ICANN will be held in the CCD in central Dublin from the end of next week onwards. If you want to attend in person you need to register by next Friday here. There will be a social event for attendees just down the street from the venue. I've put a few more details in a blog post here. If you are planning on attending the meeting here are a few tips that you might find … [Read more...] about Some Tips for ICANN Visitors to Dublin
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Cloudfest 2026 Registration Opens
If you work in the hosting industry then you're probably very aware of CloudFest. It's held every year in Europa-Park in Germany. Next year's event will be held from March 23rd until March 26th. For 2026 they're expecting an even larger number of attendees than previous years. Most attendees do not pay to go - it's all paid for by the exhibitors and vendors. These days … [Read more...] about Cloudfest 2026 Registration Opens
ICANN 84 Dublin Full Schedule Available
ICANN's upcoming public meeting, which is also the AGM, is being held in Dublin, Ireland. It was originally scheduled to be held in Oman, but was relocated. This isn't the first time that ICANN has had to move a meeting and probably won't be the last. It's been 10 years since ICANN last held a meeting in Ireland and they're going to be using the same venue as last time - … [Read more...] about ICANN 84 Dublin Full Schedule Available
Domain Pulse 2026
The 2026 edition of Domain Pulse will be held in Switzerland in early February 2026. With Switzerland's domain name registry, Switch, as the host for the 2026 event the location will be in St. Gallen. (The event rotates annually between Germany, Switzerland and Austria's ccTLD domain name registries) Registration for the event is free and should open this autumn. However … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse 2026
NamesCon & CloudFest USA Head to Miami
NamesCon and CloudFest USA will be changing location for 2025. The new location is Miami, Florida, which is a fairly popular location for conferences. While previous years Namescon took place quite early in the year or during the summer, this time round the event is being held in early November, with the event scheduled to take place on November 5th and 6th in Ice … [Read more...] about NamesCon & CloudFest USA Head to Miami
ICANN Chooses Oman for 2025 AGM
ICANN 84, which is also the 2025 AGM, will be held in Muscat, Oman. The organisation holds three public meetings every year and generally rotates them through the geographic regions. ICANN has held public meetings in the middle east in the past, with ICANN 60 being held in Abu Dhabi back in 2017. The event will take place from 25–30 October 2025 at the Oman Convention … [Read more...] about ICANN Chooses Oman for 2025 AGM
ICANN Chooses Vietnam for 2025 Events
ICANN has chosen Hanoi, Vietnam as the location for a number of events in 2025. The 2025 edition of the Contracted Parties Summit will be held in Hanoi from May 5th - 7th 2025. The same week will see the APAC DNS Forum being held as well as a "Universal Acceptance" event on 8th and 9th of May. As of right now there are no details on venue or schedule. Full details … [Read more...] about ICANN Chooses Vietnam for 2025 Events
ICANN 80 Schedule Published
ICANN has published the full schedule for the upcoming public meeting to be held in Kigali, Rwanda. As they've been doing for the last few years, there will be a pre-meeting "prep week" which is aimed at bringing people up to speed on some of the more recent activity. For this meeting that will be held online from May 28th to the 30th. The actual meeting proper will … [Read more...] about ICANN 80 Schedule Published
ICANN 79 Schedule Now Available
ICANN has published the full schedule for its first public meeting of 2024. The first meeting of the year will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is a location that the organisation has held meetings at in the past. While the event itself will run from March 2nd until March 7th, there will also be a pre-event series of webinars that ICANN call "prep week" You … [Read more...] about ICANN 79 Schedule Now Available
RIPE 88 Registration Open
Registration for RIPE 88 is now open. The meeting will be held in Krakow, Poland from May 20th to May 24th 2024. A ticket for the full week costs €400, while a day ticket is €130. Students can avail of a special rate of €50 for the week. The full event schedule hasn't been published yet, but the meeting plan has so you can easily see when the various working group … [Read more...] about RIPE 88 Registration Open