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| Abbreviation | SwiNOG |
|---|---|
| Founded | 18 October 2000, Mailinglist was migrated in February 2005 |
| Location | |
Members | +500 on the Mailinglist |
| Website | www.swinog.ch |
The Swiss Network Operators Group (SwiNOG) is a Swiss counterpart to NANOG. Like NANOG, SwiNOG operates a mailing list [1] for operators of Swiss data networks, including ISPs. [2]
Twice a year the community gathers in Bern, the capitol of Switzerland for a social gathering containing technical presentations and of course direct interaction between the people in the community. [3] Usually these talks are very technical and can contain various topics related to the work of network operators like out-of-band management. [4] Of course there are also more high-level presentations like the one about SDN and NFV. [5] Usually some months before the event, someone from the SwiNOG-Core-Team sends out a CfP.
On a monthly basis, Steven Glogger is also organizing the SwiNOG Beer Events. In the past there where already more than 100 events, taken place in the city of Zürich, a social gathering where people talk about technology, their employer and sometimes also about customers but mainly to exchange information to each other in an offline mode. [6]
| Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| SwiNOG#28 [7] | 6 May 2015 | Bern, Gurten |
| SwiNOG#27 [8] | 22 October 2014 | Bern, Gurten |
| SwiNOG#26 [9] | 23 May 2014 | Bern, Gurten |
| SwiNOG#25 [10] | 7 November 2012 | Bern, Gurten |
| SwiNOG#24 [11] | 10 May 2012 | Bern, Gurten |
| SwiNOG#23 [12] | 10 November 2011 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#22 [13] | 9 May 2011 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#21 [14] | 11 November 2010 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#20 [15] | 1 June 2010 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#19 [16] | 29 September 2009 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#18 [17] | 2 April 2009 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#17 [18] | 22 October 2008 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#16 [19] | 14 May 2008 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#15 [20] | 4 December 2007 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#14 [21] | 30 May 2007 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#13 [22] | 1 November 2006 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#12 [23] | 4 May 2006 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#11 [24] | 20 October 2005 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#10 [25] | 20 April 2005 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#9 [26] | 29 September 2004 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#8 [27] | 24 March 2004 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#7 [28] | 22 October 2003 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#6 [29] | 10 April 2003 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#5 [30] | 25 September 2002 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#4 [31] | 17 April 2002 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#3 [32] | 19 September 2001 | Bern |
| SwiNOG#2 [33] | 21 March 2001 | Zürich |
| SwiNOG#1 [34] | 18 October 2000 | Bern |
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