// Solution 01
LIVE — DKNOG 2026 running now
CtxEvent

The complete event management platform built for NOGs and the peering community. Registration, CfP, check-in, sponsor management and security — all under one roof. Zero vendor lock-in, self-hosted on your infrastructure.

Free for NOG organisers.  Always.
ctxevent — bash — 80×24
ctx@prod:~$ ctxevent status --event=dknog-2026

■ DKNOG 2026 — Peering & Routing Meeting
Status: PUBLISHED
Participants: 187 registered · 12 checked in
CfP: 22 submitted · 9 accepted · 4 pending review
Check-in: LIVE · 3 staff · 2FA enforced
Security: GREEN · AIDE OK · 0 bans · rate-limit active
Telegram: ACTIVE · 0 incidents this week
Matching AI: BETA · feedback-loop active · 14 feedbacks
CtxKnowledge:LIVE · 2,847 chunks · 13 sources indexed

ctx@prod:~$

Everything your NOG needs — one platform

CtxEvent is built modularly. Every NOG is different — you activate what you need. All modules share a single participant database, single audit trail, single security layer.

01
Participant Registration
Custom registration forms with configurable fields, GDPR-compliant data handling, confirmation emails via SendGrid, participant portal for self-service data management. Supports company, ASN, IXP presence fields. CSV export with full audit trail.
LIVE
02
Real-Time Check-In
QR code based check-in system. Staff roles with TOTP 2FA enforcement. Live check-in dashboard visible to all event staff. Handles badge printing triggers. Works fully offline-capable on mobile devices.
LIVE
03
Call for Papers (CfP)
End-to-end CfP workflow: public submission portal, blind peer review with multi-reviewer scoring, conflict-of-interest detection, acceptance/rejection email notifications, and speaker scheduling integration. TOTP 2FA for all CfP committee members.
LIVE
04
Email Campaigns
Targeted email campaigns to participant segments via SendGrid. Template editor, recipient filtering by registration status, company, ASN. Full audit trail for every sent message. Bounce tracking and delivery stats.
LIVE
05
Security Centre
Auto-ban and rate-limiting middleware, AIDE File Integrity Monitoring (scheduled nightly), real-time Telegram security alerts for incidents (brute force, rate-limit triggers, AIDE changes). Three-model local LLM security review pipeline: ctxsec (70B) · Qwen3-Coder (30B) · DeepSeek-R1 (32B). All run air-gapped on local hardware.
LIVE
06
Admin Roles & Access Control
Separate sysadmin and event-admin roles with independent session management. Event admins are scoped to their event only. Sysadmin panel with full audit log visibility, user management, GDPR request handling, and system health monitoring.
LIVE
07
Participant Portal
Magic-link authenticated self-service portal. Participants can view their registration data, request corrections, manage GDPR deletion requests, and receive their confirmation documents. No account/password required.
LIVE
08
NOG Directory Integration
Built-in NOG directory with 37+ NOGs worldwide. Events can be cross-referenced. RPKI validation indicator for NOG ASN data. Integrates with the CtxCalendar for event discovery across the community.
LIVE
09
Sponsor Management
Sponsor tier management, logo handling, and visibility controls across the event platform. Sponsors can be tied to specific sessions, booths, or event-wide presence. Sponsor portal planned.
BETA
10
NOG Reports
Automated participant statistics, ASN distribution reports, geographic breakdown, and registration trend charts. Exportable in PDF and CSV for post-event reporting to sponsors or board members.
LIVE
11
Matching AI — B2B Meeting Intelligence
AI-powered meeting matching for NOG 1:1 B2B sessions. Participants indicate topics of interest, peering intent, and transit needs. The Matching AI recommends meetings based on technical compatibility — ASN topology, IXP co-presence, RPKI posture, and topical overlap. Post-meeting feedback loop captures topic tags, next-step outcomes (FOLLOW_UP_EMAIL / DEAL_IN_PROGRESS / AGREEMENT_SIGNED), star ratings, and follow-up preference — forming the ground truth for continuous model improvement.
BETA
12
CtxKnowledge — NOG AI Knowledge Base
A pgvector-powered Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) knowledge base indexing NOG-specific content from 13+ live sources: incident feeds (BGP events, CERT/NCSC advisories, RIPE Labs), IXP configs, RPKI & MANRS runbooks, peering best practices, community event data, and NOG mailing list digests. 768-dimensional embeddings via nomic-embed-text, re-indexed nightly by the NOG AI Crawler on Erik. Powers the AI SRE advisor, Security Centre analysis, Matching AI reasoning, and a query API accessible from any CtxEvent module.
BETA

Built different — for the community

🔒
GDPR Toolkit Built-In
Every registration is GDPR-compliant by design. Deletion requests, data export, and consent management are first-class features, not afterthoughts.
GDPRPrivacy
🛡️
Local LLM Security Review
Every code change is reviewed by three local AI models: ctxsec (70B security specialist), Qwen3-Coder (30B code analyst), DeepSeek-R1 (32B reasoning engine). Air-gapped. Zero telemetry.
ctxsecQwen3DeepSeek
📡
Telegram Security Alerts
Instant Telegram notifications for security events: auto-bans, brute force attempts, rate limit triggers, AIDE integrity violations, and daily morning reports.
Real-timeTelegram
2FA Everywhere It Matters
TOTP 2FA enforced for all CfP committee members and check-in staff. Separate session security for event-admin and sysadmin roles. Session tokens with expiry and IP binding.
TOTPSession Security
📧
Magic-Link Participant Access
No accounts, no passwords for participants. Magic-link authentication for portal access — participants get a secure link via email, valid for one session. Zero friction.
Magic LinkPasswordless
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Self-Hosted, Your Infrastructure
CtxEvent runs on your own server. No SaaS dependencies, no vendor lock-in, no data leaving your network. Deploy it on a VPS, a rack server, or a homelab — your choice.
Self-HostedOpen Source
📊
Full Audit Trail
Every admin action is logged with timestamp, actor, and changed values. GDPR request history, email campaign logs, registration edits — nothing is ever lost or unattributed.
Audit LogCompliance
🏷️
QR Code Check-In
Fast, reliable QR-code based badge check-in. Staff get mobile-optimised access with their 2FA-secured credentials. Live counter visible to the whole team in real time.
QR CodeReal-time
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Blind Peer Review CfP
CfP submissions are anonymised for reviewers. Multi-reviewer scoring with conflict-of-interest detection. Accepted/rejected speakers get automated email notifications with custom messages.
Blind ReviewFair
🧠
Topic Intelligence
AI-powered analysis of every CfP submission: abstract quality scoring (0–100), semantic similarity against past talks, and automatic lifecycle classification — FRESH, VARIANT, SATURATED, TRENDING. Programme committees see what's been overdone and where the gaps are.
AICfPOllama
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RAG Knowledge Base
A semantic knowledge base built on pgvector and Ollama. Index mailing list archives, past NOG talks, IETF threads, and incident runbooks. Query it naturally — answers are grounded in real sources with citation.
RAGpgvectorSelf-Hosted

Security is not a checkbox — it's a pipeline

Every change to the CtxEvent codebase passes through a three-model local review before deployment. All three models run air-gapped on our own hardware. No code, no logs, no secrets ever leave our network.

Three-Model LLM Review Pipeline
ctxsec 70B
Security analysis specialist
Qwen3-Coder 30B
Code quality & pattern analysis
DeepSeek-R1 32B
Deep reasoning & logic verification

// All run air-gapped · No telemetry · Local hardware only

Runtime Protection Stack
  • AIDE File Integrity Monitoring (nightly)
  • Auto-ban middleware with IP rate-limiting
  • Telegram real-time incident alerts
  • Brute force detection & watchdog
  • Session token expiry & IP binding
  • Daily morning security reports

The intelligence layer NOGs are built on

CtxEvent is the only event platform with native BGP and routing intelligence built in. Every participant's ASN is automatically enriched — giving organisers a real picture of who's in the room.

RIPEstat ASN Profile

Automatically enriches every registered participant's ASN with routing data, BGP visibility, prefix count, and RPKI validation status — no manual lookup required.

BGP routing table visibility
IPv4 + IPv6 prefix counts
RPKI ROA validation status
Upstream / downstream neighbours
PeeringDB Integration

IXP memberships, peering policies, NOC contacts and facility presence pulled directly from PeeringDB — attached to participant profiles and auto-refreshed on each login.

IX membership & port speeds
Peering policy (open / selective)
Network type classification
Facility presence worldwide
RIPE Atlas Coverage

For participant networks running RIPE Atlas probes, CtxEvent surfaces probe distribution and reachability data — turning your attendee list into a live view of internet measurement coverage.

Probe count per participant ASN
IPv4 / IPv6 probe distribution
Anchor presence indicator
Aggregated event coverage map
RPKI Validation

Every registered ASN is checked against the global RPKI state. Organisers see at a glance which networks have deployed ROAs — and which are routing without validation.

ROA coverage percentage
VALID / UNKNOWN / INVALID status
Per-prefix RPKI state
Event-wide RPKI adoption stats
MANRS Compliance

Each registered ASN is checked against the MANRS Observatory API — the global routing security initiative with 1,316+ participants. Organisers see which attendees implement Filtering, Anti-Spoofing, IRR and RPKI norms.

MANRS compliance score per ASN
Filtering & Anti-Spoofing status
IRR + Coordination posture
Event-wide MANRS adoption rate
ISOC Pulse

Internet Society Pulse data enriches participant and country-level context with RPKI ROA coverage, IPv6 adoption rates and Internet Resilience Scores — sourced live from the Pulse public API.

Country-level RPKI adoption %
IPv6 deployment percentage
Internet Resilience Score
DNSSEC adoption per country
// The moat

No other event platform has this. RIPEstat, PeeringDB, RIPE Atlas, RPKI, MANRS Observatory and ISOC Pulse — six live data sources, stitched together per participant ASN. The NOG intelligence layer is not a plugin — it's the foundation CtxEvent is built on. The data graph of ASNs, IXP memberships, BGP paths and routing security posture is what makes every match, every CfP tag, and every meeting recommendation meaningfully better.

Why NOGs choose Context X over existing tools

The NOG community deserves tools built by and for network engineers — not scaled-down enterprise conference software with per-attendee pricing and no concept of BGP.

Feature CtxEvent Cvent / Hopin Pretalx / Indico
NOG-specific data graph (ASN / IXP / BGP)
Self-hosted — data never leaves your network
Local AI — no OpenAI / Anthropic API calls
RPKI / RIPE Atlas / PeeringDB integration
MANRS compliance & ISOC Pulse per attendee ASN
Free for NOG organisers — no per-attendee fees
Built-in anonymous whistleblowing (CtxWhisper)
ISO 27001-aligned security (AIDE / CrowdSec / audit chain) SaaS opt-in
Full ecosystem: CfP, meetings, social, budget partial
AI-powered attendee matching (Matching AI) BETA
NOG knowledge base with daily indexing (CtxKnowledge) BETA
// Get Started

Ready to bring your NOG
onto CtxEvent?

Tell us about your event. We'll reach out within 48 hours. CtxEvent is completely free for NOG organisers — always.

Open CtxEvent ↗ ← context-x.org

// Free for NOG organisers · Self-hosted · No vendor lock-in