ietf-shadow.jpgAren’t going to be in Prague this week for IETF 80 but still want to participate? Thankfully as per usual the IETF has provided a number of ways to join in remotely, all shown here:

http://www.ietf.org/meeting/80/remote-participation.html

Streaming audio is available for all the rooms where the formal meetings take place and this time around there are also WebEx sessions for many of the events.

A list of materials for each of the meetings is available on this page (do note that often the materials for each session are being updated right up until the session begins):

https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/80/materials.html

There’s a great agenda page that lets you see all the sessions, download the relevant docs and join the relevant Jabber room at:

http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/80/

Keep in mind that Prague is on Central European Time which is currently UTC 2, so it’s 6 hours earlier than where I live in US Eastern Time. (Translation: Sorry, but I’ll be missing the 9am CET sessions!)

Note also that both the streaming audio and the WebEx sessions are one-way broadcast ONLY. To provide feedback back into the session or to raise a question remotely, you need to be participating in the appropriate Jabber chat room. For each session there is someone acting as the “Jabber scribe” who will step up to the microphone and ask questions that come in remotely. The transcripts of the chat rooms are also archived for later viewing if you can’t attend.

And of course there are also the ubiquitous mailing lists that exist for each of the IETF working groups. However, these links above let you participate in a more “real-time” matter. All in all it’s very cool that the IETF makes all these participation methods available for those who can’t attend… kudos to all the volunteers, staff and others who make it happen!

Originally from Voxeo Blogs