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Government Roundtable Meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4 December 2018

In December 2018, the RIPE NCC organised a Roundtable Meeting for Arab government representatives and regulators in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The meeting was held in partnership with the country’s Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) and attended by representatives from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Yemen and Iraq.

Venue: Headquarters of the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.


10:00 - 10:15	Welcome and Opening - Chafic Chaya H.E. Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Ruwais, Governor of CITC in Saudi Arabia Mr. Paul Rendek, Director of External Relations, RIPE NCC
10:15 - 12:00	Internet Resources: Collaboration and Updates Outcomes of the 2017 Roundtable Meeting: - Paul Rendek Facilitating government engagement with the RIPE Policy Development Process Enhanced reporting & analysis Internet Resources in the GCC: Analysis of recent IP addressing trends, statistics & developments in the region - Hisham Ibrahim Discussions
12:00 - 12:30	Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00	Opportunities and challenges of a growing Internet Regulation and the Internet: How the RIPE NCC is working with Regulators - Paul Rendek The impact of GDPR and other local regulation that can have impact on RIPE NCC operations - Serge Radovcic Cooperating to Meet Internet Security Challenges - Marco Schmidt Collaboration with LEAs, policy proposals and the RIPE NCC's role in sharing information on security issues Discussions
14:00 -	Conclusion & lunch