Sander Steffann – Global NOG Alliance Update
Sander has been involved in the internet since 1995, when he helped a friend start a small ISP. He was a founding board member of the Netherlands IPv6 Foundation, NLNOG, and the Global NOG Alliance.
Sander has been an involved member of the RIPE community since RIPE 49 in Manchester (2004). He served as one of the RIPE Address Policy Working Group co-chairs from RIPE 54 in Tallinn (2007) to RIPE 76 in Marseille (2018), and was also part of the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel.
Sander’s background is in Computer Science, with a Master’s degree from the University of Twente, focused on communication-related topics such as protocol design, implementation, and validation, along with some graph theory. Since 2010, he has worked as an independent consultant advising enterprises and service providers on network architecture and IPv6 deployment, ranging from short training sessions to full network automation workflows. In the summer of 2025, Sander started working part-time for Hilco as part of the ProVision team, which provides DDI software, anycast DNS, and professional services for network management.
At BalticNOG 2026, Sander returns with “Global NOG Alliance Update,” a look at where the Global NOG Alliance stands and what’s ahead for the network of NOG communities it connects.
Why You Shouldn’t Miss This Talk
As a founding board member of the Global NOG Alliance, Sander is one of the best-placed people to give this update, and BalticNOG itself is part of that wider network of NOGs. If you want to know what’s happening across the broader NOG community beyond the Baltics, this is the talk to catch.
đź“… When: 23-24 September 2026
đź“Ť Where: BalticNOG 2026, Riga, Latvia
đź”— Don’t miss BalticNOG! Register today: https://balticnog.org/tickets/
