"The workshop will be by invitation only. Those wishing to attend should submit a position paper to the address above; this may take the form of an Internet-Draft." I can understand that everyone who can present needs to have a position paper but to attend? What is the reason for this requirement? It may be beneficial for members of the community to listen-in. Is it because of Chatham house rules? Also, will the recordings be available easily and/or hosted on the IETF site? Regards Vinayak Hegde On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 9:50 PM IAB Executive Administrative Manager <execd@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > COVID-19 Network Impacts Workshop > > An Internet Architecture Board virtual workshop > > Web page: https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/covid-19-network-impacts-workshop-2020/ > > The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on people's lives and > the societies and economies around the globe. But it also had big impact > on networking. With large numbers of people working from home or > otherwise depending on the network for their daily lives, network > traffic has surged. Internet service providers and operators have > reported 20% traffic growth or more in a matter of weeks. Traffic in > Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) is similarly on the rise. Most forms of > network traffic have seen an increase, with conversational multimedia > traffic growing in some cases more than 200%. And user time spent on > conferencing services has risen by an order of magnitude on some > conferencing platforms. > > In general, the Internet has coped relatively well with this traffic > growth. The situation is not perfect: there has also been some outages, > video quality reduction, and other issues. Nevertheless, it is > interesting to see how the technology, operators and service providers > have been able to respond to large changes in traffic patterns. > > Understanding what actually happened with Internet traffic is of course > interesting by its own right. How that impacted user experience, or the > intended function of the services is equally interesting. Measurements > and reports of traffic situation from 2020 are therefore valuable. But > it would also be interesting to understand what types of network > management and capacity expansion actions were taken in general. > Anecdotal evidence points to Internet and service providers tracking how > their services are used, and in many cases adjusting services to > accommodate the new traffic patterns, from dynamic allocation of compute > resources to more complex changes. > > The impacts of this crisis are also a potential opportunity to > understand the impact of traffic shifts and growth more generally, or to > prepare for future situations -- crisis or otherwise - that impact > networking. Or even allow us to adjust the technology to be even better > suited to respond to changes. > > The IAB is holding this workshop to convene interested researchers, > network operators, and network management experts, and Internet > technologists to share their experiences. The scope of the workshop > includes: > > - measurements about traffic changes, user experience, service > performance, and other relevant aspects > - discussion about the behind the scenes network management and > expansion activities > - experiences in the fields of general Internet connectivity, > conferencing, media/entertainment, and Internet infrastructure > - lessons learned for preparedness and operations > - lessons learned for Internet technology and architecture > > Interested participants are invited to submit position papers on the > workshop topics. The position papers form the background for actual > discussions in the workshop. The workshop itself will be virtual > meeting, focused on discussions based on the input rather than go > through each submitted paper. > > The workshop virtual meeting consists of several sessions dedicated to > specific topics, such as operations experience, lessons learned on > conferencing technology, or the possible impacts for Internet technology > or architecture. Given the wide breadth of the topics in the workshop, > individual participants may choose to participate the sessions that are > relevant for their experience, but can also follow the full set of > sessions. > > Logistics > > * Submissions Due: 9 October 2020 > * Invitations Issued by: 15 October 2020 > * Workshop Date: This is an over the Internet virtual workshop. Several > sessions will be scheduled for the different topics on the week of > November 9, 2020, based on input from the participants. > > The Program Committee members are Jari Arkko (IAB, Ericsson), Stephen > Farrell (IAB, Trinity College Dublin), Cullen Jennings (IAB, Cisco), > Colin Perkins (IRTF, University of Glasgow), Ben Campbell (IAB, > independent consultant), and Mirja Kühlewind (IAB, Ericsson). > > Send Submissions to: covidimpacts-workshop-pc@xxxxxxx > > Position papers from academia, industry and others that focus on > measurements, experiences, observations and advice for future are > welcome. Papers that reflect experience based on deployed services are > especially welcome. The organisers understand that specific actions > taken by operators are unlikely going to be discussed in detail, so > papers discussing general categories of actions and issues without > naming specific technologies, products, or other players in the > ecosystem fit well in this category as well. Papers that are proposals > for technology solutions are less useful, and can simply be submitted as > Internet-Drafts and discussed on relevant IETF lists. > > The workshop will be by invitation only. Those wishing to attend should > submit a position paper to the address above; this may take the form of > an Internet-Draft. > > All inputs submitted and considered relevant will be published on the > workshop web page. The organisers will decide whom to invite based on > the submissions received. Sessions will be organized according to > content, and not every accepted submission or invited attendee will have > an opportunity to present as the intent is to foster discussion and not > simply to have a sequence of presentations. > > Position papers from those not planning to attend the virtual sessions > themselves are also encouraged. A workshop report will be published > afterwards. >
