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Organizers invite companies, executives and industry insiders to propose presentations highlighting the use of session initiation protocol (SIP) in service provider environments. Operators are encouraged to present SIP-related success stories, deployment issues and concerns in their networks, while equipment vendors and other industry stakeholders are invited to work with operators to present real-world deployment experiences.<br><br>The<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> SIPNOC </span></strong>conferences attractleading technical and operations personnel from the global carrier community and have earned high praise from attendees for their educational, non-commercial and technical content that focuses on the real-world challenges operators face when deploying SIP services in global IP networks. <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 </span></strong>attendees will include telecommunications providers, major backbone operators, interconnect and wholesale solution providers, ISPs, cable operators, wireless network operators as well as large enterprises deploying major SIP initiatives.<br><br>The SIP Forum will once again offer specialized training at SIPNOC 2017 presented by the expert trainers of ECG, this year focused on learning the numerous tips and tricks of Wireshark – <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>available to all SIPNOC 2017 “All-Access” and “Full Member” attendees at no additional cost! </span></strong><br><br>This intensive “Wireshark for VoIP Ninjas” workshop will equip you with the core and advanced skills you need to diagnose and solve the thorniest problems using the popular, open-source tool Wireshark. The course prepares to you to install and configure Wireshark to maximize your effectiveness for VoIP, creating captures, locating calls and associated media, analyzing QoS for audio and video problems, and using Wireshark’s analytics tools to find trouble spots in a busy SIP/IMS VoIP network. <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Early-Bird Registration for attending SIPNOC 2017 is now open, and participants registering before September 15, 2017 save $200. <a href="https://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2017">Click here</a> to register or visit <a href="https://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2017">https://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2017</a>.</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 Call for Presentations </span></strong>proposals can be submitted by visiting the <a href="https://www.sipforum.org/news-events/sipnoc-2017-overview/sipnoc-2017-call-for-presentations/">SIP Forum Call for Presentations webpage</a>. Possible topics can include SIP peering, SIP trunking, Emergency Services, Congestion Control, Scaling and Capacity Issues, SIP-based applications, Routing, Security, SIP-Network Operations Center Best Practices, IPv6 deployment challenges, User-agent Configuration, Standardization Issues and Progress, HD voice deployments, Video Interoperability, WebRTC and SIP, FoIP/T.38 Deployment, Testing or other issues facing SIP network operations. <br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017</span></strong> offers several different types of speaking opportunities including: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>General Session Talks</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: A General Session presentation should be on a topic of interest to the general SIPNOC audience, and may be up to 30 minutes long (including time for Q&A). <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>General Session Panels</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: Panels are sessions with a moderator and a team of panelists. The panel moderator should submit an abstract on the panel topic, a list of panelists, and how the panel will be organized. Panel selection is based on the importance, originality, focus and timeliness of the topic, expertise of proposed panelists, as well as the potential for informative and controversial discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Special Workshops</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: The <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017</span></strong> program has been expanded to include special workshops that run for 1-2 hours, providing time to focus in-depth on a variety of issues important to the SIPNOC community. Topics can include a review of SIP RFCs and standards development, the regulatory environment, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo4'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Research Topics</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: Researchers are invited to present short summaries of their work for operator feedback. Topics may include call routing, network performance, statistical measurement and analysis and protocol development and implementation. Studies presented may be works in progress. Researchers from academia, government, and industry are encouraged to present.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>BOFs</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: BOFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) are informal sessions on topics which are of interest to a portion of the SIPNOC community. BOFs may be held in break‐out areas or in an unscheduled room. Requests for scheduled BOFs can be made at any time, including on site at the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 Call for Presentation Key Dates</span></u></strong><u> </u><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Presentation Abstracts Due <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>September 1, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Draft Presentations Due <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>September 14, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo8'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Acceptance Decision and Notifications <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>September 20, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Draft Program Published <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>September 20, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo10'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Final Presentations Due <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>October 20, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo11'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Final Agenda Published <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>October 23, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=359 valign=top style='width:269.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo12'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Conference Begins<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=194 valign=top style='width:145.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>November 28, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 width=709 style='width:531.75pt;background:#EFEFEF'><tr><td width=709 valign=top style='width:531.75pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 Call for Presentations General Info</span></strong> To view the official call for presentations, which includes instructions on submitting material and specific SIPNOC policies, please visit <a href="https://www.sipforum.org/news-events/sipnoc-2017-overview/sipnoc-2017-call-for-presentations/">https://www.sipforum.org/news-events/sipnoc-2017-overview/sipnoc-2017-call-for-presentations/</a>. To submit, visit <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sipnoc2017">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sipnoc2017</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=709 valign=top style='width:531.75pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 Early Bird Registration Info: Deadline September 15, 2017</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Save $200 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>if you register for SIPNOC 2017 by September 15, 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Register </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>at <a href="https://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2017">https://www.regonline.com/sipnoc2017</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td width=709 valign=top style='width:531.75pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 General Event Information</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo14'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For more information about <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017</span></strong>, please visit <a href="http://www.sipnoc.org/">www.sipnoc.org</a> or send an email to <a href="mailto:sipnocinfo@sipforum.org">sipnocinfo@sipforum.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td width=709 valign=top style='width:531.75pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017 Sponsorship Information</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:17.25pt;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo15'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For information about corporate sponsorship opportunities at <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIPNOC 2017</span></strong>, please contact Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director, at 203-829-6307 or marc.robins “at” <a href="http://sipforum.org">sipforum.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr></table></div><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><span class=title1><span style='color:#E81F1F'>About the SIP Forum</span></span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>The SIP Forum is an IP communications industry association that engages in numerous activities that promote and advance SIP-based technology, such as the development of industry recommendations, the SIPit interoperability testing events, special workshops, educational seminars, and general promotion of SIP in the industry. The SIP Forum is also the producer of the annual SIPNOC conferences (for SIP Network Operators Conference), focused on the technical requirements of the service provider community. One of the Forum's notable technical activities is the development of the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation – a standards-based SIP trunking recommendation for direct IP peering and interoperability between IP PBXs and SIP-based service provider networks, and the SIPconnect Certification Testing Program, a unique certification testing program that includes a new certification test suite and test platform, as well as an associated “SIPconnect Certified” logo program that provides an official “seal of certification” for companies products and services that have successfully passed the certification test and officially achieved conformance with the SIPconnect specification. Other important Forum initiatives include work in NNI, VRS, and SIP and IPv6. For more information, please visit: <a href="https://www.sipforum.org/">https://www.sipforum.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br></span></b><span class=title21><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>For more information, please visit:</span></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sipnoc.org">www.sipnoc.org</a> or email <a href="mailto:sipnocinfo@sipforum.org">sipnocinfo@sipforum.org</a></span></strong></span><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></b></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #CDD1D4 1.0pt'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.tmcnet.com/scripts/img.ashx?lid=111404"><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>