Conference Announcement - Call for Papers 1st IPv6 Conference of the IPv6 Forum in Germany 1999 Ladies and Gentlemen, The newly formed IPv6-Forum, supported by more than 45 companies and institutions from all over the world, organizes jointly with Deutsche Telekom and the DFN Association (German Research Network) a two-day IPv6 Conference in Berlin on December 8th and 9th 1999. The focus of this conference will be to inform the audience about the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), to exchange experiences and to make a contribution to its introduction and deployment. The emphasis will be on the development of the Internet with IPv6 in Europe and in particular the German-speaking part of the world. We would like to ask for active support to the success of this conference from all IPv6 Forum members, Internet users, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Research and Education and other Internet vendors. While we have secured some excellent contributions from leading experts in this part of the world, we would like to submit this call for papers on current IPv6 standardization, use of the IPv6 address space, use of characteristics and benefits of the new protocol, IPv6 from an ISP perspective, success stories substantiating IPv6 deployment, IPv6 transition strategies, conversion to IPv6 and the meaning of IPv6 for the Internet development in Germany. The conference language is German, in exceptional cases English is welcome. Short papers should be provided no later than September 30th 1999 to the program committee. The program committee will decide by October 15th 1999 on the contributions. Besides the presentations, there will be a possibility for demonstrations of IPv6 solutions from manufacturers and developer teams. For interested companies a sponsoring possibility exists on request. Please pass this announcement to the appropriate persons in your company. Vendors and ISPs are encouraged to inform/invite their customers. Help us to make IPv6 become the core of the New Internet! Latif Ladid IPv6-Forum Chair Andr=E9 Zehl T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH Berkom J=FCrgen Rauschenbach DFN-Verein Topics The following list contains the addressed topics, to which conference=20 contributions can be submitted: * Latest status on the IPv6 standardization * Use of the IPv6 address space * Use of IPv6 characteristics and benefits of the new protocol * Safety mechanisms * Auto-configuration * Mobile IPv6 * Quality of Service for IPv6 * Multicast in IPv6 * ISP perspectives on IPv6 * IPv6 implementations for terminals and routers * Success stories of IPv6 deployment * Transition mechanisms and strategies for conversion to IPv6 * Meaning of IPv6 for the Internet development in Germany Participation fees The participation fee is DM 350 per person for IPv6-Forum members and DM 600 for non-members. Means of registration will be announced with the agenda. Guidelines for the submission of contributions Please submit your contributions in PDF, RTF or Microsoft Word 97 in DIN/A4 format. Please make sure your files do not contain any virus. Authors are asked to submit their short paper with approx. 800 words (12 points font Times New Roman). The contribution should clearly indicate which topic of the conference is addressed. It should contain the mail address of the author, telephone and fax number and e-mail address. Authors are kindly asked to describe, what content their contribution will have and how the short paper will be extended to the final contribution. Contributions can be submitted electronically via e-mail or as a paper version. Faxes will not be accepted since the quality often does not suffice for further distribution to the reviewers. Please send one original only, no copies are required. Every author will get a confirmation when the submission is received. The conference contributions accepted will be distributed, the exact means of distribution will be announced later. With the submission of the contribution the author agrees to the distribution free of charge. The program committee will decide by October 15, 1999 on the acceptance of submissions. IPv6 Conference on December 8th and 9th 1999 in Berlin Information exchange on the New Internet Conference elements * Keynote-speeches * IPv6-Technology * Experience reports * Provider's perspectives * Vendor's perspectives * Panel-discussion on the introduction of IPv6 Watch out for news on www.ipv6forum.com and www.dfn.de IPv6 Conference Schedule 1999 * September 30th Deadline for submission of short paper * October 15th Notification to authors of acceptance of paper Final agenda Opening of conference registration * November 10th Submission of final version of contribution for reproduction Address for submission of contributions T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft Berkom Sekr. IPv6-Konferenz Goslarer Ufer 35 10589 Berlin E-mail address for electronic submission: ipv6konferenz@berkom.de Contact for Information DFN-Verein Juergen Rauschenbach Anhalter Str. 1 10963 Berlin jrau@dfn.de T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft Berkom Andr=E9 Zehl Goslarer Ufer 35 10589 Berlin zehl@berkom.de