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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>AMS-IX, DE-CIX, LINX and Netnod are happy to host the 13rd European Peering Forum (EPF) in Athens, Greece from the 17th – 19th</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>September 2018. The event will welcome up to 300 peering managers and coordinators from networks connected to the host Internet exchanges.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Besides an interesting topical agenda, the three-day event accommodates room for attendees to meet on a one-to-one basis to</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>discuss bilateral peering business opportunities.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Although registration is not yet open (it opens at April 13<sup>th</sup>) the programme committee is already looking for presentations and</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>lightning talks related to peering and technical topics of interconnection. Your presentation should address:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Interconnection Automation</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Regional Peering</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Interconnection / Peering Internet Governance and Regulatory Topics</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Economic and Product Trends</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Peering / interconnection strategies</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Interesting findings about peering / interconnection</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* 400GE and beyond</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Submissions</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>===========</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Presentations must be of a non-commercial nature. Product or marketing heavy talks are strongly discouraged. <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Submissions of presentations should be made to the programme committee <<a href="mailto:epf-pc@peering-forum.eu"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#954F72'>epf-pc@peering-forum.eu</span></a>>. Please include:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Author's name and e-mail</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Presentation title</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Abstract</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Slides (if available)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>* Time requested</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Deadlines</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>=========</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Presentation Abstract Deadline 16/07/2018 12:00 UTC<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Final Selection of Speakers 27/07/2018</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Presentation Slides Submission Deadline 03/09/2018 12:00 UTC</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>More information about the event and other activities around EPF13</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>may be found at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> *<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://peering-forum.eu"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#954F72'>https://peering-forum.eu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>*<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1486607564933665"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#954F72'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/1486607564933665</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>On behalf of the EPF organisers,<span 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