In common with most events this year's Africa DNS Forum will not be taking place "face to face". They've decided instead to adopt a virtual format. This year's event will be centred around the theme "DNS as a Catalyst for Social and Economic Resilience in the Face of Calamities". The event, which is organised by ICANN, AFTLD and AfRegistrar will take place 27-28 … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum Goes Virtual
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RIPE 81 Goes Virtual and Shifts Dates
RIPE 81, which had originally been slated to take place in Milan will be held virtually. Not only will the event move to being 100% online only for a second time, they've also decided to push back the event dates. Originally RIPE 81 would have taken place at the end of September. It will now be held at the end of October from October 27th to October 30th. In an … [Read more...] about RIPE 81 Goes Virtual and Shifts Dates
RIPE 80 Goes Virtual and FREE
The upcoming RIPE meeting was originally meant to be held in Berlin. Obviously with the ongoing pandemic that cannot happen, so they've decided to switch to a virtual meeting instead. However the virtual meeting will be an abridged version of the meeting, with only a small number of key sessions being held. The meeting will take place online from May 12th to May … [Read more...] about RIPE 80 Goes Virtual and FREE
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
ICANN GDD Summit & Related Events Choose Paris for 2020 Event
Paris, France will be the venue for a week of domain related events next May. ICANN has chosen Paris as the venue for the ICANN GDD Industry Summit and The DNS Symposium next May. Both the Registrations Operations Workshop and DNS OARC will also be held in the same venue that week. It'll be a very busy week! GDD Summit May 3rd - May 6th. The focus in these events … [Read more...] about ICANN GDD Summit & Related Events Choose Paris for 2020 Event
Cloudfest 2020 Registration Open
Registration for Cloudfest 2020 opened a few days ago. The event is being held March 14 - 19 in Europa Park, Germany, though the core days will be 17th, 18th and 19th for most attendees. Here's the recap video from the 2019 event: https://youtu.be/AjJLCC4iNjU Registration, which includes access to hotel booking, is available here. As usual there are both … [Read more...] about Cloudfest 2020 Registration Open
Help Shape the Middle East DNS Forum
The Middle East DNS Forum has been held annually for the last 6 years. As the name would suggest, the event is focussed on domains and DNS related topics with an emphasis on topics of relevance to stakeholders in the Middle East. In common with most events of its kind there is a program committee that works behind the scenes to put the schedule for the event together. … [Read more...] about Help Shape the Middle East DNS Forum
Namecon Global Changes Dates and Venue
Namescon Global will be held in Austin Texas in January of next year for the first time. The event organisers had originally chosen a venue in the downtown area which was fairly central, but in the last few days they contacted ticket holders to let them know of a change of location as well as dates. Originally the event was scheduled to run from January 26th to January 29th … [Read more...] about Namecon Global Changes Dates and Venue
TLDCON 2019 Chooses VIlnius
The 2019 edition of TLDCON will take place later this year in Vilnius, Lithuania. The annual event is organised and hosted by the .ru ccTLD registry and has a firm focus on Central and Eastern European registrars and registries. This year's event is being held in the Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius on September 11th and 12th. While the event is free to attend registration … [Read more...] about TLDCON 2019 Chooses VIlnius
EURid Launch 2019 Web Awards
EURid has launched the 2019 edition of their Web Awards. The awards have been running since 2014 and are 100% free to enter. Not only do the winners get to have a nice evening in Brussels, but they also get tangible assistance to raise the profile of their business (or not for profit). Each of the five winners will get: A customised video produced by EURid will be … [Read more...] about EURid Launch 2019 Web Awards