Dear colleagues, We are still accepting presentation proposals for RIPE 69! The deadline for submitting your proposals is 31 August 2014. You can submit proposals for plenary sessions, Birds of a Feather sessions (BoFs), workshops, tutorials, and lightning talks at: https://ripe69.ripe.net/programme/cfp RIPE 69 will take place at the Novotel London West Hotel in London, United Kingdom, from 3-7 November 2014. —————————————— Ticket Options —————————————- Register at: https://ripe69.ripe.net/register Week ticket: EUR 350 Day ticket: EUR 175 Student (week) ticket: EUR 50 ——————————————————————————————————— NEW: Training Course Before RIPE 69 ——————————————————————————————————— A new RIPE NCC training course, “RIPE NCC Presents: IP Address Basics”, will be held in London on Sunday 2 November, just before RIPE 69. This course will be delivered from 10:00-16:00 and will focus on how to obtain, transfer, manage and protect your IP address space. The course is free of charge and open to all. If you are interested in attending, please email training@ripe.net as soon as possible - there are only 40 seats available on a first-come, first-served basis! ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Discounted Room Rates at the RIPE Meeting Venue ——————————————————————————————————————————————— The Novotel London West Hotel is offering RIPE 69 attendees discounted room rates for their stay during the meeting. These exclusive rates are valid until 1 October 2014. Monday-Thursday: £189 (EUR 237) per night Friday-Sunday: £169 (EUR 212) per night Rates include breakfast, WiFi and VAT. More information about booking your hotel, including alternative hotel options located near the meeting venue, is available online: https://ripe69.ripe.net/venue/hotels ——————————————————————————————— RIPE 69 on Twitter and Facebook ——————————————————————————————— Follow @ripemeeting on Twitter and use the hashtag #RIPE69 “Like” the RIPE Meetings page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ripemeetings See you in London in November! Kind regards, Gergana Petrova Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC