News and Announcements

The Internet Governance Forum held its tenth annual event in the Brazilian city of João Pessoa from 9-13 November. The event drew more than 3,000 participants from a wide range of Internet stakeholder groups, including youth representatives, and more than 6,000 followed the discussions or contributed via remote participation.

Issue 30 of the RIPE NCC Member Update

The RIPE NCC today unveiled a fresh new look for the organisation, at the heart of which is a new logo.

The ICANN 54 meeting was held in Dublin from 18-22 October 2015. Attracting around 1,800 attendees, the big topic over the course of the week was the ongoing project to transition stewardship of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community.

On 21 October 2015, the RIPE NCC published the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2016 for members to review.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 102nd meeting on 2 October 2015.

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) of Saudi Arabia recently organised a DNSSEC training workshop in collaboration with the RIPE NCC. The workshop was held in Riyadh on 14 October 2015 and attracted participants from 11 networks and government agencies.

Today is the deadline for all nominations to the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) Number Council (NC).

The RIPE NCC and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Committee for ITU Policy (Com-ITU) have signed a Letter of Understanding to continue their cooperation and coordination on discussions relating to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). RIPE NC

The RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Yerevan took place on 15 September 2015 at the Marriott Hotel Yerevan in Yerevan, Armenia. A total of 111 attendees from eight countries participated in the meeting.