<div dir="ltr"><p id="gmail-m_-7076563323384705018gmail-m_8311326623687321068m_-9084714106662163627m_3361329243183565467gmail-m_-6591012615798076490m_-5316121524818007441gmail-docs-internal-guid-e5de6006-7fff-2260-b626-def384dbd1b4" dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear NANOG Community,</span><br></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The NANOG Program Committee (PC) is excited to announce that we are accepting proposals for all sessions at NANOG 80.<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_-7076563323384705018gmail-docs-internal-guid-1eb174cf-7fff-7174-1269-7971df3b4bd5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Transform your research, ideas, and best practices into a presentation for the 80th community-wide gathering of The North American Network Operators’ Group, in October. Given by many of the industry’s top minds, presentations at NANOG meetings are meant to spark the imagination, encourage dialogue, and drive new solutions to our greatest networking challenges.</font></span></p></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">The NANOG Program Committee (PC) is currently seeking proposals, and also welcomes suggestions for speakers, and ideas for topics. Presentations may cover current technologies, soon-to-be deployed technologies, and industry innovation. Vendors are welcome to submit talks which cover relevant technologies and capabilities, but presentations should not be promotional, or discuss proprietary solutions. </span><br></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit your NANOG 80 proposal now, via the </span><a href="https://www.nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NANOG Program Committee tool</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The deadline for proposals to be considered for NANOG 80 is Monday August 24th 2020.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The primary speaker, moderator, or author should submit a presentation proposal and abstract via the Program Committee Tool at: </span><a href="https://www.nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://www.nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sign in with your Profile Account</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numer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/li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best Current Practices</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Career Development Skills </font></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If you think you have an interesting topic but want feedback or suggestions for developing an idea into a presentation, please email the PC (</span><a href="mailto:nanogpc@nanog.org" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">nanogpc@nanog.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">), and a representative will respond to you in a timely manner. Otherwise, submit your talk, keynote, track, or panel proposal to the Program Committee Tool at your earliest convenience. We look forward to reviewing your submission!</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Final slides must be submitted two weeks prior to the start of the conference and no changes will be accepted between that date and the conference. Materials received after that date may be updated on the website after the completion of the conference. </font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you at NANOG 80.</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Vincent Celindro - PC Chair</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">On behalf of the NANOG Program Committee</font></span></p></div>