IETF 98 Chicago, IL, USA March 26-31, 2017 Host: Ericsson IETF 98 Information: http://ietf.org/meeting/98/index.html Register online at: http://ietf.org/meeting/register.html 1. Registration 2. Visas & Letters of Invitation 3. Accommodations 4. Code Sprint 5. Hackathon 6. IETF 98 Meeting Wiki 7. Sponsors 1. Registration: A. Early-Bird Registration: USD 700, if paid in full prior to 23:59 UTC 2017-03-17 B. After Early-Bird cutoff: USD 875 C. Full-time Student Registrations: USD 150 (with proper ID) D. One Day Pass Registration: USD 375 E. Registration Cancellation Cutoff for registration cancellation is Monday, 20 March 2017 at UTC 23:59. Cancellations are subject to a 10% (ten percent) cancellation fee if requested by that date and time F. Online Registration and Payment ends Friday, 24 March, 2017, 17:00 local Chicago time G. On-site Registration begins on Sunday, 26 March 2017 at 10:00 local Chicago time 2. Visas & Letters of Invitation: You may request an IETF and a Local Letter of Invitation through a link in your registration confirmation email. If you have yet to register and require a LOI, you will be able to generate one during the registration process. 3. Accommodations: 1. Swissotel Chicago (Headquarters Hotel) - BLOCK IS CURRENTLY FULL. However, cancellations do occur as the meeting date approaches. Room Rate: $169 (single/double)/$199 (triple) USD. Includes in-room high-speed Internet. Room rates DO NOT include a daily breakfast buffet or occupancy tax of 17.4% (taxes subject to change) Reservation Cutoff Date: 7 March 2017 Cancel with No Penalty: 48 hours prior to arrival Distance to Meeting Venue: N/A More detail at: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/98/hotel.html Reservations: https://aws.passkey.com/go/ietf2017 2. Fairmont Chicago (Overflow hotel, block of 350) IETF has secured a guestroom block at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park. The Fairmont is connected to the Swissotel via the Pedway (a climate controlled pedestrian walkway; less than 5 minute walk to the Swissotel Chicago). The Fairmont is offering a onetime $25 credit for their in-house restaurant, the Columbus Tap, for attendees that stay four nights or longer. Room Rate: $169 (single/double)/$199 (triple) USD. Includes in-room high-speed Internet. Room rates DO NOT include a daily breakfast buffet or occupancy tax of 17.4% (taxes subject to change) Reservations Cutoff Date: 2 March 2017 Cancel with No Penalty: Up to 48 hours prior to check-in/arrival Reservations: https://aws.passkey.com/go/interneteng 4. Code Sprint The IETF 98 Code Sprint in Chicago will, as always, let you work on fixing those things about the datatracker which you most urgently desire to do something about. When: Saturday, March 25 from 09:30 to 18:00 Where: Swissotel Chicago, Room TBD Information: https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETF98Sprint Sign-Up: https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETF98SprintSignUp Mailing List: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/codesprints For information on setting up your environment, code checkout and commit, etc., see: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/SprintCoderSetup The Sprint will be run according to the IETFSprintHowto: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETFSprintHowto 5. Hackathon The IETF is holding a Hackathon at IETF 98 to encourage developers to discuss, collaborate and develop utilities, ideas, sample code and solutions that show practical implementations of IETF standards. When: Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26 Where: Swissotel Chicago, Room TBD Signup for the Hackathon: https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf98/hackathonregistration.py More information can be found here: http://ietf.org/hackathon/98-hackathon.html Keep up to date by subscribing to: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon The IETF is still seeking a Hackathon sponsor for 2017! For more information please see: https://iaoc.ietf.org/host-and-sponsorship.html Contact Howie Baggott if interested, baggott@isoc.org. The Hackathon is free to attend and open to all. Extend the invitation to colleagues outside the IETF! Descriptions and information regarding the technologies for the hackathon are located on the IETF 98 Meeting Wiki: https://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/98hackathon Don’t see anything that interests you? Feel free to add your preferred technology to the list, sign up as its Champion and show up to work on it. Note: you must login to the wiki to add content. If you do add a new technology, we strongly suggest that you send an email to hackathon@ietf.org to let others know. You may generate interest in your technology, and find other people who want to contribute to it. To request a wiki account, please click on the “login” button on the bottom right corner of the page, and choose “register.” If you need a new password please click on the “login” button on the bottom right corner of the page and choose “Send new password.” 6. IETF 98 Meeting Wiki The IETF 98 meeting wiki (Your Wiki) has been created to exchange information regarding IETF 98. Your IETF 98 (Chicago) wiki can be found here: http://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/ietf98 To create an account, click ‘Login’ at the bottom of the wiki and then ‘Register’. If you have forgotten your password, you may reset it with the "Send new password" link. 7. Sponsors We would also like to thank the following companies who are sponsoring IETF98: Ericsson (Host), Comcast Business, Cablelabs, Verisign, Comcast & A10 Networks. If you would like to get your company involved as a sponsor, and support the work of the IETF contact Howie Baggott @ baggott@isoc.org or call +41763340337
