Furthering IPv6 in the Rocky Mountains

2012 North American IPv6 Summit

Now is the Time for IPv6

The Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force (RMv6TF), in conjunction with the other North America Regional IPv6 Task Forces are hosting the 2012 North American IPv6 Summit technology conference. The conference will be held April 9-11, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Denver Colorado.

We expected 500 to 600 IPv6 networking professionals to attend, ranging from technology leaders, systems architects, technical engineers, and researchers from all over the country. We were very pleased with the attendance and appreciate everyone's support of our event in recent years. This event will be the largest IPv6 conference in North America this year.

When/Where

Grand Hyatt Denver Colorado (1750 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80202)
April 9-11, 2012

Why Attend

To learn about IPv6 to gain practical information to help you with your IPv6 transition
To help your organization with their government mandate or business requirement for IPv6
To prepare you for the proper way to deploy dual-stack networks and operating systems
To ensure that you have a career path in network technology that spans the next 10 years
To collaborate with others in the IPv6 field

The transition to IPv6 has already begun and its deployment is inevitable. You need to know more about IPv6 to be able to understand how the powerful wave will transform communications over the next 20 years.

What The Attendees Receive

Three-day educational event
Optional - One entire day of pre-conference tutorials (for an additional fee)
Two-day general session on IPv6 - tracks for various audiences
Lunch and refreshments provided
Find out what IPv6 is all about
Learn about the benefits of using IPv6
Learn about IPv6 technology from the experts
Gain valuable information to prepare you and your organization for this new wave of Internet innovation

Agenda and Presenters

We have a top-notch set of IPv6 experts and industry leaders who will share their knowledge and experience with us this year. Following is a list of the agenda.

Day 1: April 9, 2012

The first day of the event will be optional pre-conference tutorials.

These will be offered for an additional fee and are not part of the base registration fee.

There will be introductory training on IPv6 as well as highly-technical deep dives on the technology.

No matter if you are new to the IPv6 world or an established IPv6 deployment specialist, we will have training available to suit your skill level.

Day 2: April 10, 2012

The second day will contain a single track in the large ballroom. These sessions will be the keynote presentations from the IPv6 industry leaders who will share their knowledge and experience on IPv6 deployments.

After the day in the exhibit hall we will have free hors d'oeuvres and refreshments (cash bar). The attendees will have an opportunity to talk to the event sponsors and learn about their IPv6 products and services. There will also be drawings for various items, but you have to be present to win. We will have books, gift cards, and electronic items to give away so you won't want to miss the festivities.

Day 3: April 11, 2012

The third day will have multiple simultaneous tracks running on a variety of topics.

Topics will include:

IPv6 Addressing, DNS, DHCPv6, IP Address Management
Service Provider and Enterprise IPv6 deployment scenarios
New emerging research on IPv6
IPv6 in machine-to-machine and sensor networks
IPv6 deployments for mobile communications
Lightning talks from IPv6 experts

Call for Papers/Presentations

We are currently looking for IPv6 experts to present at our conference.

If you are interested in speaking at the event, please review this document and send us your presentation abstract. The sooner you send us your abstract the sooner you can guarantee your speaking slot.

Industry Call for Papers/Presentations

If you are a student and looking for an opportunity to present at the conference, please look at this document.

Student Call for Papers/Presentations

Registration is Now Open!

The registration site is active for the 2012 IPv6 Summit event. Simply click on the following link to register to attend the conference.

2012 IPv6 Summit Registration Site

Early-bird registration is $350 for the 2-day conference (April 10-11, 2012). Early-bird registration will end in early March 2012 at which point the price rises to $500.

Optionally, you can register to attend one of the full-day pre-conference tutorials taking place on April 9, 2012. These is an additional cost: $500 for the Introduction to IPv6 tutorial and $600 for the Advanced IPv6 tutorial. Registration for these tutorials is done on the same registration site.

If your organization is interested in being a sponsor of the event you can do that at the same registration site.

Conference Organizers and Supporters

This event is being supported by the North America Regional IPv6 Task Force Groups. These organizations are at the forefront of the IPv6 transition and are lending their support to put on the largest IPv6 conference in North America, if not the world.

Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force - www.rmv6tf.org

Texas IPv6 Task Force - www.txv6tf.org

California IPv6 Task Force - www.cav6tf.org

Northwest IPv6 Task Force - www.nwv6tf.org

Southeast IPv6 Task Force - www.sev6tf.org

IPv6 Hawaii - www.ipv6hawaii.org

MidAtlantic IPv6 Task Force - www.midatlanticv6tf.org

IPv6 Canada - ipv6canada.ca

Mexico - www.ipv6forum.com.mx , www.mx.ipv6tf.org

This conference is also being supported by Red Mango Marketing. They are providing event planning and logistics for the event. http://www.redmangomarketing.com/

IPv6 Summit Event Sponsors

The IPv6 Summit is supported by the generosity of many organizations. The following companies are supporting this year's IPv6 Summit.

PLATINUM Sponsor:

GOLD Sponsors:

SILVER Sponsors:

BRONZE Sponsors:

The IPv6 Expo was located in the hallways and areas outside the large Imperial Ballroom near where the presentation are taking place.

If you are interested in being a sponsor of our event this year we would be very interested in speaking with you about the benefits to being affiliated with our event. You will get to meet the people attending the event and be able to share with their your message. Please contact Scott Hogg at "scott {at} rmv6tf.org" - 303-949-4865.

Hotel/Travel

The 2012 Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit will be hosted at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver Colorado. (1750 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80202). This is a fabulous location that will provide us all the necessary facilities to have a fun and productive conference.

Previous IPv6 Summit Events

You can find out what this year's IPv6 Summit is like by looking at the following links to previous year's conference details. We are going to be building on the successes of our last two events and making substantial improvements to put on a professional and informative conference.

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