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**Final reminder: RACI applications close Monday, 3 August** Are you interested in presenting your research to the #RIPE community at the upcoming meeting in Sofia? If travel costs are the only thing standing in your way, #RACI programme can help! #RACI provides funding for researchers and students to share their work with network operators and industry experts at #RIPE Meetings. It is a valuable opportunity to connect research with real world Internet operations. Submit your draft proposal here: https://www.ripe.net/raci/

We have a venue. MDNOG 1 will be held at Digital Park, in the centre of Chisinau. When you start a network operators group from nothing, every "first" matters, and the room you choose says something about what you're building. We wanted the first MDNOG in a working tech campus rather than a hotel ballroom: a place with real conference space, the largest data centre in the country on site, and a five-minute walk to the middle of Chisinau for everyone flying in. Digital Park, Chisinau, str. Mihai Viteazul 15, on 8 and 9 October 2026. Two days. One room. The people who keep Moldova's internet running, plus friends coming in from Romania, Ukraine, the Baltics and further out. If you've been to a NOG before, you know the format: peer-reviewed talks, no sales pitches from the stage, the real conversations happening in the hallway between sessions. If you haven't, this is a good first one to come to. A quick honest word on where we are. The community has grown past 100 members. RIPE NCC, ICANN and the Global NOG Alliance are behind the event. We have sponsors confirmed and more in conversation, and we'll name them over the coming weeks as each one is signed. The call for papers is open now, and we mean this plainly, we would rather have your talk than your registration. If you run a network and you've solved something worth sharing, or broken something worth warning people about, send it in. Half our agenda is still open, and we're reading. More announcements coming soon!

What can RIPE Atlas Anchors reveal about your network during a disruption❓ ⚓ Join our RIPE NCC Open House, A Deep Dive into RIPE Atlas Anchors, this Thursday to see a live demo, learn what it takes to host an anchor and ask your installation questions. The session is open to everyone. We particularly encourage participants from North Africa, the Southern Caucasus and Central Asia to join us and explore how better anchor coverage can improve visibility in their networks and regions. Know someone living in one of these regions? Share this session with them! 🗓️ 30 July ⏰ 14:00–15:30 CEST 👉 Register for the Open House: https://lnkd.in/erfjCYMk

The RIPE Labs Article Competition is back! 📝 Have insights, research or experiences that would like to share with the Internet community? Submit your story on RIPE Labs for a chance to join us at #RIPE93. What kinds of articles do we accept❓ We welcome articles for people who help operate the Internet. Topics can include: 🔹 Operational insights from network experts 🔹 Current Internet research 🔹 New tools for Internet measurement or development 🔹 Stories about the Internet’s history and growth 🔹 Commentary on how the Internet is changing The winner will receive a free trip to the RIPE Meeting, including travel, accommodation and a meeting ticket. 🏆 🗓️ Deadline: 2 September 2026 👉 Read the competition rules and submit your article: https://lnkd.in/eHiYFmXw