We invite the participants of IX.br, Autonomous Systems, vendors, and the Internet community to present at the IX Forum 17. The event will be held on December 06 and 07, in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Sending proposals
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We will receive proposals by email forum@ix.br , containing:
- subject: IX (PTT) Forum 17 - proposal - [title of its proposal]
- full title of the work to be presented
- abstract (abstract) extended up to 500 words, and a draft of the slides
- full name of the authors, e-mail, short-bio, organization name
- Possible presentation formats include:
- Lightning talk: brief, 10-minute presentation
- Presentation: 30-minute presentation.

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Important dates / deadlines
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Important dates:
- limit for sending proposals: September 13, 2023.
- notification of acceptance or not of the September 29, 2023.
- full versions of the presentation, in PDF November 21, 2023.

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Topics suggested
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A non-exhaustive list of suggested topics for presentations follows:
- optical technologies
- network management and configuration automation
- BGP communitis
- solutions and good practices related to the safe use of BGP
- solutions to mitigate DDoS attacks on an Internet Exchange
- best current practices for participants of an Internet Exchange
- sustainability of Internet Exchanges in general and in particular IX.br
- influence of the Internet Exchanges in the financial equation of the networks
- influence of the Internet Exchanges in the technical quality of the networks
- CDNs and other types of caches on the Internet and Internet Exchanges
- how to improve the decentralization of IXPs in Brazil
- RPKI
- MANRS
- Remote Peering
- OpenCDN project from NIC.br
- successful cases of IX.br use by ISPs or other networks
- importance of the presence of public services (issuance of NF, DETRAN, IR, etc.) in the various Internet Exchange Points
- importance of the presence of financial services (banks, brokers, etc.) in the various Internet Exchange Points
- importance of the presence of e-commerce in the various Internet Exchange Points
- implications of the presence of international Autonomous Systems in IX.br São Paulo, SP, and other IXPss
- Internet quality measurement
- development of optical fiber and submarine cables in Brazil
- evolution of the deployment of IPv6 in the Internet infrastructure
- online games in IXPs
- IoT and IXPs
- SDNs and IXPs