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
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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
ICANN Continues Virtual Meetings Ahead of Hybrid Switch
(Republishing due to a technical issue!) ICANN has announced that their first public meeting of 2022 will not be "in person" and that they will stick to the "virtual" format. They have, however, stated that they want their June meeting, which is scheduled to be held in The Hague, to take place with a "hybrid" format. ICANN is notoriously conservative, so this … [Read more...] about ICANN Continues Virtual Meetings Ahead of Hybrid Switch
.US Town Hall 2021
The .us ccTLD registry has a stakeholder council which holds a "town hall" annually. This year's meeting will be held on November 4th at 1200 Eastern. The town hall will cover updates on what's been going on with .us and their plans for the future. As it's a "town hall" format there's usually the option for people to ask question and interact with the panelists. The … [Read more...] about .US Town Hall 2021
CloudFest 2022 Will be “In Person”
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”
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 safety Full details and registration are on the official site here. Outcomes from national IGFs feed into the main … [Read more...] about UK IGF
Nordic Domain Days Announce 2022 Dates
Nordic Domain Days was one of the many events that was cancelled due to the global pandemic. The event, which started out colocated with Internetdagarna, is coming back as an in person event in Stockholm and is now going it alone. Splitting away from the bigger conference it was part of means that the organisers will be able to focus the schedule on topics of interest to … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announce 2022 Dates
ICANN Won’t Meet in Person in 2021
ICANN officially announced its plans for the next meeting which was meant to be held in Seattle in October. It's going to be virtual. Again. I suspect that this will not sit well with some of the North American participants who would have been able to attend an "in person" event. However the situation globally is a lot less certain and most definitely not uniform. At time … [Read more...] about ICANN Won’t Meet in Person in 2021
Africa DNS Forum 2021 Registration Open
The 2021 edition of the Africa DNS Forum is being held online. The event will be held on July 27th and 28th via Zoom, as well as being streamed via Facebook. The theme for this year's event is "Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa". Speakers and other details of the agenda have not been announced yet, but should be made available on the event's official site in the … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum 2021 Registration Open