[irtf-discuss] Requests for Conversation (HotRFC session for IETF 115 - talks solicited

[Spencer Dawkins at IETF <[e-mail]>]

*Do you have an idea, problem space, or proposal that IETFers and IRTFers
should hear about?Do you want to propose IETF or IRTF work but aren’t sure
if your idea is ready or who will be interested?*

Agenda requests are now being accepted for the Request for Conversation
(HotRFC) lightning talk session. Presenters will have 4 minutes to make
their case for collaboration. Interested folks can contact the presenter
and continue the discussion after the session.

Goals include encouraging brainstorming conversations, helping new work
proposers find collaborators, raising awareness of relevant work going on
elsewhere, and promoting BarBoFs. Past HotRFC lightning talks have covered
a broad range of topics:

Collaboration: proposals for new standards work or new research topics that
haven't been discussed elsewhere, potentially relevant research that may be
ready for the IETF

Notification: new topics on the agenda in a working group or research
group, especially cross-area IETF work

Enlightenment: updates on relevant technologies, industry advances that
could affect IETF participants.
With strict time limits, concise talks will give viewers a sense of whether
they’d like to know more and, importantly, coordinates on how to do so.

With the hybrid IETF 115 meeting we’re going to keep things rather simple
and permit only live presentations, either on-site or remote via MeetEcho.
Slides must be submitted in advance.

*To request a slot,* submit a short abstract to [e-mail] no later
than Friday, November 4th, 2400 UTC that includes the following

   - Talk title
   - Presenter, Affiliation
   - Short topic abstract (topics should be IETF- or IRTF-related in some
   way)
   - Coordinates to learn more, contact those involved, participate in
   existing mailing lists and scheduled meetings, and/or relevant formal or
   side meetings.
   - Any relevant drafts or helpful resources

*To provide slides,* submit ppt or pdf to [e-mail] no later than
Saturday, November 5th, 2400 UTC.

*The session will be* on Sunday, November 6th, at 1900 in Kensington 1

   - Talk abstracts will be posted on the meeting agenda and will be
   updated as requests come in
   - All talks will be presented live, whether in-person or via MeetEcho
   - Each talk in the session will be recorded for later viewing.

Thanks to Spencer Dawkins and Liz Flynn, who will be hosting the session
on-site.  We hope you’ll tune in.

-- the HotRFC team

P.s. If you think holding a public side meeting would be useful for people
who are interested in your topic, there’s a wiki for that, at
https://wiki.ietf.org/meeting/115/sidemeetings.