NANOG - the art of running a network and discussing common operational issues

The North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) is a non-profit membership organization that holds conferences to discuss network-related issues. NANOG's next conference will take place in Washington, DC from February 6-8, 2017, and will be attended by nearly 900 network professionals. The conference covers topics such as tutorials on various network tasks, peering discussions, security and reputation concerns, network operations best practices, network automation, and more. NANOG is not the only forum for discussing these issues; other organizations include IETF, ICANN, ARIN, and regional NOGs. Cloudflare's network team attends various operational-focused conferences to interact with networks around the globe.