A day-long event intended to bootstrap the teaching of IPv6 in university courses in the UK. This event is organised for university lecturers.
The bootcamp is hosted by Imperial, London, on 11th August 2026.
To register, please contact us at contact@ipv6.org.uk or directly on LinkedIn.
09:30 Arrival & refreshments
10:00 Opening, purpose of the day, IPv6 overview
- Need for IPv6, adoption, industry demand, developments, and why the need to teach IPv6
- Two brief talks from industry (Sky, Meta) on how they use IPv6 and what they expect from university graduates
10:30 How do we teach networking? – Graeme Bragg, University of Southampton
- Interactive discussion about where networking fits into the current syllabus, how much time is spent on it, where the focus is, what’s covered, and is there any IPv6?
11:00 IPv6 Technical Primer – Tim Chown, Jisc & David Stockdale, Imperial
- IPv6 RA, SLAAC, address planning, breaking IPv4 thinking, security
12:30 Lunch (provided)
13:30 Integrating IPv6 into the curriculum – Graeme Bragg, University of Southampton
- An IPv6-first approach, projects, etc.
14:00 IPv6 Lab experience – Graeme Bragg, University of Southampton
- Attendees will need laptops to participate in the lab.
- Requirements: Windows with WSL2 or Mac with Wireshark.
16:00 Practical consideration for teaching IPv6 – David Stockdale, Imperial
- What you need your IT team to provide, requirements, etc.
16:30 Closing discussion