World IPv6 Day – Jun 8 – Wrap up meetup at NYU

On 8 June, 2011, the Internet Society will present World IPv6 Day (http://www.worldipv6day.org/).

Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organisations (http://www.worldipv6day.org/participants/index.html) that will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour “test flight”. The goal of the Test Flight Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out.

Since the day is based on UTC it will conclude at 8pm EDT. ISOC-NY will present an informal wrap up meetup at NYU starting at 7pm EDT. Among those who have promised to attend will be Sagi Brody of Webair (http://www.webair.com/) who will give a brief talk on that company’s IPv6 implementation efforts.

What: World IPv6 Day – Test Flight post-game meetup
When: Wednesday June 8, 2011 - 7pm-8.30pm
Where: Courant Institute NYU, Rm 201, 251 Mercer St. NYC
Who: Free. Public welcome, especially network admins!
Hashtags: #worldipv6day (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23worldipv6day) ; #ipv6 (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23ipv6)

Useful links:

Internet Society Press Release (http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2902) Verizon Press Release (http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2011/verizon-to-participate-in.html?utm_source=ISOC-NY) Hurricane Electric Press Release (http://blog.he.net/2011/03/03/world-ipv6-day) http://www.fix6.net/ blog test-ipv6.com (http://test-ipv6.com/) Check your connectivity ipv6-test.com (http://ipv6-test.com/) Also validates websites Wikipedia: World IPv6 Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_IPv6_Day) Cisco: World IPv6 Day – IPv6 Transition (https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/network-infrastructure/ipv6-transition) Vint Cerf Wants You to Use IPv6 (http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?attachment_id=2161).