Nordic Domain Days have announced new dates for 2026. Originally the event was schedule to take place from April 26 to April 28th, but due to a conflict they've decided to run the event a month later. When? May 24th - May 26th Where? Clarion Stockholm Tickets for the event range in price from €349 for standard attendees which includes lunch and social events. There are … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Changes Dates
Noss Steps Down as Tucows CEO
Elliot Noss has been CEO of Tucows for a quarter of a century and has been with the company for almost 30 years. Yesterday he announced that he was stepping aside as CEO and that he would be succeeded by David Woroch. Noss has been focussed on Ting, Tucows' fibre broadband business, for the last few years and will continue to work with that division of the company in an … [Read more...] about Noss Steps Down as Tucows CEO
ICANN Announce Multiple Meeting Locations
ICANN has announced the location cities for 3 of their future meetings. In an announcement yesterday evening they announced the locations for ICANN 86, ICANN 87 and ICANN 89. ICANN 86 will be held in Seville, Spain from 8 June to 11 June 2026. It's a great city to spend time in and I look forward to enjoying tapas. ICANN 87 will be held in Muscat, Oman from 17th to … [Read more...] about ICANN Announce Multiple Meeting Locations
Some Tips for ICANN Visitors to Dublin
ICANN will be held in the CCD in central Dublin from the end of next week onwards. If you want to attend in person you need to register by next Friday here. There will be a social event for attendees just down the street from the venue. I've put a few more details in a blog post here. If you are planning on attending the meeting here are a few tips that you might find … [Read more...] about Some Tips for ICANN Visitors to Dublin
Cloudfest 2026 Registration Opens
If you work in the hosting industry then you're probably very aware of CloudFest. It's held every year in Europa-Park in Germany. Next year's event will be held from March 23rd until March 26th. For 2026 they're expecting an even larger number of attendees than previous years. Most attendees do not pay to go - it's all paid for by the exhibitors and vendors. These days … [Read more...] about Cloudfest 2026 Registration Opens
ICANN 84 Dublin Full Schedule Available
ICANN's upcoming public meeting, which is also the AGM, is being held in Dublin, Ireland. It was originally scheduled to be held in Oman, but was relocated. This isn't the first time that ICANN has had to move a meeting and probably won't be the last. It's been 10 years since ICANN last held a meeting in Ireland and they're going to be using the same venue as last time - … [Read more...] about ICANN 84 Dublin Full Schedule Available
ICANN’s NomCom Announces 2025 Selection
In common with other Internet Governance related organisations ICANN has a nominating committee (NomCom) that selects people to serve on various bodies such as councils, boards and committees. While the majority of seats on the various councils etc., are selected by the respective participant organisations there is a small number that are chosen by the NomCom. Inevitably some … [Read more...] about ICANN’s NomCom Announces 2025 Selection
Two Candidates in the Running for Nominet Board
As I mentioned previously, there is one seat up for election in this year's Nominet Board election. Earlier this week Nominet announced that there are two candidates contesting the election: Kieren McCarthy Rob Golding Nominet will be organising a "meet the candidates" webinar on September 11th and that will be followed on 26th September with voting opening. The actual … [Read more...] about Two Candidates in the Running for Nominet Board
Domain Pulse 2026
The 2026 edition of Domain Pulse will be held in Switzerland in early February 2026. With Switzerland's domain name registry, Switch, as the host for the 2026 event the location will be in St. Gallen. (The event rotates annually between Germany, Switzerland and Austria's ccTLD domain name registries) Registration for the event is free and should open this autumn. However … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse 2026
Governments Want ICANN to do More About Online Harms
ICANN's more recent public meeting was the policy forum in Prague. ICANN 83 came to a close last Thursday. One of the outputs from ICANN meetings that many within the broader community keep an eye out for is the missive from the GAC, which is where governments sit within the ICANN circus. Their communiqué, which I've included below, covers a number of administrative bits, … [Read more...] about Governments Want ICANN to do More About Online Harms