Biographies of Speakers

Biography of Rob Blokzijl

Rob Blozkijl is a founding member of RIPE, the European open forum for IP networking. Since its foundation in 1989, he has been chairman of this organisation, and was instrumental in the creation of RIPE NCC in 1992 as the first Regional Internet Registry in the world.

Prior to this, he has been active in building networks for the particle physics community in Europe.

Rob Blokzijl graduated from the University of Amsterdam (1970) and holds a doctorate in experimental physics from the same university (1977). He is currently employed by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics (NIKHEF).

Rob was selected for the ICANN Board by the Address Supporting Organization.