Suggested IETF 125 Sessions for Getting Familiar with New Topics

These IETF 125 meeting sessions are likely to include discussions and proposals that are accessible to a broad range of Internet technologists whether they are new to the IETF or long-time participants.

If you are a new IETF participant, or if you are an experienced participant who would like to get familiar with a new topic, there are many sessions at the IETF 125 Shenzhen meeting that will include interesting discussions. Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions in particular may be interesting as BoFs are one way for potential new work to be discussed in the IETF community. A full agenda is available on the IETF Datatracker. Additional information about and links to session agendas will be added to this page as they are available. 

If you are new to the IETF or just new to IETF meetings, please be sure to consider registering for the expanded New Participant Program. Once you’ve registered for the IETF 125 meeting, additional sign up is required via your participant dashboard for this free full-day program on Sunday, 15 March 2026 at the meeting venue and via remote participation.

This post will be updated as more information for IETF 125 is available. Of particular note, agendas and other materials for sessions are posted very close to agenda times so please check the IETF Datatracker for the latest information.

IETF Hackathon Kickoff (separate free registration required)
Shangri-la Ballroom 1
The IETF Hackathon is a two-day event where participants develop and test that their code can interoperate with others, or where new code is written, often to implement recent IETF work. The kickoff meeting describes all the projects that will go on this week; they are also already listed on the Hackathon wiki. Feel free to join an existing team to squash some bugs! You do not need to bring code; you can simply join a topic of interest and contribute to existing code, help with testing or in many other ways.