We just visited the RIPE SEE regional meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, now organised for the 14th time. More than 200 attendees from across the South East Europe Internet community gathered for two days of technical discussions, operational knowledge sharing and regional networking.
Held on 21–22 April 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Belgrade, the event continued the RIPE tradition of regional meetings that help connect operators, engineers, policymakers and Internet organisations through open collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Here's our recap of the event and what stood out.
What is SEE?
SEE is the RIPE regional meeting for South East Europe. It brings the RIPE community closer to local operators and organisations, creating a forum to discuss regional infrastructure priorities, routing security, resilience and Internet growth.
These meetings are especially valuable because they connect engineers working on real operational challenges and help strengthen relationships across networks, IXPs, regulators and service providers.
Key themes from SEE 14
This year’s programme covered a broad range of topics relevant to network operators and infrastructure teams.
Routing security and protocol development featured strongly, with sessions on Segment Routing for IPv6 (SRv6), Autonomous System Provider Authorisation (ASPA), RPKI Route Origin Validation (ROV), BMP and BGP maximum-prefix controls.
Attendees also heard updates from the RIPE NCC and RIPE community, alongside operational talks covering:
- DNS measurement and DNS4EU analysis using RIPE Atlas
- Data centre power usage effectiveness (PUE) and AI workload impact
- DNS software security research
- WHOIS and legacy protocol discussions
- Satellite and terrestrial network integration
- Regional IXP traffic patterns and expansion initiatives
- Telemetry and LAN automation
- Data centre operations and recursive DNS services
Lightning talks added practical insights from engineers working directly on infrastructure, documentation and automation projects across the region.
Strong regional support
SEE 14 was made possible with the support of the local hosts:
- Serbian Open eXchange
- Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS)
- RATEL – Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services
Their collaboration helped deliver another successful gathering for the South East Europe Internet community.
Looking ahead
Our next RIPE event will be the main RIPE Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, where the wider community will gather again to discuss the future of Internet operations and infrastructure.
We also look forward to attending more regional meetings like SEE. South East Europe remains one of the most vibrant parts of the community, with strong engineering expertise, practical operational insight and valuable knowledge sharing.
