- Date
- April 9, 2017 – April 11, 2017
- Registration
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April 9, 2017 – April 11, 2017
Register - Proposal submission
- April 9, 2017 – April 11, 2017
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain
- Host IXP(s)
- Catalunya Neutral Internet Exchange
Hotel Information
The selected Euro-IX hotel for this forum is Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza.
NOTE: Please do not make any reservation directly with the forum hotel!
Euro-IX takes care of all the room bookings at Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza, so that every participant can benefit from our group rate.
If you intend to stay at the Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza, make sure to request a room via Euro-IX on your registration form. There are limited rooms at the hotel, so please book a place as soon as possible.
Hotel: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza
Website: http://en.cataloniabcnplaza.com
Address: Plaça Espanya, 6-8. 08014, Barcelona, Spain
Group Rate: Single Room at €145/night, Double Room at €160/night (including breakfast, wifi, swimming pool, sauna and fitness)
Check in: Check-in starts at 15:00. All guests arriving before 15:00 can leave their bags in a room which will be provided by the hotel.
Cancellation Policy: We encourage all attendees to the Euro-IX Fora to give the Secretariat as much advance notice as possible if you can no longer attend. We understand that circumstances beyond your control do occur, such as illness, emergencies and last minute change of plans. However, if you know you are unable to attend the fora please where possible let us know as soon as possible, so that we can avoid hotel cancellation charges. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Venue Information
The forum will take place on level -1 of the hotel, in room "Barcelona A and B".
To get to the Hotel from Barcelona airport:
By bus:
- You can take this Aerobus service from outside Terminal 1, costing €5.90 one way and €10.20 return. It takes only 20 minutes to get to the hotel and it is the best option.
- Line 46 from Aeroport to Pl. Espanya: https://www.tmb.cat/en/barcelona/buses/-/lineabus/46 (40 min. aprox., depending on traffic).
By metro:
- L9 (https://www.tmb.cat/en/barcelona/metro/-/lineametro/L9S), from Aeroport to Zona Universitària, where you need to transfer to the L3 (https://www.tmb.cat/en/barcelona/metro/-/lineametro/L3), from Zona Universitària to Espanya.
By taxi: around €20 - €30 (takes around 15 - 20 minutes depending on traffic)
By shuttle transfer: can be arranged from the airport. There are several companies offering the service. Costs start from €15 for a return ticket.
My Proposals
April 9, 2017
Sunday Social Activity
Time: 10:45 from outside the hotel
Itinerary:
- 10:45 - Guide presentation and bus
- 11:00 - Tour starts: Plaça Espanya - Gran Via -Passeig de Gràcua - Diagonal - Travessera - Camp Nou (FC Barcelona Stadium) - Avinguda Pedralbes - Torre Collserola
- 12:00 - 13:00 - Visit at Torre Collserola. After the visit, bus towards Port Olímpic
- 13:30 - 15:00 - Lunch at Port Olímpic. After having lunch, bus towards Sagrada Família
- 15:45 - Sagrada Família surroundings
- 16:00 - 17:00 - Visit at Sagrada Família
- 17:20 - Back to the hotel
Social: Barcelona Tour
Forum Event, LAAS CNRS
JSON Export Schema Workshop
The JSON schema allows IXPs to export a structured member list, and will soon be used by the Euro-IX website as an alternative to the current CSV exports.
This workshop will cover:
- What is the JSON Export Schema and why is it needed
- How the data is used
- How to implement the schema using typical IXP toolsets
- How to access and use the database API
For further information about the JSON export schema, including a list of IXP implementations please see:
https://github.com/euro-ix/json-schemas
and the wiki for this project:
https://github.com/euro-ix/json-schemas/wiki
JSON Export Schema Workshop
Nick Hilliard, Internet Neutral Exchange Association
Welcome Drinks
We welcome all Forum attendees to join us on the roof terrace of the hotel for drinks and a buffet in the foyer.
Welcome Drinks
Forum Event, LAAS CNRS
April 10, 2017
Registration
Opening and Welcome
Chair: Andy Davidson
Opening and Welcome
Andy Davidson, London Network Access Point
Welcome From Host
Miquel Puig, Catalunya Neutral Internet Exchange
Introductions
Chair: Andy Davidson
One representative from each newly affiliated IXP or prospective member IXP will be asked to introduce themselves and give a very brief summary of developments and issues within their IXP.
Our Members, Patrons and guests will then be given the opportunity to introduce themselves.
Introductions
Andy Davidson, London Network Access Point
Euro-IX Update
Chair: Bijal Sanghani
Euro-IX Update
Bijal Sanghani, Euro-IX
FPC Update and Call for Volunteers
Greg Hankins, Nokia
Coffee Break
All Coffee BreaksForum Event, LAAS CNRS
Technical Session
Chair: Greg Hankins
MANRS IXP Partnership Programme
Andrei Robachevsky, Internet Society
XSLT Automation
Aleksi Suhonen, Tampere Region Exchange
Euro-IX Board Update
Euro-IX Board UpdateKurt Erik Lindqvist, London Internet Exchange Ltd., The
Euro-IX General Meeting
Chair: Kurtis Lindqvist
Euro-IX General Meeting
Kurt Erik Lindqvist, London Internet Exchange Ltd., The
Lunch
Monday LunchForum Event, LAAS CNRS
Commercial Session
Chair: Rob Lister
IXP NOC Panel
Robert Lister, London Network Access Point
LONAP NOC Panel
Robert Lister, London Network Access Point
BNIX NOC Panel
Frederic Libotte, Belgian National Internet Exchange
VIX NOC Panel
Harald Michl, Vienna Internet eXchange
AMS-IX IXP NOC Panel
Henk Steenman, Amsterdam Internet Exchange B.V.
Transparency Versus the Secret State
Malcolm Hutty, Euro-IX
Coffee Break
Technical Session
Chair: Kay Rechthien
DE-CIX Route Server Test Framework
Benedikt Rudolph, DE-CIX Management GmbH
Routing Table Stats at JPIX Route Servers
Masataka Mawatari, Japan Internet Exchange
Birdseye Looking Glass at ECIX
Stefan Plug, ECIX (European Commercial Internet eXchange)
Developing Tools at the NL-ix
Jan Paul Dekker, Neutral Internet Exchange
Monday Dinner - Miramar Restuarant
We'll take a coach to San Sabastian Tower (approx 20 minutes); then via Port Cable car from San Sebastian Tower (in la Barceloneta, approx 8 minutes) to the restaurant.
Monday Dinner - Miramar Restuarant
Forum Event, LAAS CNRS
April 11, 2017
Access to Meeting Room
Technical Session
Chair: Thomas King
VXLAN Tutorial
David Murray, Arista Networks
The Future of Ethernet: Transition to 200G/400G and FlexE
Dirk van den Borne, Juniper Networks
Coffee Break
Commercial Session
Chair: Aleksi Suhonen
Building a Collaborate Economy Over Networks Held in Common
Ramon Roca, guifi.net Foundtation
IX Services
Ignas Bagdonas, Equinix (EMEA) BV
New Service Structure at DE-CIX
Thomas King, DE-CIX Management GmbH
IXP Challenges Panel
Aleksi Suhonen, Tampere Region Exchange
Lunch
Tuesday LunchForum Event, LAAS CNRS
Customer Views
Chair: Greg Hankins
Customer Views
Lee Hetherington, Facebook
Technical Session
Chair: Greg Hankins
BGP Large Communities at IXPs
Greg Hankins, Nokia
Large Communities @ TREX
Aleksi Suhonen, Tampere Region Exchange
Large Communities @ INEX
Nick Hilliard, Internet Neutral Exchange Association
(Large) Route Server Communities at ECIX
Stefan Plug, ECIX (European Commercial Internet eXchange)
Lightning Talks
Chair: Marc Bruyere
30th Euro-IX Network
Tom Bird, Leeds Internet Exchange
BGP Session Culling
Will Hargrave, London Network Access Point
BGP Shutdown Communication
Greg Hankins, Nokia
Euro-IX Hackathon on Route Servers
Thomas King, DE-CIX Management GmbH
Flow Sampling for Your Members
Alexandre Corso, France Internet Exchange (France-IX)
IXP Manager - Patch Panel / X-Connect Management
Barry O'Donovan, Internet Neutral Exchange Association
Closing
Chair: Andy Davidson
Closing
Andy Davidson, London Network Access Point
Alexandre Corso Paris , France
Aleksi Suhonen Tampere , Finland
Andy Davidson Sheffield , United Kingdom
Barry O'Donovan Dublin , Ireland
If you want to confuse Barry, ask him where he’s from: born in Cork, spent his formative years in Galway and married into Dublin. He got a honours degree in Maths, his first love, from NUI, Galway in 2001 and went on to do four years research in information theory in UCD’s Computer Science department.
It was 2008 when Nick Hilliard, INEX’s CTO, approached Barry to provide a couple days operational support to INEX. Little did Barry realise what a huge part of his life INEX would become – both here in Ireland supporting INEX’s infrastructure and membership but also as part of the larger European and international IXP community.
Barry is also the lead developer of IXP Manager (www.ixpmanager.org) – a full stack management system for IXPs which includes an administration and customer portal; provides end to end provisioning; and both teaches and implements best practice. INEX is very proud to say that this project is now in use at over 60 IXPs.
Benedikt Rudolph Frankfurt , Germany
Bijal Sanghani London , United Kingdom
Bijal Sanghani is the Secretary General at Euro-IX based in London, UK.
Bijal’s experience includes DNS management for DEMON Internet, Provisioning Engineer at Level 3, Senior Operations Engineer at FLAG Telecom and Reliance Globalcom where she was involved from the beginning to build the FLAG IP network. In 2011 Bijal moved from an operational role to the top management role at Euro-IX. Euro-IX is a non-profit membership association for Internet Exchange Points (IXPs). In her role she brings the members together to share ideas and experiences on technical, commercial and regulatory matters, and works on other IXP related projects such as the IXPDB (IXP Database) and support programs to help IXPs in need. Bijal has grown the membership by over 90% since she started in 2011.
Bijal has been involved with the Peering and Interconnect Community since 2003, she’s been a RIPE NCC Services Working Group Co-chair since 2005 and served on the UKNOF Program Committee from 2006 until 2014. Bijal was elected on to the PeeringDB Board in 2017 where she currently serves as a Director.
David Murray London , United Kingdom
Dirk van den Borne Munich , Germany
Forum Event United Kingdom
Frederic Libotte Brussels , Belgium
Greg Hankins Atlanta , United States of America
Harald Michl Vienna , Austria
Henk Steenman Amsterdam , Netherlands
Ignas Bagdonas Reading , United Kingdom
Jan Paul Dekker Den Haag , Netherlands
Kurt Erik Lindqvist London , United Kingdom
Lee Hetherington London , United Kingdom
Miquel Puig Spain
Malcolm Hutty London , United Kingdom
Masataka Mawatari Tokyo , Japan
Nick Hilliard Dublin , Ireland
Ramon Roca
Robert Lister LONDON , United Kingdom
Andrei Robachevsky Amsterdam , Netherlands
Stefan Plug Berlin , Germany
Thomas King Frankfurt , Germany
Tom Bird Sheffield , United Kingdom
Will Hargrave London , United Kingdom
Barcelona has a very rich culture with many things to do and see, here are just a few:
Near the hotel
- The Magic Fountain. Show times in April: Fridays & Saturdays from 21:00h to 22:30h.
- MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, or National Art Museum of Catalonia)
- Spanish Village (El Poble Espanyol, in Catalan), with replicas of 117 buildings from different Spanish regions.
- Olympic Ring
Also in Barcelona;
Nature and walking
- Plaça Catalunya and La Rambla street, ending up at Columbus Monument, with the sea in the forefront.
- Parc de la Ciutadella
- Park Güell, one of Gaudi's most beautiful icons of the city.
- Gràcia neighborhood. Formerly a separated village, Gràcia still retains its personality. Famous for its nice and friendly squares, where people meet and chat.
Museums
- Fundació Joan Miró
- Museu Picasso
- MACBA (Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art)
- MNAC (National Art Museum of Catalonia)
- CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània e Barcelona, or Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona)
- Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Buildings
Cafe's and Restuarants
Sunday Tour - Barcelona skyline
Date: Sunday 9th April
Time: 10:45 from outside the hotel
Itinerary:
**Places on the tour are limited. If you would like to attend, email secretariat@euro-ix.net
Sunday Evening Welcome - Catolonia Barcelona Plaza
Date: Sunday 9th April
Location: Cocktails on roof terrace of hotel and buffet dinner in hotel foyer
Time: 19:30 - 22:30
Monday Dinner - Miramar Restaurant
Date: Monday 10th April
Location: Carretera de Miramar 40, 08038 Barcelona (Montjuïc)
Time: 18:30 - 22:30
Access: Coach to San Sebastian Tower (approx 20 minutes); then via Port Cable car from San Sebastian Tower (in la Barceloneta, approx 8 minutes)