Greetings, The SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG Committee is pleased to invite you to the *SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG conference to be held from 24**th** to 29th September, 2018, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.* The main plenary meeting will be held at the *Dar Es Salaam Serena Hotel from 24th - 26th September*, and the workshop will be held at the *Bank of Tanzania building from 26th - 29th September, 2018.* East African Network Operators Group (EANOG) was started to bring together network operators and anyone aspiring to become one or just hang out with one. We provide a forum to discuss operational issues and technologies of interest to data network engineers in the East African region. Engineers get to network and discuss their experiences and general areas of improvement. This year’s agenda revolves around: - IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and Operations - IPv6 deployment and transition technologies - Internet backbone operations - ISP and Carrier services - IXPs and Peering - Research on Internet Operations and Deployment - Software Defined Networking / Network Function Virtualisaton - Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware) - DNS / DNSSEC - Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing, etc) - Access and Transport Technologies, including Cable/DSL, LTE/5G, wireless, metro ethernet, fibre, segment routing - Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence", Gaming) and Cloud Computing There are only a few days left to submit your papers. We are looking for presenters who would: - Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topics. - Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker. - Convene and chair panel sessions of relevant topics. Send in your early submissions through this *link* <https://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=76> as the deadline is soon approaching. To participate kindly follow link *REGISTER <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/safnog-4eanog-2018-24-26-september-2018-tickets-24505674131> * The draft program will be available soon. Looking forward to your participation. For the latest updates follow us on *FACEBOOK <https://web.facebook.com/EANOG-240066090112152/?ref=bookmarks> TWITTER <https://twitter.com/EANOG1> * With thanks JGitau