Hello Ripe Atlas community, Vesna suggested reaching out to you. My colleague Anwesha Sarkar and I run the Rootconf community in India. https://hasgeek.com/rootconf *As part of our work at Rootconf, we have launched a new initiative - Netconf - to bring together a community to discuss practice and issues concerning network engineering, network security, network regulations, privacy and access to the internet. * *Our first event is an unconference on 27 March, in Bangalore. * *https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/netconf-2020/* <https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/netconf-2020/> *We are inviting speakers, participants and collaborators to contribute topics for discussion, talks, workshops and Birds of Feather (BOF) sessions. Topics can cover:* 1. *Monitoring networks - engineering aspects as well as educational aspect of teaching members of civil society on how to use tools and technologies for monitoring networks.* 2. *Network security.* 3. *Access to the internet, covering engineering, regulations, and socio-cultural aspects of access.* 4. *Questions of privacy in the context of using networks. * 5. *Cloud and new regulations concerning cloud * 6. *Others* *The CfP is open here: https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/netconf-2020/proposals#call-for-proposal <https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/netconf-2020/proposals#call-for-proposal> * *For more information/queries, please write to rootconf.editorial@hasgeek.com <rootconf.editorial@hasgeek.com>* Look forward to your participation. Regards, Zainab -- CEO and Director, HasGeek Learning Private Limited