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IETF Guest Day: Join the Internet's Leading Engineers in Philadelphia
7 Mar 2008 - Experience first hand the Internet standards process and meet the world's leading Internet engineers, developers and researchers. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will convene March 9 - 14 for IETF 71 at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown 1201 Market Street and you are invited. This meeting is hosted by Comcast.
The IETF is the premiere international open-standards community and is responsible for many of the Internet's most important standards, including TCP/IP, e-mail, instant messaging, VoIP, and IPv6. Its work is concerned with the evolution of the Internet's architecture and its smooth operation.
The IETF is unique from other standards groups in that it is a volunteer organization, lead by individuals, not governments or corporations. The IETF's processes are open to all and decisions are made on the basis of "rough consensus and running code." If you are doing research in networking or communications, this is one event you don't want to miss.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, is IETF 71 Guest Day when students, instructors and members of Internet Society Chapters can receive a one-day Guest Pass to the IETF 71 Meeting.
The IETF meets face-to-face, three times a year to progress its work of Internet Standards development for the betterment of the Internet and people worldwide.
This is followed by Newcomer's Training from 10:30 to 11:30 which is an overview of the IETF Structure and the Internet Standards Process. This class will be given by Scott Bradner. Mr. Bradner served in a number of roles in the IETF: co-director of the Operational Requirements Area (1993-1997), IPng Area (1993-1996), Transport Area (1997-2003), and Sub-IP Area (2001-2003).
Guests will then have the opportunity to attend some of the 29 Working Group sessions being held that afternoon. The current schedule includes:
- Ad-Hoc Network Autoconfiguration WG
- DNS Extensions WG
- Basic Level of Interoperability for SIP Services WG
- Simple Authentication and Security Layer WG
- Calendaring and Scheduling
- Standards Simplification
- Audio/Video Transport WG
- IP over IEEE 802.16 Networks WG
- Protocol Independent Multicast WG
- Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points WG
Interested ISOC individual members and members of ISOC Chapter, Students and Instructors must:
- Register online but not pay.
- Send an email to iad@ietf.org, subject: Guest Pass, indicating an ISOC Chapter member, student or instructor, provide Registration ID and request a one-day Guest Pass.
- Pick up their registration package with Guest Pass on Tuesday before 10:30 where you will be directed to the Newcomer Training.
One-day Guest passes are available for other days, however there will be no Newcomer Training provided. Email should indicate day intended.
The IETF welcomes your interest in its work and looks forward to the day when you will participate in this volunteer endeavor.
