<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Dear colleagues,</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">For over 30 years, the RIPE NCC has been an essential part of the Internet technical community. Seven years ago, we took our commitment a step further by introducing the Community Projects Fund. This initiative was designed to tackle the funding challenges faced by many noteworthy projects in our community. We're thrilled to bring you updates on the incredible progress these initiatives have made.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">We warmly invite you to attend our upcoming RIPE NCC Open House Series, focusing on the advancements made by last year’s Community Projects Fund recipients. In each session, the project teams will offer presentations summarising their journey and current status, followed by a Q&A session during which you can engage directly with them.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 13:30 - 14:30 UTC</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">1. Elevating Demand-side Cybersecurity Through Business Procurement - Wout de Natris </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">2. DNS Research Federation - Internet Standards Observatory - Carolina Caeiro</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Thursday, 21 September 2023, 10:00 - 11:30 UTC</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">1. Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) - ARTEMIS Lite - George Nomikos </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">2. Grenoble Alps University - fpdns2: DNS Fingerprinting Tool - Maciej Korczyński, Ph.D. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">3. University of Aberdeen - Can We Extend IPv6? - A Measurement Project - Ana Custura</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:00 - 11:30 UTC </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">1. iNGO European Media Platform - Internet Identifiers in Time of War - Oksana Prykhodko </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">2. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AI4NetMon 2.0 - Pavlos Sermpezis </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">3. deSEC e.V. - deSEC: Secure DNSSEC Hosting - Peter Thomassen</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">For more information on these upcoming events and how to register, please see here:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-series-community-projects-fund-recipient-updates-2022" style="font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-series-community-projects-fund-recipient-updates-2022</a><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards</div><div>Alastair Strachan</div><div>RIPE NCC</div></body></html>