The 4th German IPv6 Summit will take place in Potsdam at December 1-2, 2011. Hosted by the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering, the German IPv6 summit provides a forum in which overseas, European, and German experts are addressing current development of IPv6 deployment with a focus on automobile networking. The first day will start with keynotes of high-ranking representatives from government, industry and research on the usage of the new internet protokoll in the automobil and traffic sector as well as on ongoing strategies for IPv6 introduction. In the evening, the winners of the International IPv6 Application Contest 2011 will receive their awards in a festive ceremony, followed by a gala diner. The second day will complement the conference program by addressing the current state of IPv6 deployment and security-specific issues of IPv6 from various perspectives from endusers to service and content-providers including new and innovative IPv6 based applications.

The 4th German IPv6 Summit will be organized by the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University Potsdam in close cooperation with the German IPv6 Council, the national chapter of the International IPv6 Forum.

The German IPv6 Council has been established to group all the different persons in industry, research, politics and administration in the IPv6 field in Germany with the clear mission to advocate IPv6 by improving technology, market, and deployment user and enduser and industry awareness of IPv6, creating a quality and secure new Generation Internet.

The conference language is German.