- 6 February: Call for Presentations issued
- 12 March: Deadline to submit a talk
- 20 March: Second Call for Presentations issued
- 20 March: Draft programme published
- 16 April: Second deadline to submit a talk
- 24 April: Final programme published
- 8 May: Mentoring Closes
- 8-14 May: Lightning Talks submissions accepted
- 15 May: Deadline to send recorded presentations to be published on the website
- 22-26 May: RIPE 86 takes place in Rotterdam
