Dear colleagues, RIPE 81 will be held as a virtual meeting and will take place from 27-30 October 2020. You can now register for free at: https://ripe81.ripe.net/attend/register/ ------------- RIPE 81 Conference Platform ------------- We are pleased to inform you that the RIPE 81 Meeting will use Meetecho as its conference platform. In addition to Meetecho, you will be able to watch the presentations live on the RIPE 81 website. Please note that this time we won’t provide a separate IRC channel. If you want to participate in the discussion, you will have to register for the meeting and join Meetecho. More information on how to participate to the meeting is available on the RIPE 81 website. ------------- Programme ------------- The RIPE Meeting agenda includes plenary sessions and RIPE Working Group (WG) sessions. -- Plenary Sessions You have until *27 September 2020* to submit your presentation for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions) and lightning talks. The Programme Committee will get in touch with you after this date. More information about the submission process is available at: https://ripe81.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ -- WG Sessions Each working group has a dedicated session in the RIPE Meeting agenda for presentations on topics relevant to the working group’s agenda. If you want to present in one of the WGs, get in touch with the relevant WG chairs via email: https://ripe81.ripe.net/programme/ripe-wg-chairs/ If you are not sure whether you should contact the RIPE Programme Committee or a RIPE Working Group, you can compare both types of sessions: https://ripe81.ripe.net/submit-topic/plenary-or-wg/ ------------- RIPE Meeting Mentoring ------------- Experienced RIPE Meeting attendees can help newcomers make the most of their meeting by volunteering to be a mentor. We match mentors with mentees based on interests and areas of expertise. You can sign yourself up to be a mentor or mentee when you register for the meeting. Learn more at: https://ripe81.ripe.net/attend/mentoring-programme/ ------------- Call for Sponsors ------------- Supporting a RIPE Meeting through sponsorship gives your organisation fantastic exposure in the global Internet community. Get in touch with the RIPE Meeting team if you are interested to sponsor RIPE 81: https://ripe81.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ ---- More information on RIPE 81 can be found at: https://ripe81.ripe.net/ For the latest updates, you can follow us on Twitter at @ripemeeting and by using the hashtag #RIPE81. Best regards, RIPE Meetings Team