The meeting will be hosted by iHighway.
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 deadline for proposals is May 8, 2000. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by May 22, 2000.