According to reports in the French media today French president Emmanuel Macron will be announcing France as the host of the 2018 Internet Governance Forum. In a report in today's Le Figaro the newspaper says that the announcement should be made later today: Le président de la République qui reçoit ce mercredi à l'Élysée une soixantaine de grands patrons d'entreprises de … [Read more...] about Macron to Announce Paris as IGF Host
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What’s Going on With ICANN and GDPR? Join the Webinar to Find out
The Internet Infrastructure Coalition and eco are hosting a webinar this afternoon on GDPR. With both organisations focussing on the internet infrastructure ecosystem the obvious focus of the webinar will be on ICANN and how they are dealing with GDPR. With only a few weeks until the May 25th deadline the internet overseer time has, effectively, run out. The presenters … [Read more...] about What’s Going on With ICANN and GDPR? Join the Webinar to Find out
EURid Web Awards to Launch Next Week
The EURid .eu Web Awards will take place again this year. 2018 will be the 5th year that the awards are being held. As in previous years the awards are open to registrants of .eu domain names that have developed products and services on a .eu website. Full details of the awards will be available here. Nominations will be open from April 18 2o18 until August 1 … [Read more...] about EURid Web Awards to Launch Next Week
ICANN DNS Symposium Heads to Montreal and Call for Proposals Open
ICANN is holding the DNS Symposium this year in Montreal, Canada. The event will be held at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth on July 13th. Last year the event was colocated with the ICANN GDD Summit in Madrid, whereas this year it's a standalone one day event with the theme "Attention, Domain Name System: Your 30-year scheduled maintenance is overdue" If you're interested in … [Read more...] about ICANN DNS Symposium Heads to Montreal and Call for Proposals Open
Baltic Domain Days to be Held in Riga, Latvia
The Latvian city of Riga will play host to the first edition of "Baltic Domain Days" next month. The event will run over two days and is being organised in association with the .lv ccTLD registry, ICANN and the .ee and .lt domain registries. Registration for the event is 100% free, but is obligatory. The event agenda covers a number of topics including GDPR … [Read more...] about Baltic Domain Days to be Held in Riga, Latvia
Middle East DNS Forum 2018 Moves to Turkey
The Middle East DNS Forum will be held again this year. However this time the event is moving to Ankara, Turkey. When? April 25 - 26 2018 Details on the venue and programme have not been made public yet. … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum 2018 Moves to Turkey
ICANN to Hold Registrar Event in Munich Next Week
ICANN will be holding an event for registrars in Munich next week. The event, which will take place in the same venue as Domain Pulse, is aimed at new registrars or prospective registrars. The programme which was developed in conjunction with existing registrars and registries is aimed at giving attendees guidance on navigating their relationship with ICANN and the move … [Read more...] about ICANN to Hold Registrar Event in Munich Next Week
CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)
Cloudfest (Aka WHD Global) will be held in March this year in Rust, Germany. As usual the event will be the biggest of its kind in Europe. The organisers behind the event like to bring quirky speakers and performers to their events and this year is no different. However the keynote speaker they're getting this time round won't be a human, but an actual … [Read more...] about CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)
Domaining Europe Offering Early Bird & Discount Pricing
Domaining Europe will take place in Valencia in 2018 from June 7th to June 9th. As usual the venue is the Hotel Sorolla Palace on the edge of Valencia city. The speakers and agenda for the 2018 event haven't been announced yet, but generally speaking it's an interesting event to attend. The event organisers, however, are offering both "early bird" and discounted … [Read more...] about Domaining Europe Offering Early Bird & Discount Pricing
Middle East DNS Forum Issues Call for Committee Members
The Middle East DNS Forum is now heading into its 5th year, with previous editions being held in Cairo, Tunis, Amman and Dubai. In common with many conferences the event's program committee is made up of volunteers. They've issued a call for volunteers to the committee as 3 of the current 6 members have rotated off. If you're interested you should have knowledge of one or … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum Issues Call for Committee Members