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Opening day
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Submission deadline
The main DNS-OARC 46 Call for Presentations is now CLOSED.
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We are reopening the CFP for Lightning Talk presentations only.
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Five (5) lightning talks will be selected for presentation during Day 2, Session 4 of OARC 46.
Lightning talks are:
-5 minutes in length
-In-person presentations only
-Presented without a Question & Answer period
The Lightning Talk CFP will be open between:
Saturday, 16 May 2026
09:00 UTC - 16:00 UTC
(10:00 - 17:00 local time)
The main OARC 46 programme can be found here:
https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/56/timetable/#20260516.detailed
Lightning Talk Requirements
-Topics must be related to DNS
-Presenters must be attending OARC 46 in person
-Lightning talks will be broadcast live and recorded
-Presentation slides will be publicly available before, during, and after the workshop
-No Q&A period is included for lightning talks
Important Dates & Times
Submission Deadline
Saturday, 16 May 2026
17:00 BST (16:00 UTC)
Acceptance Notifications
Saturday, 16 May 2026
By 18:30 BST (17:30 UTC)
Slides Deadline
Sunday, 17 May 2026
11:00 BST (10:00 UTC)
Important
You do not need to submit slides with your abstract submission.
If your lightning talk is selected, slides must be uploaded by the end of Day 2 Session 1.
Submission
The button to submit your lightning talk can be found at the bottom of this page.
We look forward to receiving a selection of exciting, interesting, and perhaps even challenging 5-minute presentations from the community!
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OARC 46 Call for Contribution
Date - 16-17 May 2026
Location - Edinburgh, Scotland
Times - approximately 09:00-16:00 UTC (Local time BST is UTC +1 )
Adjacent to - RIPE 92
Submission requirements
- Topic must be related to DNS
- 10 or 20 minutes (there will be additional 5 min of Q&A following each talk)
- Will be broadcast live and recorded for future reference
- Presentation slides will be publicly available before, during and after meeting
Acceptance Criteria
- Proposal should be at a high technical level suitable to the audience
- Submissions should include draft slides or at least detailed description of the proposed talk content
- PC might require improvements to slides before and after talk acceptance
How to submit
- Submission deadline: 06 March 2026 23:59 UTC
- You will need to create an account in the Indico system
- A Step-by-Step guide to submitting in Indico can be found here: Submitting a Contribution
Suggested Topics
All DNS-related subjects and discussion topics are welcome!
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of ideas:
- Operations & Deployment
- Configuration management, deployment processes, and interoperability experiences.
- Tools, tips, and making effective use of DNS software features.
- Performance, Resilience & Scaling
- Provisioning, load-balancing, and planning for resilience.
- DNS performance management, efficiency improvements, and metrics.
- Monitoring infrastructure: log pipelines, analytics, and anomaly detection.
- Security, Privacy & Policy
- DoS attacks, DNS abuse, DNSSEC signing and validation.
- Privacy considerations, for example: encrypted transport, qname minimization, data anonymization.
- Relevant global and regional policies, legislation, and compliance.
- Research & Innovation
- Data-driven testing, measurement, and analysis.
- New protocols, protocol extensions, and next-generation namespace management.
- Lessons & Learnings
- Outage experiences, recovery stories, and cautionary tales.
If you have something interesting to share with the community that lies outside of the ideas above, please don't be put off - if it's good, we'll be happy to include it.
Workshop Milestones
- CFP submissions open in Indico: 13 February 2026 15:00 UTC
- Deadline for Submissions: 06 March 2026 23:59 UTC
- Preliminary list of contributions published: 03 April 2026
- Pre-recorded presentation video deadline: 18 April 2026 23:59 UTC
- Deadline for slides submission - no changes possible: 01 May 2026 23:59 UTC
Relevant Links
- Registration page and details for presentation submission
- How to Submit a Proposal for the Workshop
- Contact information (who to contact for what)
- Guidelines for presentation slides
If you have questions or concerns you can contact the Programme Committee via submissions@dns-oarc.net.
For OARC 46 we are open to patronage and donations to fund the Workshop and associated events. Please contact sponsor@dns-oarc.net if your organization is interested in becoming an OARC 46 patron.
(Please note that OARC is run on a non-profit basis, and is not in a position to reimburse expenses or time for speakers at its meetings.)
