OARC 38 will be held on July 30th and 31st as a "hybrid" event. It's being held alongside the IETF meeting in Philadelphia. They've opened a call for contributions, so if you're a hardcore DNS geek then maybe you should consider it? Topics they're interested in include: All DNS-related subjects and suggestions for discussion topics are welcome. For inspiration, we … [Read more...] about OARC 38 Call for Contributions Open
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IGF 2022 to be Held in Addis Ababa
The IGF for 2022 is to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethopia this year. The event is scheduled to take place at the end of November from 28th November until December 2nd 2022. The event organiser plan to run it as a hybrid event, with a mix of both "on site" and "online" attendees and participants. Further details will be announced on the official IGF website. The call … [Read more...] about IGF 2022 to be Held in Addis Ababa
Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule
Nordic Domain Days is being held in Stockholm next month on May 9th and 10th, with a kick off social event on the evening of May 8th. The event organisers have published the schedule for the two day event. The conference's first day is centred around the theme of "business", while day two has two tracks, one is an anti-abuse workshop, while the other is on the technical … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule
ICANN Demand You Sign Waiver to Attend Meeting
ICANN's upcoming meeting in June, which I mentioned earlier, is due to be held in person in The Hague. In order to attend you will need to register online in advance. That's not so odd. What is, however, is the very broad sweeping waiver they expect you to agree to. I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to review hundreds of contracts and agreements over the past 20 odd … [Read more...] about ICANN Demand You Sign Waiver to Attend Meeting
Vaccinations & Face Masks Required for ICANN Meeting
ICANN is going ahead with its Hague meeting in June as a "hybrid" event. It'll be the first "in person" ICANN meeting since autumn of 2019, so I suspect it will be quite busy, even though traditionally the "policy forum" meetings aren't the most popular of the three annual meetings. The venue for the meeting is The World Forum in the Hague. Amsterdam's Schipol airport is a … [Read more...] about Vaccinations & Face Masks Required for ICANN Meeting
Namescon Returning to Austin
NamesCon, like so many other industry events, has been running 100% online for the last two years. Now it looks like the event is coming back in an "in person" format. The event organisers are planning an in person event in downtown Austin, Texas for August 31st to September 3rd. They'd held the last in person event in Austin in early 2020 before the pandemic resulted … [Read more...] about Namescon Returning to Austin
Nominations Open for 2022 Rob Blokzijl Award
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Rob Blokzijl Award. The awards are run by the Rob Blokzijl Foundation which was setup following his passing in 2015. Every two years they award someone in the RIPE region who has made a significant contribution to the internet community. Full details of the nomination process are outlined on the Foundation's site here. You can … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for 2022 Rob Blokzijl Award
Domain Pulse Postponed
Domain Pulse has been postponed. The event was due to be held in Bonn in February 2022. The event organisers have rescheduled it to May. This year they decided to postpone the event to 2022. As they rightly point out, the core of the event is the networking and social aspect. Unfortunately in Germany, as well as many other countries across Europe (and the world) the … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse Postponed
INTA Moving Back to in Person Meetings in 2022
INTA like so many other organisations has been holding events online since the last year. Their annual conference, which normally attracts thousands of trademark professionals from the four corners of the globe, is being held this year online, but with some small offline and in person events. However during the official opening ceremony of the 2021 conference INTA's head … [Read more...] about INTA Moving Back to in Person Meetings in 2022
IRISSCON 2021 Cyber Crime Conference
The annual conference run by Ireland's IRISS is back. This year's conference will be held on November 18th at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. There's both a conference schedule, as well as a cyber security challenge. For the conference the speaker lineup is a combination of both local and international speakers: Eugene Kaspersky, CEO, KasperskyCiaran Martin, … [Read more...] about IRISSCON 2021 Cyber Crime Conference