IPv4 Exhaustion Announcement and Press Conference: Watch Live

Axel,

thanks for the heads-up. The recent allocation of the last two "regular" 
/8's to APNIC is obviously worth a press conference.

Still, could you please shed some more light on the 30min "ceremony"? As 
at least I have no real idea what this could be like: hand shakes? 
Exchange of certificates? ???

Thanks in advance,

	Carsten

Axel Pawlik wrote:
> [Apologies for duplicate emails]
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> On Thursday, 3 February 2011, at 14:30 (UTC), the Number Resource 
> Organization (NRO), along with the Internet Corporation for Assigned 
> Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet 
> Architecture Board (IAB) will be holding a ceremony and press conference 
> to make a significant announcement and to discuss the global transition 
> to the next generation of Internet addresses.
> 
> Much has been written in the international media over the last few weeks 
> about the dwindling pool of IPv4 Internet addresses, and this topic will 
> be addressed at the event.
> 
> We invite everyone to view the webcast of this event at: 
> http://www.nro.net/news/icann-nro-live-stream
> 
> The event will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami on 
> Thursday. There will be limited public seating available to attend (with 
> press receiving seating priority) in Room “Concourse II” at 09:30 EST 
> for the ceremony and 10:00 EST for the press conference which follows.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Axel Pawlik
> 
> Managing Director
> RIPE NCC