Meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current backbone engineering practices.
The conference draws around 500 participants, mainly consisting of engineering staff from large national service providers, and members of the research and education community. Presentations should highlight issues relating to technology already deployed or soon to be deployed in core Internet backbones and exchange points. The proposal should be submitted well in advance of the conference. Notification of acceptance is rolling and is usually provided one or two days after receipt of the abstract.