Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce that the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative
(RACI) Call for Applications for RIPE 93 <https://ripe93.ripe.net/> is now
open! The Meeting will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 26–30 October 2026.
Successful applicants will receive:
- Complimentary meeting ticket
- Travel and accommodation fully funded
- The opportunity to present their research with the RIPE community
If you are working on innovative research, we encourage you to apply.
Additionally, please feel free to forward this message to anyone in your
network who might be interested.
*How to Apply:*
Submit a short abstract and draft slides via the following link:
https://www.ripe.net/raci
*Application Deadline:*
- RIPE 93 (October 26-30, Sofia): apply by *August 3, 2026*
*Relevant Topics Include:*
- Network measurements and analyses
- IPv6 deployment
- BGP routing
- Network security
- Internet governance
- Peering and interconnectivity
- Internet of Things
- Sustainability in ICT
*Stay Connected with RACI and Internet Research:*
- Subscribe to the RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing
-list
- Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Kind regards,
Jelena Ćosić
RACI Programme Coordinator
Dear colleagues,
From governance and policy to AI and research, RIPE 92 sparked lively
discussion across the community. In this new article on RIPE Labs, we
highlight some of the ideas and the initiatives that stood out during
the week:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highl…
Kind regards,
Mirjam Kühne and Anna Wilson
RIPE Chair Team
Dear colleagues,
RIPE NCC and ICANN are pleased to invite you the Internet Measurement
Day on 18 June. The event is hosted by the Technical University Sofia at
Hall "Tech Arena", Studentski Kompleks, ul. Rosario 1.
The Internet Measurement Day brings together network operators, ccTLDs,
researchers, students, regulators and other stakeholders from the local
technical community. We will explore the resilience, stability and
performance of the Internet, including practical discussions and
demonstrations using measurement tools such as RIPE Atlas, the ITHI
Metrics, RIS, RPKI and RIPE NCC’s open data platform RIPEstat.
For more information, the agenda and registration please visit:
https://www.ripe.net/s/imd-sofia-2026/
Participation is free, but registration is required. I kindly encourage
you to register early to help us with planning and logistics.
I hope to see many of you there!
Best regards,
Gergana Petrova
Community Development
RIPE NCC
