 16 to 19th, 2020 at the same location. Please note that this date is tentative due to the unpredictability of the Coronavirus. What happens to registration: 1. If you are already registered then no action is needed. All registrations are applied to the new date for the conference. 2. If you cannot make the new date for the conference, you can cancel registration for a refund minus a 7% processing fee. To cancel registration please send a request to registrar(a)netdevconf.info. 3. Conference registration will remain open. If you have not registered and intend to attend the conference for the new date you may do so at current rates. Details are at: https://netdevconf.info/0x14/register.html. For any questions or points of clarification, please email: registrar(a)netdevconf.info We will be updating the conference web site in the next few days. Please see https://netdevconf.info/0x14 for the latest conference information. Thanks, Jamal on behalf Netdev Society

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0x14: Update on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
by Jamal Hadi Salim 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

We would like to provide more updates on our planning around Coronavirus (COVID-19). This update is based on the current state of affairs. We will provide more updates as the situation changes. Conference registration levels are continuing at the expected rates as previous two netdev conferences. As mentioned in past communication, here's what we are using for guidance on our decisions: 1) There are two *larger* conferences that are happening in Vancouver at the same time frame and neighborhood as us. We are in particular paying attention and communicating with our friends at the IETF drawing guidance from them. IETF has a much larger staff than us and we are grateful and lucky that we can draw on their resources to guide us. IETF is reporting that their registration is continuing per expectation. 2) We are also constantly monitoring the guidelines provided by World Health Organisation (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019) and Public Health Agency of Canada (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronav…) neither of these organization are recommending cancelling meetings at this point. https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1269109/retrieve For Netdev conf 0x14, we are going to implement the following guidelines which we draw from what the IETF 107 is putting in place: 1. Measures to prevent transmission by surface contact: a) We will provide all in-person participants with hand sanitizer and surface wipes free of charge. Surface wipes will be available in multiple rooms for cleaning any shared equipment or surfaces, such as microphones and door handles. b) We are going to ask that you do not feel obliged to shake hands with anyone and also do not feel offended if anyone declines to do so. 2. Measures for anyone who feels unwell to prevent them spreading infection: a) We are setting aside a room as an isolation room supplied with masks and a thermometer for anyone who feels ill during the meeting. b) We are making arrangements with a local clinic so that we can call a doctor to attend to anyone in self-imposed isolation to minimise their travel through communal areas. 3. Guidelines for travellers who are from highly affected areas where travel is government restricted. Currently, as per WHO, some parts of China fall under this class. If you are planning to register or have registered, and arriving from China (or have passed through the China recently) please contact us first we will like to discuss with you remote participation as an alternative. 4. Guidelines for attendees affected by corporate travel restrictions: We are looking at setting up satellite location(s). A satellite location makes sense when we have a good number of attendees willing to participate. If you think you fit in this setup, please contact us. We are investigating logistics of good video conferencing facilities that will work well with the conference AV setup. 5. (As previously advised) Changes to our cancellation policy: a) Anyone who is unable to attend due to government imposed travel restrictions will be eligible for a full refund. b) We will continue with the normal policy of providing a full refund to anyone who is unable to travel due to visa issues. c) We will not be offering full refunds in the event of someone being unable to travel due to corporate restrictions - the cancellation fee will still apply. Full details of our registration policy for Netdev 0x14 are available on our website. https://netdevconf.info/0x14/registration.html cheers, jamal

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0x14: Platinum Sponsor, Juniper!
by Jamal Hadi Salim 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

We are pleased to welcome Juniper Networks as a platinum sponsor for Netdev conf 0x14. Thank you for your support Juniper! Juniper Networks(https://www.juniper.net) simplifies the complexities of networking with products, solutions and services in the cloud era to transform the way we connect, work and live. Juniper removes the traditional constraints of networking to enable their customers and partners to deliver automated, scalable and secure networks that connect the world. For example, Junos routing offers quality, feature rich routing functionality in a container, delivering best-of-breed routing with One Junos Experience across the cloud on routers, servers or any Linux-based device. cheers, jamal

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0x14: Update on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) issue
by Jamal Hadi Salim 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi, With our conference date approaching we would like to update you on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) issue as related to the conference. We plan to provide more updates in the next few days. For now, the NetDev Society board would like to state the following: We understand that as part of human nature some people are very concerned about the risk to health, and that some other events have been cancelled or switched to a remote-only model and infact some companies are putting corporate travel restrictions into place. However, it remains our view that there are significant risks in both under-reacting and over-reacting to this complex and developing situation, and as we are not epidemiologists or public health experts we will follow the evidence-based advice of those that are. At the moment, conference registration levels are continuing at the expected rates as previous two netdev conferences. We also note that two *larger* conferences are happening in Vancouver at the same time frame and neighborhood as us and we are monitoring them. We are in particular paying attention and communicating with our friends at the IETF drawing guidance from them. IETF has a much larger staff than us and we are grateful and lucky that we can draw on their resources to guide us. IETF is reporting that their registration is also continuing per expectation. More importantly we are constantly monitoring the guidelines provided by World Health Organisation (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019) and Public Health Agency of Canada (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronav…) neither of these organization are recommending cancelling meetings. https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1269109/retrieve We are working very hard to explore and weigh various backup options and over the next few days we will keep you posted. cheers, jamal (on behalf of Netdev Society board)

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Netdev 0x14 Remote participation
by Kiran Makhijani 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Hi Jamal, I attended netdev 0x14 last year and find it very educational, informative as well as engaging. But I cannot travel for 4 days in addition to IETF 107. Therefore, I was wondering if there is a possibility of remote participation? I am aware that videos are generally available on YouTube (Which will be last resort), but anything live is always better. Thanks Kiran

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0x14: Keynote speaker, Nick McKeown.
by Jamal Hadi Salim 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

We are honored to announce networking industry visionary Nick McKeown as the keynote speaker for Netdev 0x14. Nick McKeown has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University since 1995. In 2005, he started the Clean Slate Program at Stanford, which with Martin Casado and Scott Shenker, led to "Software Defined Networking". He co-founded Nicira (now part of VMware), Abrizio, and Nemo ("Network Memory", now part of Cisco), as well as ONF, ON.Lab, and P4.org. He also co-founded Barefoot Networks in 2013, which was recently acquired by Intel, where he is now Senior Fellow. His current passion is to move the network data-plane from fixed-function hardware up and into software where it belongs. He hopes this will foster much faster innovation in networking, and finally hand over the keys to those who own and operate networks, to customize them to best suit their needs. Nick is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK). He received the British Computer Society Lovelace Medal (2005), the IEEE Kobayashi Computer and Communications Award (2009), the ACM Sigcomm Lifetime Achievement Award (2012), and an Honorary Doctorate from ETH (Zurich, 2014). What does Nick want to talk to us about? Nick has a vision on how we can work together to realize a world where owners of large networks can express the behavior they want in their network using a high-level language, and then seamlessly compile and deploy it across all their various network devices. How do we get there? Please come listen, hear him and engage him. More info: https://netdevconf.info/0x14/session.html?keynote-mckeown cheers, jamal

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0x14: Small changes to schedule
by Jamal Hadi Salim 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Please see schedule. Start here: https://netdevconf.info/0x14/news.html?schedule-up An interesting feature we have added to the schedule. Pull down schedule menu - top left corner. Select "simple" mode. Now go to the right, look for "Filter By Type". And pick topics of interest to see where they fit in the schedule. Suggestions on meta topics welcome. cheers, jamal

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0x14: nutsnbolts, Performance improvements for NVMe/TCP
by Jamal Hadi Salim 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

In this talk Sagi Grimberg will look back at the journey and experience gained so far in the last year since introduction of kernel NVMe/TCP. He will then build on that context to describe various experiments conducted to measure performance - more importantly the latency achieved with current kernel NVMe/TCP. Part of the experiments will explore different NIC vendors' features (Intel ADQ, Mellanox aRFS, etc) that can be put to bear on behalf of improving overall performance and latency. Sagi hopes to create a discussion based on some suggestions on what he believes are useful enhancements that can be made to the driver. More info: https://netdevconf.info/0x14/session.html?talk-performance-improvements-for… Although we never close our door, reminder: registration is still in effect. https://netdevconf.info/0x14/registration.html Registering earlier helps us plan better. cheers, jamal

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Call for topics in acceleration and AI/ML workshop
by Tom Herbert 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Hi Netdev'ers, I am organizing the acceleration and offload workshop, and we have some time available for additional topics. Also, I am organizing for the first ever AI/ML workshop at Netdev! We may have some time there also for some additional topics (I'm sure there are a few in this area :-) ) If you have any ideas you'd like to see discussed in these workshops, feel free to let me know (you can reply directly to my email). Thanks, Tom

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IETF Hackathon event
by Jamal Hadi Salim 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

The IETF hackathon is an event that happens the day after our conference ends and before the main IETF conference starts. The event is free, registration required. It is about 10 minutes walk from our location. If you can afford to stay one more day after the conference, this would be a good event to attend (even if you are not attending the IETF). For more details, see: https://ietf.org/how/runningcode/hackathons/107-hackathon/ Below is an announcement for a prep-call that will take place the day before Netdev 0x14. If you are looking to participate see the details below. cheers, jamal -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: prep call Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:45:23 +0000 From: Charles Eckel (eckelcu) <eckelcu(a)cisco.com> To: hackathon(a)ietf.org <hackathon(a)ietf.org> As is generally the case, we have quite a few first time IETF hackathon participants registered already, and I expect many more will register in the coming weeks. You are of course welcome to ask any questions on this list or to me directly at any time, but I have also scheduled a prep call for the Monday before the hackathon at 9am Pacific US/Canada time. This call is completely optional and open to everyone, but it is primarily for first time participants who want to get a better idea of how the hackathon works and what to expect when they arrive at the start of the hackathon. There is an .ics file attached to this email, and the meeting info appears below as well. Cheers, Charles --- Charles Eckel invites you to join this Webex meeting. Meeting number (access code): 205 856 832 Meeting password: ietf107 (4383107 from phones) Monday, March 16, 2020 9:00 am | (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) | 45 mins Join meeting<https://cisco.webex.com/cisco/j.php?MTID=m775031646175926791cc829a057a2063> Join by phone Tap to call in from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-866-432-9903<tel:%2B1-866-432-9903,,*01*205856832%234383107%23*01*> Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada) +1-408-525-6800<tel:%2B1-408-525-6800,,*01*205856832%234383107%23*01*> Call-in toll number (US/Canada) Global call-in numbers<https://cisco.webex.com/cisco/globalcallin.php?MTID=md1d520fb51704493e6b17a…> | Toll-free calling restrictions<https://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf> Join by video system, application or Skype for business Dial 205856832(a)webex.com<%20sip:205856832@webex.com> You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Need help? Go to http://help.webex.com

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