Jari, Just to supplement you here. At my (very very small) university in Europe, we've had a former IETF chair, an AD, an IAB member, several WG chairs, and a couple of enthusiastic authors of key RFCs come talk to our students and faculty over the past couple of years, in forms of intimate discussions or large seminars (but, most often, both). It's been quite simple to make happen, really: use of the magic word "please", and everybody asked has said "I'd love to, let's see if we can piggy-bag it on next time I travel through the neighborhood". And it's been great! Timing and schedules of people is - occasionally, but understandably - a challenge. It has never been a challenge, however, to find an IESG/IAB/IETFer who was willing and enthusiastic about the idea of giving a talk or a seminar. Thomas Sent from my iPad > On 7 nov. 2013, at 09:37, IETF Chair <chair@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > AB, > >> would also suggest that IETF chair to do visits talks to universities when possible, as when IETF meetings are in Europe, Asia, South America, or Africa. > > And I do that… > >> Also if ADs do some talks in some universities that will be more great. > > We try to be involved in various outside-the-IETF-circles. Not just universities, various operator meetings for instance are quite important for IETF work. And there is a long tradition of ADs doing this. And of course, we're trying to do even more of this. This week we're considering co-locating a future IESG/IAB retreat next to a operator meeting on an area that we've not been to before, trying to get involved in additional forums and places. > > Of course, none of this is the solely my task or IESG/IAB task, I see a lot of working group chairs and document authors talk about their technology in various forums, for instance. This is very good of course. > > Jari >