General Information

MikroTik is happy to announce MikroTik User Meeting in New Orleans, USA, September 27 - 28, 2012

Purpose of the Meeting

MikroTik Router operating system and software offer a new and exciting alternative to traditional brand name router solutions. This will be a meeting that will present strategies for deploying new and innovative MikroTik RouterOS and RouterBoard hardware applications.

Entry price

Without lunch and license: FREE

With lunch and license: USD 50

Note: Each participant must arrive at the event personally to claim the items included in the ticket price.

Dates of Events

MUM conference will take place on September 27 - 28, 2012

Language

Official language English

Meeting Venue

Information on where MUM takes place is in the Venue section

Internet Access

There is wireless Internet access available, it's free of charge.

Who Should Attend

Corporate network engineers

Internet Service Providers

Companies with MikroTik related products and services

What attendees will learn

Where and how MikroTik RouterOS is being used

New plans for enterprise routing applications

Innovative ideas and strategies

New opportunities for MikroTik products and services

Guest Lectures

See agenda please

Insurance

Please, note that organizers cannot provide any type of insurance for participants. Participants of the Symposium are recommended to arrange individual insurance.

Visa

Symposium participants are kindly suggested to contact the appropriate embassy in their countries to check whether an entry visa is required

If other kind of Visa is required, please contact a local travel agent to organize the trip. Mikrotik will not provide any assistance or invitations for obtaining a visa

Delegate Identification

Admission to meeting sessions and other events will be permitted only to those wearing the official meeting badge (name tag) that will be generated at online registration. Print the badge before your travel, and bring it with you when arriving at Check-In

We reserve the right to refuse registration and admission to any person without assigning any reason

Gifts

Only people who actually attend the MUM presentations are qualified for Free licenses and T-shirts, if offered. Availability is limited, first come/first serve.

For exhibitors

You are able to reserve an exhibitor table space to present your MikroTik related products at the MUM. You will be provided with a table, with two chairs and one power strip. If you don't want to use the table, you can build your stand not bigger than the area occupied by the table and chairs. Contact sales[at]mikrotik.com for more info

Guest Presentations

Focus of the user meeting is a comprehensive range of talks about using MikroTik products in various environments and applications. Furthermore, space will be provided for resellers and consultants to put up their own stand or host a discussion table.

MikroTik is the organizer of these events, providing the users with an opportunity to get together and learn more from each other.

Following the success of prior MUMs, we cordially invite proposals of presentations to the MUM. Presentations are welcome from users of MikroTik software and hardware who wish to share their knowledge and experience of using MikroTik products for various networking needs.

Topics

We are looking for contributions about the following topics.

Wireless networking

User authentication and accounting

Dynamic routing

Network design

Bandwidth management and Quality of Service

Security

Systems Administration and Networks

Any other MikroTik related topic

Submitting Contributions

Registration and submission of contributions is via e-mail to support[at]mikrotik.com. For participating in the Call for Papers, you will have to submit a short abstract, as well as a detailed description. To have the presentation at the MUM and qualify for the bonus from MikroTik, you will also need to submit slides for your talk to be put on the wiki page.

Length

The abstract should summarize the planned content of the talk in a precise and succinct way. We do not place a limit on its length. Please include full name(s) and a short description about the presenter(s).

The talks should take no more than 60 minutes, in order to allow some time for questions and for preparing the stage for the following speaker. Shorter presentations are possible, please let us know approximate time you would require, you can specify this when registering for the MUM

We can accept longer contributions in special cases; we ask for a justification for the longer extent in this case.

We will publish presentation slides only in PDF format and therefore ask you to refrain from using animations.

Contributions are selected based on their content by a program committee. Please understand that we cannot accept all contributions, depending on the number and quality of the submissions.

Your presentations, technology demos, reseller booths, and other proposals are as always welcome (contact training@mikrotik.com)

Cancellations

In case you have paid to MikroTik for your participation at the MUM and you need to cancel it, a written notice should be sent in by e-mail to sales@mikrotik.com at least one month prior the MUM. Refund for MUM participation fee can be made in the form of credit for RouterOS license purchases. There is no refund for MUM participation fee paid if cancellation is received less than one month before the MUM.

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