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IETF Standards-in-Practice Workshop

Name: IETF Standards-in-Practice Workshop
Start: 2026-03-09T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-09T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, University of Glasgow

9 March @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Open, consensus-driven technical standards are central to the security, reliability, and global interoperability of the Internet. As the Internet continues to evolve to meet the needs of emerging applications, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) remains one of the most influential venues for shaping their technical foundations.

This workshop is a hands‑on, introductory event designed to help researchers, students, and engineers understand how the IETF works, and how their own research can translate into meaningful standards contributions.

Participants will learn:

– how ideas progress through the IETF process, from early Internet‑Drafts to published RFCs

– how working groups operate and how “rough consensus” is formed

– how to navigate essential tools like the IETF Datatracker, mailing lists, and GitHub

– how research or engineering results can influence standards work

The workshop will feature talks from academics that are active within the IETF. Attendees will also map their own interests to relevant IETF working groups and leave with clear, actionable next steps for getting involved.