[meetings] RIPE 69 Meeting Update: Deadlines Approaching

Dear colleagues,

RIPE 69 takes place at the Novotel London West Hotel in London from 3-7 
November 2014.

https://ripe69.ripe.net/register

--------------------
Discount Hotel Rooms
--------------------
The discounted rate on the hotel rooms of Novotel London West will 
expire a week from now, so make your booking soon! The rates are £ 179 
per night Monday-Thursday and £ 159 per night Friday-Sunday.

The rate includes breakfast, WiFi, VAT and city tax (single occupancy). 
Deadline for booking is 3 October.

You can find booking information and a selection of other hotel options 
near the meeting venue at:
https://ripe69.ripe.net/venue/hotels

---------
Programme
---------
A draft meeting programme is now available:
https://ripe69.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/draft-programme/

There is one week left to submit proposals to the Programme Committee. 
So if you want to submit a plenary presentation or proposal for a BoF, 
workshop or tutorial, please make your submission by 1 October.

More information can be found at:
https://ripe69.ripe.net/programme/important-dates/

----
RACI
----
The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) attracted nearly 40 
applications for RIPE 69. After careful consideration, the committee 
selected the following six winners:

- Grzegorz Jereczek, CERN/Maynooth University, Data Acquisition Networks 
for Large Experiments
- Roberto di Lallo, Roma Tre University, IXPs: Is De-peering the Right 
Choice?
- Qasim Lone, Delft University of Technology, Towards Incentivizing ISPs 
To Mitigate Botnets
- Uta Meier-Hahn, Alexander v. Humboldt Institute for Internet and 
Society, The Social Side of Internet Interconnection
- Alberto Rodriguez-Natal, Technical University of Catalonia, LISPmob: a 
Flexible LISP Implementation
- Dr. Tatiana Tropina, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and 
International Criminal Law, Recent Developments of Cybersecurity 
Legislation in the EU: From Voluntary Approaches Back to Regulation?

These talented academics will present their work either during the 
regular meeting programme or at a special RACI BoF that will be 
organised during the meeting week. We hope you will attend.

https://ripe69.ripe.net/programme/raci/

------------
Social Media
------------

To stay up-to-date with all RIPE Meeting updates, follow us on Twitter:
@ripemeeting, #RIPE68

Or join the Facebook RIPE Meetings page:
https://www.facebook.com/ripemeetings

See you in London in November!

Best regards,

Gergana Petrova
Conference Coordinator
RIPE NCC