Want to Host the RIPE Meeting in October 2018?

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RIPE is seeking hosts for their 77th public meeting in October 2018.

The meeting is scheduled to take place between October 15th and October 19th 2018.

There’s full details about what is expected of a local host on the RIPE site here.

Short version:

  • lots of bandwidth. The venue will need to have a minimum of 300 Mbps, but ideally 1 Gps or higher.
  • Good location both in terms of the city itself and the rest of Europe ie. attendees can get there relatively easily
  • a variety of rooms in the conference area to cater for both plenary and breakout sessions
  • at least 260 hotel rooms

You can read the full meeting spec in the attached PDF:

[spiderpowa-pdf src=”https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RIPE-77-Host-Requirements-.pdf”]RIPE 77 Host Requirements

The call for hosts is open until January 29th 2017.

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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