Please submit talks and workshops via https://cfp.denog.de/denog18/cfp
The 18th meeting of the German Network Operators Group (DENOG) will take place November 15th to 17th 2026 (all timings are in CET/UTC+1) in Essen, Germany!
We want DENOG18 to feature a great mix of presentations, workshops, lightning talks, discussions, and open exchange. As always, DENOG is community-run and your submissions make it happen!
We are pleased to announce that the DENOG18 submission system is open and invite everyone of you to participate by submitting your ideas.
DENOG is a community for professionals operating, designing, or researching the Internet across the D/A/CH region and beyond. It provides a technical forum for everyone working on, with, and for the Internet to come together, discuss, and solve problems in all aspects of their (net)work.
The meeting provides an opportunity for information exchange across all areas of expertise among network operators, engineers, researchers, and other professionals close to the network community.
DENOG18 will be a hybrid meeting. The on-site conference takes place in the Haus der Technik (HDT) in Essen, Germany. Virtual attendance is possible.
Given DENOG’s setup as a hub for the Internet and network community we are looking for presentations covering topics in the range of network engineering and operation that keep the Internet running and evolving, e.g. (but not limited to):
We also encourage introductory talks and workshops covering basic understanding for any technology within the networking realm. We explicitly endorse submissions covering non-technical aspects of the Internet industry, e.g., shared experiences in different working environments, psychological or mental health, and sustainability related topics as well as interesting data analytics presentations.
The program committee seeks presentation proposals across entire community. Each full-length presentation has a length of 30min including Q&A. Lightning Talks are limited to 10 minutes. Feel free to submit as many presentation proposals as you like. We keep a limited amount of Lightning Talk slots available for impromptu topics coming up during the event.
On the first day, Sunday, November 15th, we offer the community the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with striving technologies under the supervision of experts and the like. Workshops are held in smaller groups with 20-50 participants and can take from 2 hours up to a whole day (5h total workshop time), length is at your discretion. Workshops are limited to onsite participants.
Should participants require any preparation (e.g., a Virtual Machine, a Compiler/Interpreter of sorts, etc.) please note so in the description of your workshop.
To appeal to a wide international audience, we ask you to keep the spoken language of your presentation to English and also submit your slides in English, if that is possible for you. If the talk would benefit from being held in other languages (usually german), please reach out to the program committee.
If a workshop’s audience permits switching to any other language it is at the presenter’s discretion to choose English or German.
We will publish slides and a video recording of your talk after the event. We kindly ask you to honor the copyright of any media in your presentation. Should you have any concerns regarding any form of publication please get in touch with the program committee before the event. By submitting a proposal, you agree to yourself and to your content being recorded and/or published.
Workshops will not be recorded to encourage participation and remove the fear of asking trivial, yet important, questions.
All submissions must have a strong technical or other community relevant focus and must not be solely promotional for your employer. We will not accept product or company marketing talks.
To submit a proposal for a presentation, we request that you submit your talk at https://cfp.denog.de/denog18/cfp.
The programme committee collects all submissions up until the deadline for this CfP. In the following weeks, the programme committee collectively reviews all submissions. You will receive feedback during the selection process and after the deadline once the final decision has been made.
We also welcome suggestions for specific presentations which you feel would be valuable to the DENOG community.
If you have any questions or requests concerning presentation submissions, please send an email to pc@lists.denog.de
DENOG18 is open to everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We judge your submissions solely upon the submission guidelines.
DENOG explicitly encourages and welcomes first-time speakers and newcomers. If you are unsure whether your presentation fits into our programm do not hesitate to reach out to the PC during the Call for presentations. In case your proposal gets accepeted we offer feedback and support to perfect your presentation.
Should you have any questions regarding the CfP or your submission do not hesitate to get in touch with us at pc@lists.denog.de. Should you require a personal contact please contact Franziska Lichtblau (franziska@denog.de) or Sebastian Becker (sebastian@denog.de).
Please submit talks and workshops via https://cfp.denog.de/denog18/cfp