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SEEDIG 8 Annual Meeting, 6-7 November, Zagreb
by Gergana Petrova 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Hi all, I'm sharing below a message from Olga Kyryliuk on behalf of SEEDIG, the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance, to invite the community in SEE to the event. Best regards, Gergana SEEDIG, the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance, is excited to announce its 8th annual meeting to be held on 6-7 November 2023 at WESPA Business and Lounge in Zagreb, Croatia. The event is free to attend but requires registration. https://seedig.net/seedig-8/ SEEDIG 8 will be held under the overarching theme “Digital Beyond Borders: Regional Synergy for Community Advancement”. This theme emphasises the idea that in our increasingly interconnected digital world, the boundaries that traditionally defined countries are transcended by opportunities for collaboration and growth. SEEDIG 8 recognizes that cooperation across borders is essential for empowering local communities and offers a space where stakeholders from South Eastern Europe can connect, exchange insights about in-country projects and initiatives, and explore opportunities for enhanced synergies. This year, SEEDIG’s meeting is co-hosted by Politiscope, a privacy watchdog organisation headquartered in Split. Who should attend? SEEDIG 8 is a must-attend event for anyone who wants to stay ahead of the curve and understand the issues at the intersection of internet governance, digital rights, and technological development. Whether you're a government official, business leader, university professor, civil society activist, or simply interested in technology, you’ll find something valuable at SEEDIG 8. Among SEEDIG’s key supporting organisations are the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS), Internet Society Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Internet Governance Forum Supporting Association, European Registry for Internet Domains - EURid, Regional Internet Registry RIPE NCC, Serbian Open eXchange (SOX), Serbia’s Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Freedom House, Internews, and other regional and national institutions and organisations. What’s on the agenda? SEEDIG 8 offers a dynamic agenda featuring a diverse range of topics critical to the digital future. From keynote on internet fragmentation to panel discussions on open-source intelligence during the war, interplay between data protection and artificial intelligence, as well as the importance of content moderation and cooperation with big tech. During the interactive workshops participants will get hands-on experience on how companies deal with governmental requests for content take-down and get practical tips about improving organisational cyber resiliency. SEEDIG 8 also pilots the first regional launches of the Freedom on the Net and IDN World 2023 reports. On 6 November, SEEDIG will host a business dating networking event, where all participants will have a chance to briefly present their projects and initiatives and find opportunities for synergies with stakeholders from across the SEE region.

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Join us for the pre-RIPE 87 student event on 14.11. (online)
by Jelena Cosic 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, on November 14th RIPE NCC will organise an online event for students, with a goal of introducing them into the RIPE community; why and how to participate at the RIPE meetings. Take a look at the agenda: * Illuminating the Internet: Researcher's Adventures in Internet Measurement, Raffaele Sommese, University of Twente * GÉANT Network eAcademy, Ivana Golub, PSNC/GÉANT * A brief guide to RIPE Meetings and how to (meaningfully) participate, Mirjam Kühne, RIPE Chair * RIPE NCC and Academia, Jelena Ćosić, RIPE NCC NCC has also set aside a limited number of free student tickets (for all 5 days of the conference). We especially encourage students from Italian universities to apply, but the offer is extended to all. You can find more about the online event here: https://ripe87.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/student-event Registration [1] is free and will be open until the day of the event. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. Hope to see you there! Kind regards, Jelena Links: ------ [1] https://meeting-registration.ripe.net/meeting-pub/registration?0&meetin…

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Ninth RSNOG Conference on November 9th in Belgrade /Deveta RSNOG konferencija 9. novembra u Beogradu (fwd)
by Vesna Manojlovic 23 Oct '23

23 Oct '23

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On RIPE Labs: The RIPE Chair Reports - October 2023
by Mirjam Kuehne 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, RIPE 87 is getting closer and preparations are in full swing. In this update, we report on the various activities happening this month in the RIPE community ahead of the meeting, ongoing NRO NC elections, recent industry events, and more: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-octob… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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RIPE 87 Call for Local Hubs
by gpetrova 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, We want to help people who can't join the next RIPE Meeting in person to participate in a more engaging way. Would you like to set up a space for participants to meet in your city? If yes, organise a Local Hub! Local Hubs are in-person gatherings that take place in parallel to the RIPE Meeting. They allow registered participants to watch the webcast of the RIPE Meeting, follow the discussions and participate online via chat, audio, or video. Best of all, they can network with other community members from their country, experience the community spirit, and discuss topics from a local perspective. If you'd like to host one, you can also expand the programme to hold additional debates around topics of the RIPE Meeting of particular interest to the local participants. You can find more information at: https://ripe87.ripe.net/attend/call-for-local-hubs/ While you can decide to host a Local Hub at any time, if you let us know by Sunday, 5 November 2023, we will be able to add your Local Hub to a list online and provide you with more technical information promotion and support. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova Community Development Manager RIPE NCC

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Fwd: Fwd: Introductions and EARN Anniversary at RIPE 88
by Gergana Petrova 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Hi Mir, hi Niall, I heard back from EARN and they do want to host their anniversary the weekend before SEE 13. They need: - 30-60 hotel rooms - meeting room for Sat (20 Apr) afternoon + Sun (21 Apr) all day What level of involvement do you want us to have? - just forward the contact person of the SEE hotel to EARN (so they do everything themselves) - include EARN's requirements in our contract with the hotel, but forward EARN the invoice for their part (so they pay, but we help with the arrangements) - pay for the meeting room and/or catering as a gesture for them? (so we make arrangements and pay) Maybe we can have a discussion about this next week, since actually it might turn out to be beneficial for us (easier to get a hotel) if we can request from the hotel more bedrooms. I will invite Kajal to our call. Speaking of this, unfortunately I can't make our call Wednesday next week. Could Thursday (19 Oct) work? I see you are busy until 11:30. Maybe we can schedule it 11:30 to 12:30? Niall, I don't have access to your calendar. Please let me know. In some other news, the Greek IGF will also host their event on Sat 20 Apr. Cheers, Gergana > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Daniele Bovio" <Bovio(a)aol.com> > *Subject: **RE: Introductions and EARN Anniversary at RIPE 88* > *Date: *6 October 2023 at 07:04:41 CEST > *To: *"'Gergana Petrova'" <meeting(a)ripe.net> > *Cc: *"'Mirjam Kuehne'" <mir(a)zu-hause.nl>, "'Hisham Ibrahim'" > <hmi(a)ripe.net>, <niall.oreilly(a)ucd.ie>, "'Kajal Ince'" <kince(a)ripe.net> > > Hello Gergana, > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but I finally managed to > talk to the people involved in helping organizing the event yesterday, > so here are the (some) answers: > > Yes, we would like to host the EARN 40th year anniversary meeting in > Athens before the RIPE NCC SEE 12 meeting, i.e. on Saturday 20 and > Sunday 21 April 2024. > > We would appreciate if you could extend the hotel booking for us. At > this time we guesstimate 30 to 60 participants. We would need a > meeting room for Saturday afternoon, and Sunday all day, but no > particular equipment except a projector/microphone/sound system for > the presentations. > Concerning food we would need to organize a dinner for Saturday and > Sunday night, a lunch for Sunday, and coffer breaks for Saturday > afternoon, and Sunday morning and afternoon. > > I'll be happy to prepare a tutorial for the Monday morning SEE 12 meeting. > > Do you know already where precisely is the venue in Athens? We shall > start looking for sponsors for the food and it would help to know more > details about the venue, thank you. > > Look forward to work with you on this event! > > Cheers! > > Daniele > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gergana Petrova [mailto:meeting@ripe.net] > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 5:50 PM > To: Daniele Bovio <Bovio(a)aol.com> > Cc: Mirjam Kuehne <mir(a)zu-hause.nl>; Hisham Ibrahim <hmi(a)ripe.net>; > niall.oreilly(a)ucd.ie; Kajal Ince <kince(a)ripe.net> > Subject: Re: Introductions and EARN Anniversary at RIPE 88 > > Hello Danielle, > > I would like to follow up on the conversation below about EARN's > anniversary next year. > > Mirjam mentioned to me that you might be interested in holding it > before or after the RIPE NCC SEE 12 meeting in Athens. The SEE 12 > meeting is currently scheduled to take place on 22-23 April 2024 > (Monday and Tuesday). We are looking to confirm the hotel in October. > > Please let me know if you are interested, and if yes, I'd appreciate > if you share a few details with me, such as: > - What sort of venue requirements would you have for EARN's anniversary? > We can check with the hotels we are currently talking to, and put you > in touch with the selected one > - What about the dates? there is a small chance that we could switch to > 23-24 April if that is more convenient (of course need to check if > that's ok with the local host and the hotels). Please let me know if > that makes a difference. > - Usually the SEE 12 meetings start with tutorials on the morning of > the first day. Would you be interested in delivering one about the > development of networks and networking? > - Anything else? > > I'm cc-ing my colleague Kajal who arranges the hotel contracts for the > event, so she will also see your answer. > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > Best regards, > Gergana > > > -- > Gergana Petrova > Community Development Manager > RIPE NCC > > > On 03/03/2023 19:50, Hisham Ibrahim wrote: >> Hello Daniele, >> Thanks for reaching out with this and sharing this info. >> Interestingly enough we were also developing some concerns about the >> quality of the venues in Krakow, but have not made any concrete >> decisions yet. >> As for holding the EARN even adjacent to one of the RIPE / RIPE NCC >> meetings in 2024, we would be more than happy to facilitate that for you. >> We have still not made the selection for the locations of the events you >> mentioned but we can share them with you once we do. >> Cheers >> Hisham >> >>> On 3 Mar 2023, at 7:57 PM, Daniele Bovio <Bovio(a)aol.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Alex, >>> Hope all is well with you ;-) >>> The small committee working on the EARN 2024 conference just had a >>> zoom call and we learned that RIPE88 will most probably be held in >>> Krakow. Unfortunately we have some consensus that this venue would not >>> be very appealing for many of the people we are trying to interest >>> into the event. >>> On the other hand everybody is very excited about the idea to hold the >>> conference shortly after (or before) a RIPE meeting, so I was charged >>> to ask you if we could consider to hold the EARN conference together >>> with another RIPE event in 2024, i.e. RIPE89 (Oct 7-11), or SEE12 >>> (April 22-23). >>> Do you have already an idea about those meeting locations? Would it be >>> possible to have a joint conference in either events? >>> Thanks much in advance again for your help and support. >>> Cheers >>> Daniele >>> *From:*RIPE NCC Event Team [mailto:meeting@ripe.net] >>> *Sent:*Friday, January 13, 2023 8:53 AM >>> *To:*Daniele Bovio <Bovio(a)aol.com> >>> *Cc:*Hisham Ibrahim <hibrahim(a)ripe.net>; Mirjam Kuehne >>> <mir(a)zu-hause.nl>; Hisham Ibrahim <hmi(a)ripe.net>; Gergana Petrova >>> <gpetrova(a)ripe.net>; Rene Wilhelm <wilhelm(a)ripe.net> >>> *Subject:*Re: Introductions and EARN Anniversary at RIPE 88 >>> Hi Daniele, >>> I hope you’re well and had a lovely Christmas and New Year! >>> A decision on the RIPE 88 location has not been made yet, but we will >>> do this before the end of the month. Once it’s confirmed we will let >>> you know straight away. In the meantime I’ve recapped what we >>> discussed the other week. >>> >>> * RIPE 88 will run from 13 - 17 May 2024. >>> * EARN Anniversary is expected start on Friday 17th May in the >>> afternoon and end on Saturday 18th May in the (late) afternoon. >>> * Expecting 50 - 60 attendees. >>> * One meeting room is all that’s required for this, plus space for a >>> coffee break area. >>> * For the event you would require the RIPE meeting network and some >>> staff from out tech team to keep it running and to take it down >>> after the event has finished. >>> * Would you also allow for remote participation/presentation at the >>> event? As you mentioned these are retired networkers and could be >>> irreplaceable should something prevent them from being able to >>> attend in person, having the option to watch and/or present online >>> could be good to consider. >>> * We have an in-house built registration software, would you like to >>> make use of this for your event’s registration? >>> >>> If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask. >>> Best regards, >>> Alex >> > -- Gergana Petrova Community Development Manager RIPE NCC

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Call for Host: SEE 12
by Gergana Petrova 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, Is your organisation interested in hosting the SEE 12 meeting on 23-24 April 2024? As the event takes place outside the Netherlands, the RIPE NCC is dependent on a local host to support the organisation and delivery. In return, the host organisation can expect excellent visibility. Find more information about hosting requirements for SEE 12 at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-12/call… Interested? Please email seeurope(a)ripe.net *by 30 January 2023* If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to write. We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova Community Development Manager RIPE NCC

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The RIPE Chair Team Reports: September 2023
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 Sep '23

05 Sep '23

Dear colleagues, Continuing to increase RIPE's visibility, taking part in industry events, keeping up with policy discussions, and preparing for a RIPE Meeting in Rome - as we go into September, we report on the work ahead in the months to come: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-septe… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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RIPE87: RACI, Fellowship, Call for Presentations
by Jelena Cosic 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC is accepting applications for RIPE Fellowship and academics to attend RIPE 87, in Rome, from 27 November to 1 December 2023. You can read more about the RIPE Meeting at: https://ripe87.ripe.net/ We encourage our long-standing community members to share this announcement with others who could benefit from these opportunities. -------- RACI -------- RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is supporting talented academics in the field of Internet technology. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, accommodation and travel to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. To apply, submit a short abstract and draft slides via: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/raci-application-form-2023/ *The application deadline is Tuesday, 11 September 2023.* More information: https://www.ripe.net/raci Subscribe to the RACI list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list ---------------- RIPE Fellowship ---------------- Having participants with diverse backgrounds, expertise, opinions and experiences enriches the RIPE community. With the RIPE Fellowship, we aim to create opportunities for individuals from underrepresented regions, minority backgrounds, or others who would otherwise be unable to attend without funding, to participate in the RIPE Meetings. The RIPE Fellowship covers the cost of a meeting ticket, travel and accommodation for successful candidates in the RIPE NCC service region. Apply: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/ripe-87-fellowship/ *The application deadline is Tuesday, 11 September 2023.* More information: https://www.ripe.net/fellowship ------- CFP ------- And finally, if you do not qualify for these grants, you can still propose a talk or a workshop at https://ripe87.ripe.net/cfp/ RIPE 87 will be a hybrid meeting, so both in-person and remote presentations are encouraged and will be accepted. ---------------- While I'm the coordinator for the RACI programme, Vesna is responsible for the Fellowship. If you have any questions (or suggestions) on either initiatives, feel free to reach out directly to us. As we often mention, SEE region is still underrepresented within the RIPE community so please consider applying or spreading this message among your network to help us reach as many new people as possible. Thank you! Kind regards, Jelena Cosic

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Nominations solicited: 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award
by Jan Zorz - Go6 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Dear SEE community - Now that summer break and vacation time are nearing their end and many of you have already returned to work or will do so soon, I would like to take the opportunity to make you aware that the nomination phase for the Rob Blokzijl Award is now open. It is to be awarded in November at the RIPE 87 meeting in Rome to an individual who has made an outstanding technical or operational contribution to Internet development in the RIPE region. Ideally, the person has also enabled and supported third parties in this regard. I therefore would like to urge everyone here to check out the further details of the call for nominations at: https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2023/08/08/call-for-nominations-2023-aw… and to consider whom they could or would like to nominate - several nominations per nominator are also welcome, of course. The committee (https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2023/06/01/2023-award-committee-2/) invites suggestions to be sent to: <nominations(a)rob-blokzijl-foundation.org> The deadline for submissions is October 29, 2023, 23:59 UTC. The Rob Blokzijl Award committee members can't be nominated, of course! :) Best regards, Jan Žorž (for the "2023 Rob Blokzijl Award" committee)

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