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World Hosting Days / CloudFest Venue Damaged by Fire

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Europa Park in Germany has been the venue for World Hosting Days, now known as CloudFest, for several years. Every year the largest hosting conference in Europe is held in the theme park in Germany about a week before it opens to the public. This weekend the park is making headlines around the world for another reason. A very big fire broke out in one of the attractions on … [Read more...] about World Hosting Days / CloudFest Venue Damaged by Fire

Macron to Announce Paris as IGF Host

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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

What’s Going on With ICANN and GDPR? Join the Webinar to Find out

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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

ICANN DNS Symposium Heads to Montreal and Call for Proposals Open

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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

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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

ICANN to Hold Registrar Event in Munich Next Week

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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!)

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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!)