After my bachelor's thesis was published, I was contacted and asked whether I could consider submitting this topic to NANOG, the North American Network Operators' Group. With a bit of guidance through my shepherd, my talk was accepted, and I was invited to talk at the next NANOG conference, NANOG83.
It was a great experience to talk at NANOG, to present my work and to get some responses from people who work and research for much longer in this domain. Furthermore, I enjoyed the other fascinating talks. Check out the recording of my talk: Should Network Operators Hop on the Data Plane? - NANOG83