Axel, thanks for the heads-up. The recent allocation of the last two "regular" /8's to APNIC is obviously worth a press conference. Still, could you please shed some more light on the 30min "ceremony"? As at least I have no real idea what this could be like: hand shakes? Exchange of certificates? ??? Thanks in advance, Carsten Axel Pawlik wrote:

[Apologies for duplicate emails]

Dear colleagues,

On Thursday, 3 February 2011, at 14:30 (UTC), the Number Resource Organization (NRO), along with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) will be holding a ceremony and press conference to make a significant announcement and to discuss the global transition to the next generation of Internet addresses.

Much has been written in the international media over the last few weeks about the dwindling pool of IPv4 Internet addresses, and this topic will be addressed at the event.

We invite everyone to view the webcast of this event at: http://www.nro.net/news/icann-nro-live-stream

The event will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami on Thursday. There will be limited public seating available to attend (with press receiving seating priority) in Room “Concourse II” at 09:30 EST for the ceremony and 10:00 EST for the press conference which follows.

Regards,

Axel Pawlik

Managing Director RIPE NCC

Hi all, I'm trying for 20 minutes to see the webcast to no avail, is this still happening today? Is somebody able to see it? Thanks Ziv -----Original Message----- From: ncc-announce-admin@ripe.net [mailto:ncc-announce-admin@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Axel Pawlik Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:27 AM To: ripe-list@ripe.net; ncc-announce@ripe.net; ncc-services-wg@ripe.net Subject: [ncc-announce] IPv4 Exhaustion Announcement and Press Conference: Watch Live [Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, On Thursday, 3 February 2011, at 14:30 (UTC), the Number Resource Organization (NRO), along with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) will be holding a ceremony and press conference to make a significant announcement and to discuss the global transition to the next generation of Internet addresses. Much has been written in the international media over the last few weeks about the dwindling pool of IPv4 Internet addresses, and this topic will be addressed at the event. We invite everyone to view the webcast of this event at: http://www.nro.net/news/icann-nro-live-stream The event will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami on Thursday. There will be limited public seating available to attend (with press receiving seating priority) in Room "Concourse II" at 09:30 EST for the ceremony and 10:00 EST for the press conference which follows. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ The information contained in this e-mail message and its attachments is confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender, and then delete the message from your computer. Thank you! ******** This mail was sent via Mail-SeCure System.******** ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************