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This is a work in progress - do not consider it a complete reference at this time

Rough Planning Numbers

32-36 ft^2 (3-3.33 m^2) per participant
- SIPit 20 main hall layout and multiparty test room layout
- SIPit19 had 687.6 m^2 - SIPit19 Floor Plan
- SIPit18 had 5200ft^2 (482m^2) for 160 participants - SIPit18 Floor Plan
3Mbps network connection to the Internet
- ~1Mbps has proven to be too slow
- Several recent events have run with 100Mbps links

The most important component of the SIPit is the network. This is also the hardest component to get and keep running.
If the space requirement seems large, please talk to someone from your company who has attended a previous event (or call RjS) to get an understanding of how the space will be used.
- Endpoint implementors will have one or more phones/videophones/proto-boards/consoles in addition to laptops.
- Server implementors will have consoles and occasionally racks.
- Attendees move their laptops to other teams' stations while doing direct ad-hoc testing, and need a place to sit. (There need to be empty chairs assigned to each team).
- Reviewing these representative photos may help

32-36 ft^2 (3-3.33 m^2) per participant
Power for 1 laptop per participant, plus additional equipment for most participants

Minimum 4 Mbps symmetric connection to the Internet (ADSL will NOT work)
At least 768 Public IPv4 addresses for the participants to use (3 Class C networks)
Absolutely no port blocking or application layer gateway (ALG) between the participant networks and the Internet
At least 1 Ethernet port per participant, typically in the form of an Ethernet cable drop to their workspace
Wireless 802.11 b/g network capable of supporting ~200 clients
1 infrastructure phone for each team (teams are typically 1 for each registered company)

For the purpose of keeping this page more focused on the overall logistics, please see Lessons Learned.