The program

Schedule

Clay Pigeon Shooting
13:00 - 17:30

Schedule:

  • Gathering in front of the hotel - 13:00
  • Start walking to bus pick-up point - 13:15
  • Bus departure - 13:30
  • Arrival at Allerton Castle - 14:00
  • Activity and Afternoon Tea + Snacks - from 14:00 to 17:00
  • Return to hotel - 17:00/17:30

If you wish to participate, please don't forget to mention it on your online registration form and book your flights accordingly. More details on the sunday afternoon activity can be found in the Socials tab.

Sunday Evening Social
19:00 - 23:00

Welcome drinks and dinner at The Hop bar which is located right across the hotel. More information can be found on the Socials tab.

Registration
08:30 - 09:30
Official Welcome
09:30 - 10:00
  • Welcome from Bijal Sanghani (Head of Euro-IX Secretariat)
  • Explanation of Forum Programme
  • Welcome from LINX, LONAP and IXLeeds, Forums Hosts
Introduction from New IXPs, Patrons and Guests
10:00 - 10:15

One representative from each newly affiliated IXP or prospective member IXP will be asked to introduce themselves and give a very brief summary of developments/issues within their IXP.

Our Patrons and Guests will then be given the opportunity to do the same.

Euro-IX Update
10:15 - 10:30
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Euro-IX Update
Bijal Sanghani
Euro-IX
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Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50
IXP Challenges
10:50 - 12:00

IXPs encounter many types of non-technical hurdles too. This session focuses on the experiences with such challenges.

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Building the business case for Africa
Michele McCann
NAPAfrica
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First BNIX Satisfaction Survey
Frederic Libotte
Belgian National Internet Exchange
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Business Modifications at TOP-IX
Luca Cicchelli
Torino Piemonte Exchange Point
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General Session
12:00 - 13:00
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IXPDB Update
Andy Davidson
London Network Access Point
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Open-IX
David Temkin
Open-IX
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Interactive IXP Trend Discovery
Job Witteman
Amsterdam Internet Exchange B.V.
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Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Technical Session
14:00 - 15:20
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IEEE Update
John D'Ambrosia
DELL Force10
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SDN, NFV and the Optical Transport
Edna Ganon
MRV Communications
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Interfacing the Routing System
Ignas Bagdonas
Cisco Systems Inc
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Security at IXPs
Ondřej Filip
NIX.CZ
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Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:40
IXP Expansion Experiences Panel
15:40 - 17:00

In this panel IXPs will share their international expansion experiences, followed by a Q&A discussion.

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Introduction
Greg Hankins
DELL Force10
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LINX
Ben Hedges
London Internet Exchange Ltd., The
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DE-CIX
Ivo Ivanov
DE-CIX Management GmbH
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Netnod
Kurt Erik Lindqvist
London Internet Exchange Ltd., The
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LyonIX
Samuel Triolet
Rezopole
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Panel Q&A
Unknown presenter
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Lightning Talks
17:00 - 17:30
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ISOC - IXP Toolkit
Jane Coffin
Internet Society
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Are DDoS attacks a risk for IXPs?
Harald Michl
Vienna Internet eXchange
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LINX 20th Anniversay
John Souter
London Internet Exchange Ltd., The
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Monday Evening Dinner
19:00 - 23:00

Location: Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD

Access: The Town Hall is located at a 15 min walk from the hotel

Time: Gathering in front of the hotel at 19:00, welcome drinks and dinner from 19:30 to 23:00

Access to conference room
09:00 - 09:30
Regulatory Session
09:30 - 10:30
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European Regulatory Update
Jaromír Novák
NIX.CZ
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Italian Peering Manifesto Update
Luca Cicchelli
Torino Piemonte Exchange Point
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ITU-D EGTI
Bijal Sanghani
Euro-IX
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ITU Expert Group on Telecommunications / ICT Indicators
Bijal Sanghani
Euro-IX
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Regulatory Update
Malcolm Hutty
Euro-IX
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Internet Governance Events & Issues
Jane Coffin
Internet Society
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Route Server Session
10:30 - 11:30
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Do we need a new Route Server?
Thomas Mangin
Leeds Internet Exchange
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Route Server Redundancy and High Availability
Petr Marciniak
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Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:50
Customer Views
11:50 - 12:30
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Peering from a gaming point of view
Stefan Ideler
i3d
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26th Euro-IX General Meeting
12:30 - 13:00

The 26th Euro-IX General Meeting Draft Agenda is as follows:

1. Opening of 26th General Meeting

2. Agenda approval

3. Approval of 25th General Meeting minutes

https://www.euro-ix.net/documents/1287-M25GM-Draft-pdf?download=yes

4. Presentation and approval of the Euro-IX Annual Report for 2013

5. Secretariat Update

6. Any other business  and Next GM

7. Closing

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26th General Meeting
Kurt Erik Lindqvist
London Internet Exchange Ltd., The
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Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Technical Session
14:00 - 15:00
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EVPN Peering Fabric Architecture for IXPs
Greg Hankins
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
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100GE Testing at LINX
Mikael Holmberg
Extreme Networks
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Migrating DE-CIX to Apollon: Lessons Learnt
Klaus Mueller
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Lightning Talks
15:00 - 15:30
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Precipitating change in the switching market
Tom Bird
Leeds Internet Exchange
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Singlefibre optics at LONAP
Will Hargrave
London Network Access Point
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Security at IXPs
Nick Hilliard
Internet Neutral Exchange Association
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a wannabe journalist
Simone Morandini
Milan Internet eXchange
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Closing 24th Euro-IX Forum
15:30 - 16:00
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Interactive Session - EuroIDEAS Results
Bijal Sanghani
Euro-IX
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