CloudFest will be held "in person" next year.The organisers of CloudFest have announced that the hosting industry event will be held March 22 - 24 in Europa-Park in Germany. In common with most events its 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. In 2021 the event organisers held several events online only.Registration for the event as well as hotel … [Read more...] about CloudFest 2022 Will be “In Person”
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UK IGF
This year's UK IGF will be held online again.The event will be held over two days October 20th and 21st and registration is now open.The agenda for the 2021 event covers:data protection gender based violencecyber crime environmental issuesonline safetyFull details and registration are on the official site here.Outcomes from national IGFs feed into the main … [Read more...] about UK IGF
ICANN Extends Travel Ban For Staff But Seattle Could Proceed
We are now well over a year into a global pandemic. While the vaccine rollout in some parts of the world has been going well we are still a very long way off a full return to any semblance of normality. Many countries are still imposing travel restrictions, both on their own citizens as well as travellers to those countries.It's not surprising that ICANN has officially … [Read more...] about ICANN Extends Travel Ban For Staff But Seattle Could Proceed
Registration for RIPE 82 Now Open
RIPE's 82nd public meeting will be held from May 17th to May 21st. In common with most events this year it's going to be 100% virtual.While the "in person" RIPE meetings normally come with a registration fee (which covers the lunches etc) the online events are free to attend.The preliminary schedule for the meeting is available here. A lot of the sessions are driven by … [Read more...] about Registration for RIPE 82 Now Open
No ICANN Face to Face Events Until After June
In a move that surprised absolutely nobody ICANN has formally extended their "travel ban" until the end of June 2021. Realistically I suspect that the suspension of travel and face to face events is going to be extended beyond June.In a blog post ICANN CEO Göran Marby outlined briefly the current state of play with respect to events, meetings and the ICANN offices. … [Read more...] about No ICANN Face to Face Events Until After June
ICANN 70 Confirmed as Virtual
It's looking less and less likely that there will be any big "in person"" events in 2021 with more and more event organisers announcing their plans to hold their events online.ICANN has announced that ICANN 70 which was meant to be held in Cancún, Mexico is being held online, though it will be scheduled on the Mexican city's timezone.You can register for the event … [Read more...] about ICANN 70 Confirmed as Virtual
Eastern European DNS Forum Switches to Virtual
The upcoming Eastern European DNS forum will be held online only.The event, which is being held on November 18 - 19 was originally meant to be held in person, but was, along with most other events, switched to an online format.Topics on the agenda will encompass:Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs)Universal Acceptance (UA)ICANN's Identifier Technology Health … [Read more...] about Eastern European DNS Forum Switches to Virtual
2021 Events Being Postponed to 2022
2020 has seen many events being cancelled or switching to online only. Many people hoped that there would be some level of normality in 2021 but it's looking increasingly likely that many events in 2021 won't be "in person" either.So far CES 2021 has moved online and other events are sure to follow.Domain Pulse, which was meant to be held in Bonn is being pushed back to … [Read more...] about 2021 Events Being Postponed to 2022
RIPE 81 Registration Open
The upcoming RIPE meeting will be held online, which isn't exactly "news" at this stage in 2020!The event will run from October 27th - 30th and will be using the Meetecho platform.The event will be free to attend.Full details including agenda and other details may be found on the official RIPE 81 site.You'll also be able to follow the event via Twitter using … [Read more...] about RIPE 81 Registration Open
Verisign Registrar Events Go Virtual
2020 is the year where all the events have gone from physical to virtual.So it's no surprise that this year's Verisign Registrar Days will now be held online only.Traditionally Verisign, like many other registry operators, organises events for registrars every year to update them on market trends and to provide details on various marketing incentives etc., They're also … [Read more...] about Verisign Registrar Events Go Virtual