[88all] IETF 88 - Meeting Information

[IETF Secretariat <[e-mail]>]

NOTE: Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, 3 November at 2:00 AM in Canada. Please be sure to set your clocks back 1 hour.

88th IETF Meeting
Vancouver, BC, Canada
November 3-8, 2013
Host: Huawei

Meeting venue:  Hyatt Regency Vancouver: http://vancouver.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html

Register online at: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/88/

Hotels - currently the hotels are booked but we have had a few cancellations, if you still need a reservation for the Hyatt or Fairmont, please send a note to [e-mail]

1.  Registration
2.  Visas & Letters of Invitation
3.  Technical Plenary and Administrative Plenary Information
4.  Thursday Lunch Speaker Series
5.  Companion Program
6.  Social Event - there will not be a social event at IETF 88


1. Registration
A. Early-Bird Registration - USD 650.00 Pay by Friday, 25 October 2013 UTC 24:00
B. After Early-Bird cutoff - USD 800.00
C. Full-time Student Registrations - USD 150.00 (with proper ID)
D. One Day Pass Registration - USD 350.00
E. Registration Cancellation   
        Cut-off for registration cancellation is Monday,
        28 October 2013 at UTC 24:00.
        Cancellations are subject to a 10% (ten percent)
        cancellation fee if requested by that date and time.
F. Online Registration and Payment ends Friday, 1 November 2013, 1700 local Vancouver time.
G. On-site Registration starting Sunday, 3 November 2013 at 1100 local Vancouver time.

2. Visas & Letters of Invitation:
Information on Visiting Canada, please visit:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/index.asp

After you complete the registration process, you can request an electronic IETF letter of invitation as well. The registration system also allows for you to request a hard copy IETF letter of invitation. You may also request one at a later time by following the link provided in the confirmation email.

Please note that the IETF Letter of Invitation may not be sufficient for obtaining a visa to enter Canada.

3.  Technical Plenary and Administrative Plenary Information
Please note that both the Technical Plenary and Administrative Plenary will be held on Wednesday, 6 November. The Technical Plenary will be held from 0900-1130 and the Operations and Administrative Plenary will be held from 1740-1940. More information on the Agenda can be found at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/88/agenda.html

The topic for the technical plenary will be: Internet Hardening
 New reports of large-scale Internet traffic monitoring appear almost
 every day.  We were all aware that targeted interception was taking
 place, but the scale and scope in the recent reports is surprising.
 Such scale was not envisaged during the design of many Internet
 protocols; the threat is quite different than expected.  Now, the
 Internet community must consider the consequences.

 While details of these attack techniques remain largely unknown, we
 can talk about possible ways to harden the Internet in light of
 pervasive Internet monitoring.  We can take a closer look at our
 protocols and the security properties that they provide.

 A panel will summarize recent discussions and suggest potential IETF
 actions to make large-scale monitoring more difficult.

 a.  Introduction (Bruce Schneier)
      What we know and what we do not know.

 b.  Earlier IETF Debates (Brian Carpenter)
     The IETF has several cornerstone documents about Internet
     security and privacy, including RFCs 1984, 3365, 2804, and 6973.

 c.  Potential IETF Activities (Stephen Farrell)
     Summary of the discussion on the perpass mailing list.

4.  Thursday Lunch Speaker Series
Topic: Implications of “Network Functions Virtualisation”

Description: ETSI’s NFV initiative is tackling the virtualization of network appliances such as firewalls, NATs, load balancers, and beyond. Driven by the top 25 telecom operators, it promises a radical change to network deployments. This session provides an introduction to NFV, its motivations, the concepts behind “virtual network functions” and examines the implications for the underlying infrastructure network layer.

Speakers:
Serge Manning, Corporate Standards, Huawei (Moderator)
Diego R. Lopez, Global CTO Office, Telefonica
Evelyne Roch, Central Research, Huawei
Steven Wright, Standards & Industry Alliances, AT&T

For more information, please visit: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/88/88-host-speaker.html

5.  Companion Program
If you are traveling with a friend or family member over 18 years of age you can register them for the IETF Companion Program for only USD 25.00

Benefits include:
- A special welcome reception for companions from 1630-1730 on Sunday, 3 November
- Ability to attend the official Welcome Reception from 1700-1900 on Sunday, 3 November
- A distinctive meeting badge that grants access to the venue (not to be used to attend working sessions)
- Participation in a separate companion email list if you choose to help communicate and make plans with other IETF Companions.

You can register your companion at any time via the IETF website or onsite at the meeting.

To join the 88 companions mailing list only see:
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/88companions

6.  Social Event
There will not be a social event at the IETF 88 in Vancouver.

Only 5 days until the Vancouver IETF!