RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Qatar, 17 - 18 January 2006: Updates to Agenda

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Dear Colleagues,

A revised agenda for the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Doha, Qatar (17 - 18 
January 2006), is now available at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/agenda.html

This meeting is specifically designed to provide participants with a forum 
to discuss topics related to IP networking in the region.

Topics on the agenda include:

- A review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the 
way forward
- IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 consumption
- Site Multihoming by IPv6 Intermediation (Shim6)
- Internet security and new developments in Internet routing
- The RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP)
- RIPE NCC training seminars on Routing Registry and DNSSEC.

The meeting will also feature demonstrations of services such as the 
Routing Information Service (RIS), BGPlay and Test Traffic Measurements 
(TTM) that help users analyse network behaviour.

More information about these demonstrations is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/qatar-2006/demos/index.html

In addition, RIPE NCC IP Resource Analysts will be at the meeting to answer 
any questions about IPv4 / IPv6 allocations and assignments.

REGISTRATION
Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open and free of charge. 
However, attendees are responsible for covering their own travel and 
accommodation costs.

Registration for the Regional Meeting is now open. Registration will close 
on Friday, 13 January 2006.

To register, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/qatar2006/register

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
We have reserved space in the agenda for presentations from the local 
community on current issues affecting the region. If there is a particular 
presentation or topic you would like included in the agenda, please send 
your suggestion to:
<contact at ripe.net>

MORE INFORMATION
More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Qatar is available 
from:
http://www.ripe.net/qatar2006

Any further questions can be sent directly to:
<contact at ripe.net>

Regards,

Paul Rendek
Head of Member Services & Communications
RIPE NCC