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