Agenda

Location: Technical University Sofia, Block 8, Hall "Tech Arena", Street Rosario 1., Sofia, Bulgaria

Date: Thursday, 18 June 2026

(Time is listed in Sofia Time, UTC+03:00)


10:30 - 11:00	Welcome Coffee
11:00 - 11:20	Opening Remarks Prof. Agata Manolova, Dean of the Faculty of Telecommunications, Technical University of Sofia Hisham Ibrahim, Chief Community Officer, RIPE NCC (video message) Christopher Mondini, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, Europe and Managing Director for Europe, ICANN (video message) Vahan Hovsepyan, RIPE NCC, Senior Community and Public Policy Advisor
11:20 – 11:50	Measuring DNS in the Region with RIPE Atlas Vahan Hovsepyan, RIPE NCC
11:50 - 12:10	KINDS- an Initiative to Promote DNS Operational Best Practices Ulrich Wisser, ICANN
12:10 - 12:40	Analysing Operators’ Routing with RIPEstat and RIS Ties de Kock, RIPE NCC
12:40 - 13:00	Advancing Internet Technologies in SEE: RPKI and IPv6 Uptake Anastasiya Pak, RIPE NCC
13:00 - 14:20	Lunch Break
14:20 - 14:40	ICANN Domain Metrica, OCTO Security, Stability, and Resiliency Research Ulrich Wisser, ICANN
14:40 - 15:10	Reviewing SEE Internet Resilience Hanna Kreitem, Internet Society
15:10 - 15:30	L-root Traffic in Bulgaria Ulrich Wisser, ICANN
15:30-16:30	From Network Measurements to Robustness Assessment: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective Assist. Prof. Viktor Stoynov, PhD, Faculty of telecommunications, Technical University of Sofia
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00-17:20	Getting Involved in the RIPE Community Gergana Petrova, RIPE NCC
17:20-17:40	ICANN NextGen, ICANN Fellowship Ulrich Wisser, ICANN
17:40-18:00	ISOC (Early Career, Mid Career, IETF, Youth Ambassador, Community, Peering, NDSS, Pulse Research Fellowships) Hanna Kreitem, ISOC