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V6 World Congress 2013: Going Mobile |
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The third edition of V6 World will take place in Paris from 19 to 22 March, 2013.
The objective set for the 2013 edition is to confirm the 2012 attendance levels which reached +40% growth rate.
The next V6 World Congress will again welcome ISPs, enterprises, equipment vendors, and industry leaders together to share their experience, skills, and knowledge of deploying IPv6 worldwide.
V6 World 2012 edition: 500 delegates
About 500 delegates attended the 2012 edition (350 delegates in 2011).
Figures demonstrate that 55% of the delegates were service providers, 25% vendors, 5% enterprises, 5% government representatives and 10% researchers.
Moreover, 47% of the delegates came from the European Union countries, 12% from the Middle East, 11% from Russia and non EU countries, 16% from North America, 10% from Asia, and 4% from South America.
The 2012 agenda: enterprises testimonies
A large part of the 2012 agenda was dedicated to enterprise reports. During the panel "Are enterprises ready for the transformation? ", representatives from banking, finance, manufacturing, publishing, governments and content providers detailed their IPv6 transition strategy.
A round table addressed technical and organizational issues that enterprises face when introducing IPv6. Other sessions covered content providers and service provider’s strategies through security, management and Cloud service aspects.
The 2013 agenda: IPv6 « by default » on mobile networks
The 2013 edition will place particular emphasis on the adoption of IPv6 on mobile networks, seeking presentations and individuals to serve on panels to discuss both the successes and challenges in enabling production IPv6 "by default" on mobile devices, in mobile applications, and on mobile networks.
The proposals will be analyzed and categorized according to their degree of pertinence by the members of the scientific committee.
The call for proposals is online.
An IPv6 connection for the delegates
Delegates at V6 World and the collocated MPLS & Ethernet World were given the opportunity to experience demonstrations of IPv6 applications, delivered through the Marriott Paris Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference center’s network (performed by iBahn).
Service provider Colt provided the underlying Internet IPv6 Access service.
Cisco delivered circuit and connectivity on site with their switches and servers. Statistics and figures were presented during the last conference day. |
