IETF 95 in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 3-8, 2016 Meeting Venue: Hilton Buenos Aires Register: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/register.html Important Deadlines & Registration Fees: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/important-dates-2016.html Accommodation Details: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html 1. Hotel Reservation Deadlines 2. Letters of Invitation 3. Sponsorships Available 4. Hackathon Registration 5. Code Sprint 6. Meeting Wiki ======================================================== 1. Hotel Reservation Deadlines Please note the below reservation deadlines and plan accordingly. a. Hilton Buenos Aires - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#hilton A limited number of rooms are now available at the Hilton Buenos Aires. b. Holiday Inn Express Puerto Madero - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#holidayinn Reservation cutoff: EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 c. Sheraton Buenos Aires - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#sheraton Reservations cutoff: March 1 d. InterContinental BA - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#intercon Reservations cutoff: March 1 e. Sheraton Libertador - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#sheratonlib Reservations cutoff: March 4 f. NH Florida - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#Florida Reservations cutoff: March 8 (NOTE: Reservations by Phone or email only) g. NH 9 de Julio - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#Julio Reservations cutoff: March 8 (NOTE: Reservations by Phone or email only) h. City Hotel NH - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#City Reservations cutoff: March 8 (NOTE: Reservations by Phone or email only) i. NH Collection Lancaster - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#Lancaster Reservations cutoff: March 8 (NOTE: Reservations by Phone or email only) j. Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires - http://ietf.org/meeting/95/hotel.html#Plaza Reservations cutoff: March 15 2. Letters of Invitation Information regarding visa requirements for Argentina: http://www.migraciones.gov.ar/accesibleingles/?visas Local Letters of Invitation: Letters Requested Prior to February 15th: If you requested a local letter of invitation prior to February 15th, your visa application process does not require a local letter of invitation. You should have received an email detailing the process to secure your visa. If you did not receive this email, please send a message to ietf95-visa@xxxxxxxx. Letters Requested After February 15th: You will need a local letter of invitation from CABASE to process your visa application. The IETF has arranged a visa process for attendees that does not require a hard copy local letter of invitation. The electronic version that you print will be sufficient. Please use the link in your IETF registration confirmation email to request this letter. If you have not yet registered for the meeting, you will be able to generate a letter during the registration process. 3. Sponsorships Available Information about sponsorships for the first-ever IETF meeting in Latin America, during the 30th anniversary of the IETF can be found here: http://iaoc.ietf.org/host-and-sponsorship.html 4. Hackathon Information The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is holding a Hackathon at IETF 95 to encourage developers to discuss, collaborate and develop utilities, ideas, sample code and solutions that show practical implementations of IETF standards. When: Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3 Where: Hilton Buenos Aires, Room: TBD Signup for the Hackathon: https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf95/hackathonregistration.py More information can be found here: http://ietf.org/hackathon/95-hackathon.html Keep up to date by subscribing to: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon The Hackathon is free to attend and open to all. Extend the invitation to colleagues outside the IETF! Here’s what happened at the Hackathon in Yokohama at IETF 94 (blog post): https://communities.cisco.com/community/developer/opensource/blog/2015/11/12/ietf-94-hackathon-open-source-and-open-standards-in-yokohama These brief videos from the IETF 93 Hackathon in Prague explain more about how IETF Hackathons work: https://youtu.be/emZ-pIJLDlg?list=PLC86T-6ZTP5g87jdxNqdWV5475U-yEE8M To see the current list of technologies planned for the IETF 95 Hackathon, or to volunteer to champion additional technologies, visit the IETF 95 Meeting Wiki: https://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/95hackathon 5. Code Sprint The IETF 95 Code Sprint in Yokohama will, as always, let you work on fixing those things about the datatracker which you most urgently desire to do something about. When: Saturday April 2 from 09:30 to 18:00 Where: Hilton Buenos Aires, Room TBD Mailing List: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/codesprints For information on setting up your environment, code checkout and commit, etc., see: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/SprintCoderSetup The Sprint will be run according to the IETFSprintHowto: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/IETFSprintHowto 6. Meeting Wiki The IETF 95 meeting wiki (Your Wiki) has been created to exchange information regarding IETF 95. Your IETF 95 (Buenos Aires) wiki can be found here: http://www.ietf.org/registration/MeetingWiki/wiki/ietf95 and is also accessible from the Yokohama meeting page (http://www.ietf.org/meeting/95/index.html) on the IETF website. To create an account, click ‘Login’ at the bottom of the wiki and then ‘Register’. If you have forgotten your password, you may reset it with the "Send new password" link.