<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Dear friends and colleagues,</font><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">The RIPE NCC is hosting its first IoT hackathon </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">(Internet of Things) on the weekend of 12-13 October in Rotterdam.</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">The two-day event is aimed at developing IoT technologies and providing </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">a platform for the community to collaborate, experiment and gain </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">hands-on experience in developing IoT solutions. We have decided to </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">combine the hackathon with the RIPE Meeting that will take place from </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">14-18 October, also in Rotterdam: </span><a href="http://ripe79.ripe.net" style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">http://ripe79.ripe.net</a><div class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">We are looking for participants that are passionate (or sceptical!) </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">about IoT and want to work on real-life, practical projects. That means </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">we are looking for people from a variety of backgrounds. Applications </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">are open for back-end and front-end developers, product owners, product</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">managers, UX experts, innovators, network operators, hackers...</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">If you would like to take part in the hackathon, you can apply at:</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><a href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/iot-hackathon-rotterdam-2019/" style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/iot-hackathon-rotterdam-2019/</a><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">The application deadline is *1 September 2019.*</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">You can find more information about the event on RIPE Labs:</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/iot-hackathon-at-ripe-79-in-rotterdam" style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/iot-hackathon-at-ripe-79-in-rotterdam</a><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><div class="">
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