The IAOC is pleased to announce the IETF will be returning to Berlin for IETF 96, July 17 - 22, 2016. If you attended IETF 87 in Berlin you were asked in the meeting survey whether you would like to return to the Berlin InterContinental for an IETF meeting. 96% of the respondents said Yes! We are happy to oblige! We are looking for a Host and some sponsors for this meeting. Contact Drew Dvorshak, dvorshak at isoc.org, if you have any interest. Other News - IETFs 95, 96 & 97 in 2016 The IAOC adopted a policy that we would select the IETF meeting venues three years in advance. So, ordinarily we would have made announcements for the first 2 of the 3 meetings for 2016 in 2013, but 2013 turned out to be a challenging year for contracting. The target regions for 2016 were Europe, the Americas, and Asia in that order, and work began early in the year to identify and qualify venues for those regions. Typically, arrangements for the third meeting carry over into the first quarter of the next year. There was interest in having an IETF meeting in Latin America. Due diligence included a site visit there in late February, followed by a Meetings Committee and IAOC review of the feasibility, and a decision to discuss the possibility with the community was made by the IAOC. The IAOC authorized negotiations in Buenos Aires to began in earnest on 20 June for IETF 95 in April 2016 after receiving feedback from the community from a survey and comments on the list. I wish I could tell you that we have a contract. However, economic uncertainty in the country, among other things, has made it difficult to close on a deal. But we are still at it, including looking at other options in Buenos Aires. Moving the Americas to April meant we needed to move Europe to July 2016. The successful meeting in Berlin and the attendees strong desire to return greatly influenced the decision to return. However, we could not close on a contract with the hotel until all the VAT administrative work was completed and that didn’t happen until 19 December. As for Asia I expect we will have something to announce at or before IETF 90 in Toronto. Only 26 days until IETF 89 in London! Register here: <https://www.ietf.org/meeting/89/index.html>. See you there! Ray Pelletier IETF Administrative Director 2014 IETF 89 London Hilton Metropole March 2 - 7 Host: ICANN IETF 90 Toronto Fairmont Royal York Hotel July 20 - 25 Host: In Discussions IETF 91 Honolulu Hilton Hawaiian Village Nov 9 - 14 Host: Cisco 2015 IETF 92 Dallas March 22 - 27 Host: Your Name Here IETF 93 Prague July 19 - 24 Host: Your Name Here IETF 94 Yokohama Nov 1 - 6 Host: WIDE
