Dear colleagues, A gentle reminder that RIPE NCC is hosting a free online event aimed at people currently studying in the fields of networking, computer science, internet governance and other fields relevant to the RIPE community. The goal is to introduce the students to the RIPE Community, encourage them to participate at the RIPE Meeting (in-person or online) and provide them with tips on how to make the most out of it. We have a great agenda with excellent guest speakers sharing their experience of working in the fields of open source development, Internet measurements and network engineering. *Date:* May 7 *Time:* 17:00-18:30 (UTC+2) *Agenda:* - "*Digital sovereignty and open source", *Valerie Aurora, systems programming consultant - "*A Network of Networks", *Ben Cartwright-Cox, CEO at bgp.tools - "*Something’s Wrong on the Internet: How Internet Measurements Help Us Detect Internet Events", *Qasim Lone, Specialist Research Engineer at RIPE NCC - "*A Brief Guide to RIPE Meetings and How to (Meaningfully) Participate", *Mirjam Kühne, RIPE Chair - "*RIPE NCC and You", *Jelena Ćosić, Community Builder at RIPE NCC You can find more about the online event here: https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/student-event Registration <https://meeting-registration.ripe.net/meeting-pub/registration?6&meetingId=acb75bd9-a8a2-4763-aa7c-c8cf33355ea2> for the online event is free and will be open until the beginning of the event. Hope to see you there! Kind regards, Jelena