2024 Annual Meeting

This year our annual meeting was held at Cisco Meraki in London, on 19th November 2024.

Agenda & Timing

09:30 – 10:00 Tea and Coffee

10:00 – 12:00 Morning session 1

    • Opening – 10th Anniversary of the UK IPv6 Council – Veronika McKillop [slides] [video]
    • IPv6-only with IPv4aaS Using MAP-T – Richard Patterson (Sky) [slides] [video]
    • Vodafone  IPv6 deployment for Consumer Broadband – Kester Paine (Vodafone) [slides][video]
    • Hosting the UK IPv6 Council: An IPv6 Operations Tale – Jeffry Handal (Cisco Meraki) [slides] [video]
    • IPv4 Market Update – Paulius Judickas (IPXO) [slides]

    12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

    13:00 – 15:00 Afternoon session 1

      • IPv6 News from the IETF – Eric Vyncke (IETF) [slides] [video]
      • IPv6 in Windows Then and Now – Tommy Jensen (Microsoft) [slides] [video]
      • IPv6-mostly at Imperial College London – David Stockdale (Imperial College London) [slides] [video]
      • How to implement IPv6 in very large organizations – Wilhelm Boeddinghaus (Route 128) [slides] [video]

      15:00 – 15:30 Tea & Coffee

      15:30 – 17:30 Afternoon session 2

        • On the way to IPv6-only household – Pavel Odintsov (FastNetMon) [slides] [video]
        • IPv6 Deployment for Small/Medium Businesses – Tim Bray [slides] [video]
        • IPv6 Security Best Practices and the Future of Cyber Defence – David Kennedy (Arkenox) [slides] [video]
        • UK IPv6 Council 10th Anniversary panel discussion [slides] [video]
        • Closing

      If you have any questions about the event please email contact at ipv6.org.uk.

      Our thanks go to Cisco Meraki for hosting us this year.

       

      Autumn 2024 Roundtable

      Date: Thursday 12 September

      Time: 1.00pm arrivals for 1.30pm start, ending at around 5.00pm

      Venue: Jisc, 6th Floor Broadhurst House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

      We are holding this roundtable in Manchester to make it easier for people who might normally find it harder to get to a London meeting to join us.

      Registration is open (max 20 places) at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-ipv6-council-autumn-roundtable-manchester-tickets-990864561577?aff=oddtdtcreator.

      Roundtable Agenda

      This event is in-person ONLY and no remote attendance option will be available.

      13:00 – 13:30 Arrivals, tea & coffee

      13:30 – 15:00 Afternoon session 1

      • Introductions
      • Deployment reports from attendees
      • A brief update on IETF topics at IETF 120 in July
      • IPv6 home networking – How ISPs can ensure users maximise the potential benefits of IPv6 (current challenges seen with a typical ISP IPv6 deployment on home routers)

      15:00 – 15:30 Tea & Coffee

      15:30 – 17:00 Afternoon session 2

      • Open discussion – other topics attendees wish to raise (e.g. IPv6 Multihoming, Developing software with IPv6)
      • Future priorities for the IPv6 Council

      NetMcr @ 7pm

      Note also that there is a NetMcr meeting at 7pm in the evening, at the Fierce Bar, 57 Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1NA, less than a mile from the Jisc offices.

      People attending the roundtable are welcome to join NetMcr. See the NetMcr web site for more details.

      Map of route from the Jisc offices to the NetMcr venue:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/tJCnyNvCiis1Vo8K8.

      IPv6 Council Annual Meeting 2022

      The UK IPv6 Council held its 2022 annual meeting at Meta/Facebook’s offices in London on Monday 28 November.

      During the meeting, we covered a wide range of IPv6-related topics.

      Agenda

      10:00 Arrivals (refreshments provided)

      Morning session

      10:30 – 10:50 Welcome & UK IPv6 Update – Veronika McKillop (UK IPv6 Council) [slides] [video]

      10:50 – 11:00 UK Universities & IPv6 – Tim Chown (Jisc) [slides] [video]

      11:00 – 11: 30 IPv6 Task Force France – Jean-Charles Bisecco (IPv6 Task Force France) [slides] [video]

      11:30 – 12:00 Jim Bound IPv6 Awards (UK IPv6 Council) [slides] [video]

       

      12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (provided)

       

      Afternoon session 1

      13:00 – 13:15 10 Years of IPv6 from RIPE NCC perspective – Ondrej Caletka (RIPE NCC) [slides] [video]

      13:15 – 13:45 ISP updates – Brandon Spendlove (YouFibre), Chris Hills (Brsk) [slides] [video]

      13:45 – 14:30 CGN panel – Richard Patterson (Sky), Dave Richards/Tom Hill (BT), Charlie Huggan (Toob), Andy Gatward (Community Fibre) [slides] [video]

       

      14:30 – 15:00 Break (refreshments provided)

       

      Afternoon session 2

      15:00 – 15:30 AWS & IPv6 – Alexandra Huides (AWS) [slides] [video]

      15:30 – 16:00 Dual Stack is Rubbish, IPv6 only hosting part 2 – Pete Stevens (Mythic Beasts) [slides] [video]

      16:00 – 16:30 GridPP/WLCG & LHC IPv6 – David Kelsey (STFC-RAL) [slides] [video]

      16:30 – 17:15 10 years since World IPv6 Launch panel – Ondrej Caletka (RIPE NCC), Ian Dickinson (Vitrifi), Pete Stevens (Mythic Beasts), Jan Zorz (6Connect) [slides] [video]

       

      17:15 Wrap up and close

      For the after-meeting social, we will relocate to The Wheatsheaf next to the Meta/Facebook office.