The program

Meeting Point: Lobby of Hotel Puerta América
Address: Avenida de América, 41, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Time: 11:00
Lunch Place/ Time: Plaza de España/ 13:30
 

ESpanix are kindly offering a tour of Madrid city center followed by lunch at the Plaza de España.

Some of the sights you can expect to visit include a typical tour of Madrid’s city centre takes you through the city’s main squares, streets, and landmarks:

• Puerta del Sol, the bustling heart of Madrid

• Plaza Mayor, known for its arcades, cafés, and history

• Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral nearby

• Gran Vía, the city’s main shopping and theatre street

• Plaza de España and its monument to Cervantes

• El Retiro Park or the Prado Museum for art and relaxation

NOTE: Participation in this tour requires prior registration

Depending on interest, our hosts are offering a visit of the ESpanix Data Center from 15:30 to 17:00, for 30 people maximum on a first come, first served basis. If you would like to register for this tour, please email secretariat@euroix.net.

This technical workshop is about deployment of DCO (digital coherent optics) transceivers in modern networks. We want to cover the following topics:

• Transceiver hardware for Coherent transmission and 400GE and beyond
• Optical interface and standards
• Means for overcoming physical limitations and how to configure them
• Deployment in the real world

The workshop presenters will be representatives of Arista, BCIX, Flexoptix, Nokia and Smartoptics

Participants should have technical experience with network devices and some traditional transceivers (10G, 100G, 400G). More experienced technicians are welcome to share their experience.

Venue: Hotel Puerta América
Address: Avenida de América, 41, 28002 Madrid. Spain
Time: 19:00 - 22:00

We will kick off the forum with a social event on Sunday evening at Hotel Puerta América, in SkyNight on the 13th floor.

This will include canapes and drinks, and an opportunity to meet with old and new colleagues from the IXP industry.

Everyone is welcome to join!

The Running Working Group meets at 7:00am. All attendees are welcome to join. This is a casual way to connect with others while getting in some early movement!

If you haven't had a chance to collect your badge and lanyard on Sunday, you can now collect it. 

• Welcome address and overview of the agenda and objectives

• Welcome from the hosts

• Fellowships, IXPs and Patrons introduce themselves (max 2 mins each)

1. Opening of 49th General Meeting of Euro-IX

2. Agenda Approval

3. 48th General Meeting minutes

4. Update on the company’s affairs

5. Presentation of the 2026 Budget

6. Membership Fees

   1. Approval of the 2026 Membership Fees

7. Amendments of Euro-IX Articles of Association

8. Address from Board Director nominees and voting format

9. Standing down of Board Members

   1. Cristian Copcea

   2. Eileen Gallagher

   3. Ondřej Filip

10. Voting on Resolutions and for Executive Board

    1. Resolutions: That the Euro-IX Articles of Association be amended as proposed by the Board

    2. Resolution: Executive Board voting: The Euro-IX Executive Board election is to fill three seats.

11. Announcement of the results

12. Any other business

13. Closing and next General Meeting date 

Venue: Quinto Elemento
Address: C. de Atocha, 125, 7º, Centro, 28012 Madrid, Spain
Time:

• 18:30 Shuttle from Hotel Puerta America
• 18:45 – 19:45 Welcome Drinks
• 19:45 - 21:45 Dinner
• 22:30 Return Shuttle

Join us for an amzing evening on Monday, at Quinto Elemento!

The philosophy of the restaurant is gorunded in its name; the entire universe is made up of four elements:
EARTH, FIRE, WATER AND AIR. There is a fifth element that complements and gives meaning to all the others:
Some call them energy, others soul and some happiness. Welcome to fifthelement. 

Located on the seventh floor of the emblematic building at 125 Atocha Street in Madrid, in the heart of the capital's art triangle, is quintoelemento. A unique proposal in the city, immersive, avant-garde and different where you can let yourself be carried away by the ambience, the traveling flavors of the highest gastronomy or by a surprising signature cocktail bar.

Quinto Elemento has a futuristic rooftop with a retractable dome from where you can almost touch the stars of the capital or take a virtual walk in high definition.

The Running Working Group meets at 7:00am. All attendees are welcome to join. This is a casual way to connect with others while getting in some early movement!

Seize the chance to engage with your peers in the peering community and arrange individual meetings.