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As part of its efforts to promote the creation of synergies and initiatives for the construction of an open, secure and stable Internet, since 2002 LACNIC organizes two annual meetings for the Latin American and Caribbean Internet community.

These meetings bring together more than 400 experienced professionals from leading Internet organizations as well as government, academia and civil society representatives.

LACNIC events have become essential for the Latin American and Caribbean Internet community, a regional meeting place for multistakeholder dialogue, high-level technical training, and the discussion of topics that are of the greatest interest to the Internet community.

Over its more than 13 years of history, LACNIC has held twenty-five events and would like to celebrate this with the community by reviewing some of their highlights.

LACNIC 1

December 2000 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • First Open Policy Meeting in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • LACNIC is in the process of being created as an RIR operating under ARIN's supervision. During this first event, ARIN representatives present a document to support LACNIC in the process
  • High-level ICANN and ARIN representatives participate in the meeting, as well as public and private agency representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia and Cuba.

LACNIC 2

November 2001 - Sao Paulo, Brasil

  • First RIR Update at a LACNIC event
  • LACNIC submits to ICANN its request to be recognized as an RIR, along with a transition plan and a description of future activities.

LACNIC 3

November 2002 - Ciudad de México, México

  • First LACNIC event after the organization's official recognition as the fourth existing RIR.

LACNIC 4

April 2003 - Santiago de Chile, Chile

  • First LACNIC Member Assembly. Members of the Fiscal and Electoral Commissions are elected for the first time.

LACNIC 5

November 2003 - La Habana, Cuba

  • The NRO Executive Council is established, a coordination body made up by the CEOs of the four existing RIRs (APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, RIPE NCC). A representative of AfriNIC (an emerging RIR) participates as an observer.

LACNIC 6

March 2004 - Montevideo, Uruguay

  • Adoption of the policy development process discussed by the LACNIC community at the Public Policy Forum.
  • ISC and LACNIC sign an agreement for installing mirror copies of the F root server in the region.
  • First Latin American IPv6 Forum, FLIP-6.

LACNIC 7

October 2004 - San José, Costa Rica

  • Round Table on Spam with the participation of ISP representatives, attorneys and technical experts.

LACNIC 8

June 2005 - Lima, Perú

  • The LACNIC Sponsorship Program is launched and provides financial support to 23 members of the community so that they can attend the meeting

LACNIC 9

May 2006 - Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

  • First (Network Security Event for Latin America and the Caribbean)
  • During the Public Policy Forum, the community approves the policy on 2-bit ASN assignment.

LACNIC 10

May 2007 - Isla Margarita, Venezuela

  • More than 320 participants attend the meeting. The turnout for LACNIC 25 nearly doubles that of prior LACNIC events.

LACNIC 11

May 2008 - Salvador de Bahia, Brasil

  • First LACNIC meeting in Brazil, after which participation of the Brazilian community increases significantly.

LACNIC 12

May 2009 - Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

  • A new membership structure is approved that considers IPv4 assignments together with IPv6 assignments.
  • Representatives of ten Latin American and Caribbean governments meet for the first time and agree to create a working group under the LACNIC umbrella.

LACNIC 13

May 2010 - Willemstad, Curaçao

  • First LACNIC meeting in a non-Spanish speaking Caribbean territory.
  • First joint general session with LACTLD.
  • LACNIC, ISC and AHTIC sign an agreement for installing a root server in Panama.

LACNIC 14

October 2010 - San Pablo, Brasil

  • First LACNIC event organized jointly with the First Latin American and Caribbean Network Operators Forum (LACNOG). LACNIC returns to the two-meetings-a-year format.

LACNIC 15

May 2011 - Cancún, México

  • First Internet Exchange Point operator meeting at a LACNIC event.
  • Agreement to create a new regional organization: LAC-IX.

LACNIC 16

October 2011 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • First Regional Latin American and Caribbean meeting of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) at a LACNIC meeting.
  • Debut of face-to-face meetings between LACNIC members and staff

LACNIC 17

May 2012 - Quito, Ecuador

  • First Women and IT meeting at a LACNIC event.

LACNIC 18

October 2012 - Montevideo, Uruguay

  • LACNIC celebrates its 10th anniversary with a meeting in Montevideo, home to the organization's headquarters.
  • Tributes and awards are presented to those who contributed to the creation of LACNIC and worked to further the organization's growth and consolidation.

LACNIC 19

May 2013 - Medellín, Colombia
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  • LACNIC, AEPROVI, CISCO and ANDEAN sign an agreement to help strengthen Internet routing system technology and security.
  • LACNIC and the OAS sign a Cybersecurity Agreement.

LACNIC 20

October 2013 - Curaçao
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  • First meeting of the Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) at a LACNIC event.
  • LACNIC announces it has already assigned 2,000 IPv6 address blocks.

LACNIC 21

May 2014 - Cancún , México
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  • The panel on The Future of Internet Technical Coordination after the NTIA Announcement creates a space for the regional community to obtain information and discuss the stewardship of functions related to various critical Internet resources.
  • Two IETF groups meet at a LACNIC event for the first time: the IAB and the IESG.
  • Tribute to Raúl Echeberría at his last event as LACNIC CEO.

LACNIC 22

October 2014 - Santiago de Chile, Chile
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  • Presentation of the LACNIC WARP (Warning Advice and Reporting Point), a team created to coordinate and facilitate cybersecurity incident handling in the region.

LACNIC 23

May 2015 - Lima, Perú
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  • Great turnout at the first Peering Tutorial.

LACNIC 24

September 2015 - Bogotá, Colombia
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  • Presentation of the LACNIC Campus, the organization's e-learning platform.
  • First panel on intra-regional resource transfers.

LACNIC 25

May 2016 - La Habana, Cuba
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