RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Middle East, Dubai, 7-9 December 2003

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Middle 
East, to be held 7-9 December 2003 at the Metropolitan Palace Hotel, Dubai, 
U.A.E. Registration for the Regional Meeting opens 8 October 2003.

Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open and free of charge. 
However, attendees are responsible to cover their own travel and 
accommodation costs.

To register, please see:

http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/dubai-reg

The RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will focus on Internet resource allocation 
and Internet management issues including:

- How to participate in and influence IP address management policy-making;

- The industry self-regulatory open structures and processes used by the
  RIPE NCC and the global Internet community;

- Are we running out of IPv4 address space?

- Root name server operations: who is involved?

- Domain Name management on the Internet;

- The internationalisation of Domain Names.

The Regional Meeting draft agenda can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/dubai-2003/plan.html

RIPE and the RIPE NCC will explain their roles in the administration of the 
Internet infrastructure as well as specific aspects in managing and 
operating the Internet infrastructure. The discussions will be directly 
related to the particular needs and concerns surrounding these issues in 
the Middle East region.

The current meeting agenda reflects our intentions. However, it requires 
active participation from the local community to discuss specific issues of 
the region. The RIPE NCC has reserved several presentation opportunities 
for those with local knowledge of Internet management and operational 
issues affecting the Middle East. If your organisation wishes to provide a 
presentation or suggest a relevant topic, please send your proposal by 
e-mail to:

<contact at ripe.net>

The RIPE NCC is one of four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that 
provide Internet resource allocation, registration services and 
co-ordination activities that support the operation of the Internet 
globally. The RIPE NCC is an independent, not-for-profit membership 
organisation that provides services to members in its service region 
currently covering Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and African 
countries located north of the equator.

Any further questions about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Middle East can 
be sent directly to: <contact at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Sabrina Wilmot
Membership Liaison Officer
RIPE NCC