The Program Committee (PC) for APRICOT 2027 has officially opened its call for proposals, inviting network engineers, researchers, operators, and industry experts to submit their ideas for presentations and tutorials. The upcoming summit is scheduled to take place in the vibrant international hub of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, running from February 24 to March 4, 2027.
As one of the premier regional Internet operational and technology conferences, APRICOT serves as a vital gathering point for the technical community across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Organizers have emphasized that APRICOT 2027 will strictly maintain an in-person format to maximize technical exchange and community engagement. Remote presentations will not be permitted, reinforcing the summit’s core mission as an immersive networking opportunity for all participants who travel to the event venue.
Prospective speakers are encouraged to review the submission guidelines carefully as planning gets underway. With a comprehensive agenda spanning multiple days of technical deep dives and strategic forums, the committee is looking for contributions that address the most pressing challenges, innovations, and operational realities facing the modern Internet.
Conference Milestones
The timeline for the APRICOT 2027 submission and review process is already underway, with the Call for Presentations officially open. Because speaking slots are historically in high demand, organizers operate on a rolling evaluation process. Program slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, meaning that published deadlines represent the absolute final cut-off rather than a recommended submission window.
According to the published conference milestones, the final deadline for all paper and tutorial submissions is set for January 25, 2027. Following the review and confirmation of papers, an outline program will be published progressively as sessions are locked in. The final, comprehensive program for the event is scheduled to be released to the public on February 8, 2027. Speakers who are accepted into the program will then be required to submit their final presentation slides by February 26, 2027, just ahead of the conference proceedings.
Organizers have explicitly warned prospective presenters that most speaking slots are typically filled well before the final January deadline. While the Program Committee may choose to reserve a very limited number of slots right up until the final deadline for presentations that are deemed exceptionally timely, critical, or of vital operational importance, many qualified submissions are inevitably turned away every year simply because all available program space has already been allocated. Presenters are therefore strongly advised to submit their materials to the PC chairs as early as possible.
Program Content
The core activities of the APRICOT 2027 Summit—encompassing educational tutorials, the specialized Peering Forum, and general conference sessions—are scheduled to take place over three main conference days, running from Monday, March 1, through Wednesday, March 3, 2027.
Content featured during these sessions must be strictly relevant to Internet operations, architecture, and core technologies. The Program Committee is actively seeking proposals that cover a wide spectrum of contemporary networking subjects. This includes technical discussions on routing and switching, network automation, security and mitigation strategies against modern cyber threats, deployment experiences with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Domain Name System (DNS) operations, and peering and interconnection strategies. Presentations that offer practical operational insights, architectural case studies, or actionable solutions to engineering challenges faced by network operators are traditionally well-received by the committee and the conference audience alike.
Peering Forum
A key highlight of the APRICOT summit schedule is the Peering Forum, which provides a dedicated space for network operators, content providers, and exchange point representatives to discuss interconnection, traffic exchange, and peering strategies.
For participants looking to present during the Peering Personals sessions, the submission requirements are specific. Proposals must consist of a single, concise slide that clearly lists the operator’s official PeeringDB entry. Organizers provide detailed guidance on the official APRICOT 2027 Peering Personals page to help participants structure their single-slide presentations effectively, ensuring that network operators can quickly and efficiently communicate their interconnection footprints, traffic profiles, and contact details to potential peering partners during the forum.
Call for Presentations Submission and Guidelines
To ensure the highest technical standard of the conference, the Program Committee has established strict formatting and content rules for the Call for Presentations (CfP) submission process.
A mandatory requirement for all CfP submissions is that draft slides for both tutorials and general conference sessions must be included in a standard presentation format at the time of submission. Submissions that fail to include these draft slides will face immediate rejection. For ongoing projects or dynamic topics, authors are permitted to submit the most current information and data available at the time of their application, but completely empty proposals or text-only abstracts lacking presentation materials will not be considered.
All draft and final slides must be submitted exclusively in PDF format. Furthermore, submissions must represent the original work of the authors, and all company confidential markings must be removed prior to uploading.
The spirit of APRICOT relies on independent technical exchange and community-driven knowledge sharing. Consequently, any product marketing, sales pitches, commercial promotion, or vendor-proprietary content included within a presentation is strictly prohibited and runs counter to the educational ethos of the conference.
Academic and professional integrity is also heavily enforced by the committee. Proper attribution and credit must be given for all content, data, or graphics sourced from third parties, and any proven evidence of plagiarism will serve immediate grounds for rejection. Presentations must reflect the authentic work of the human authors. Content generated entirely by machine learning algorithms is generally not permitted; however, if the use of AI tools is strictly necessary to demonstrate a specific technical point within the research, it must be clearly and transparently stated in the presentation materials.
Once accepted, final presentation slides must be delivered by the specified February deadline so they can be published openly on the official APRICOT 2027 website for attendees and the wider global community to access.
Any questions, technical inquiries, or concerns regarding the submission process can be directed to the Program Committee chairs via email. Comprehensive details, along with the complete Call for Presentations FAQ, can be found directly on the official APRICOT 2027 Call for Presentations webpage as the technical community prepares for the upcoming summit in Hong Kong.
