In common with most events this year's Africa DNS Forum will not be taking place "face to face". They've decided instead to adopt a virtual format. This year's event will be centred around the theme "DNS as a Catalyst for Social and Economic Resilience in the Face of Calamities". The event, which is organised by ICANN, AFTLD and AfRegistrar will take place 27-28 … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum Goes Virtual
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PIR Launches ORG Impact Awards
PIR, the .org domain name registry, has launched the 2020 ORG Impact Awards. The awards are open to organisations and individuals worldwide (with a couple of exceptions due to US government sanctions) and covers activities between June 1st 2019 and June 1st 2020. The categories are as follows: Combatting Coronavirus: Recognizes an organization or individual whose … [Read more...] about PIR Launches ORG Impact Awards
IGF 2020 Goes Virtual
Yet another event has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upcoming IGF meeting which was meant to be held in Poland in early November in the city of Katowice will now move online only. The IGF organisers have announced that the 2021 IGF will be hosted by Poland, while the event in 2022 will go to Ethiopia, with the 2023 event being scheduled for Japan. More … [Read more...] about IGF 2020 Goes Virtual
No ICANN Meeting in Person This Year
ICANN normally holds in person meetings three times a year, with the locations rotating between the global regions, as defined by ICANN. In 2020 the organisation was meant to be meeting in Cancun, Kuala Lumpur and Hamburg. However due to COVID-19 the meeting in Cancun was cancelled a few weeks before it was meant to take place and a cutdown version of the meeting took place … [Read more...] about No ICANN Meeting in Person This Year
NamesCon Europe Cancelled
NamesCon Europe has joined the ever growing list of events that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be held in Budapest in August. The organisers are now planning to hold the event there in July 2021 instead, with the dates currently announced as July 15th - July 17th. In the interim the NamesCon team are exploring options … [Read more...] about NamesCon Europe Cancelled
ICANN 68 Goes Virtual
Under normal circumstances ICANN holds three public face to face meetings per year. This year, as we all know, is not a normal year and the circumstances are anything but normal. So I sincerely doubt anyone will be surprised that the next ICANN meeting will not be held "in person" but solely online. ICANN's Board met yesterday and made the decision that many had been … [Read more...] about ICANN 68 Goes Virtual
ICANN Cancels Paris Events
ICANN formally announced last night that both the GDD Summit and DNS Symposium scheduled to be held in Paris, France in May have been cancelled. The DNS OARC workshop which was slated to take place in the same venue the weekend after the ICANN events has also been cancelled. The GDD Summit is usually more business and operational focussed than the main ICANN meetings, so … [Read more...] about ICANN Cancels Paris Events
Cloudfest Falls Victim to COVID 19 – Event Cancelled
Cloudfest, which is arguably the biggest single event for the hosting and cloud industry, has fallen victim to COVID 19 and been cancelled. The annual event which is held in Southern Germany normally attracts over 7000 attendees from the four corners of the globe. From my own experience if you work in hosting and domains then it is "the" event to attend every year, as … [Read more...] about Cloudfest Falls Victim to COVID 19 – Event Cancelled
Middle East DNS Forum Cancelled (for now)
The Middle East DNS Forum which was scheduled for next month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been cancelled. The event organisers, which includes ICANN, hope to be able to hold the event later in the year, though no dates have been announced as yet. This latest announcement of an event cancellation is not surprising. The Saudi government announced yesterday that they were … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum Cancelled (for now)
ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event
ICANN's Board of Directors met yesterday evening and decided to cancel the upcoming meeting in Cancún, Mexico. The meeting will be held instead online, though this has never been done before. "This is a decision that the ICANN Board has been considering since the outbreak was first announced and it is one that we haven't taken lightly," said Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board … [Read more...] about ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event