Dear colleagues, together with Euro-IX, Comcast and ISOC, the RIPE NCC is hosting a hackathon in the weekend before RIPE73, in Madrid. For a change, the event will *not* be focused on RIPE Atlas _only_, but on IXP-related-tools. In addition to RIPE Atlas data, we will use RIS data, PeeringDB data, existing software tools that deal with IXP-data-integration (such as IXP manager, IXP-Countri-Jedi...) in order to solve some of the challenges that operators have when making peering decisions, and to illustrate the impact of IXPs on the Internet routing and connectivity. We are looking for designers and developers, students and network operators, and of course colleagues from IXPs, to work together on hacking the new & old toolsets and visualizations! All source code developed during the hackathon will be publicly licensed and available on GitHub, and will be free for the entire community to use. -------------------- How to Apply -------------------- Interested? Learn more and apply online today! https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/ixp-tools/#!application-form *The application deadline is 15 September* Thanks to our generous sponsors, there is a limited travel funding available for certain categories of applicants. Please find more in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/announcing-the-ixp-tools... We look forward to seeing you there! Regards, Vesna