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
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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
Nordic Domain Days Announces 2020 Dates
Nordic Domain Days have announced the dates for the 2020 event. This year the even will be standalone and no longer linked to the big Swedish conference Internetdagarna. Whether this is a positive move or not is unclear. The event will be held in Stockholm on September 7th and 8th with a VIP dinner being held on the evening of the 6th. Ticket prices have been … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces 2020 Dates
Eco and ICANN to Hold DNS Security Workshop
Eco and ICANN will be co-hosting a one day event in Cologne a the eco offices on April 3rd. The event's focus is DNS Security and will feature speakers from both ICANN and eco. Topics being covered will include: DNS Security from an ICANN perspectiveFuture of whois and RDAPDNS privacy including DoH and DoTDNS threat landscape Full details as well as registration … [Read more...] about Eco and ICANN to Hold DNS Security Workshop
Namescon Europe Chooses Budapest
NamesCon Global 2020 is being held in Austin, Texas next week. The event organisers have also just announced the location for the European edition of the domain event. NamesCon Europe will be held in Budapest, Hungary from August 6th to August 8th. The event will take place at the Budapest Marriott Hotel on the banks of the Danube. No details of the event schedule … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Chooses Budapest
Domain Pulse 2020 Registration Open
Domain Pulse 2020 will be held in Innsbruck, Austria. The event, which is rotated between the Austrian, German and Swiss ccTLD managers, will take place on February 20th and 21st 2020. It's free to attend, but registration is obligatory. As you'd expect a lot of the event is held in German, though they usually provide pretty good simultaneous interpretation, so if you … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse 2020 Registration Open
Namescon Release Preliminary Agenda
NamesCon global will be held in Austin, Texas from January 29th to February 1st 2020. Yesterday they released the schedule, or at least a preliminary version of it. So you can see the timetable for the various talks and sessions, though details like who is speaking etc., are still missing in many cases. There'll be sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the event … [Read more...] about Namescon Release Preliminary Agenda