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ICANN 77 Policy Forum, Washington DC
2023-06-12 08:00 - 2023-06-15 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Policy Forum
The Policy Forum is the second meeting in the three-meeting annual cycle, typically held in June, with a duration of four days, Monday through Thursday.
The Policy Forum is dedicated to policy development work of the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SO/ACs), and regional outreach activities. The Policy Forum is generally smaller than other meetings and the shortened agenda has, no public forums, and no board meetings.
Internet policy is developed by the ICANN community’s bottom-up, consensus-based policy-making structure. Three groups at ICANN are responsible for developing Internet policy and making recommendations to the ICANN Board: The Address Supporting Organization (ASO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), and Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) which is the largest policy-making organization in ICANN. The GNSO’s Policy Development Process (PDP) is a detailed bottom-up, multi-stakeholder process that invites global participation and depends on the Internet community’s input for success. The Policy Forum is an important opportunity for PDP working groups to advance their work in face-to-face meetings with the broader community.

Initial Registry Operators Course, Ndjamena Tchad
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-11
The Initial Registry Operations Course is a 5 day (40 Hour) Introductory Course tailored for operators looking to build robust registry operations moving forward into advanced installation and configuration topics.
This course focuses on introducing participants to policy and technical issues required to establish a ccTLD, best practices for managing a ccTLD ecosystem as well as table top exercises aimed at demonstrating a structured approach to network monitoring and management including further risk management plans. The course is highlighted by hands-on exercises to installation and configuration components. Topics in this course include but are not limited to introduction to registry operations, registry management software, architecture, monitoring tools and scripting.

Africa Internet Summit 2023
2023-05-01 08:00 - 2023-05-05 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
About the Africa Internet Summit

The Africa Internet Summit (AIS) is an annual, regional, multi-stakeholder ICT conference. It is the pinnacle educational and business ICT event in Africa where key players in the Internet industry can interact with the global Internet community. Launched in The Gambia in 2012, the Summit consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums for sharing ICT knowledge within the African region. AIS’22 will take place from 30th May-3rd June 2022 and will be hosted in Mauritius.
The Africa Internet Summit 2022 (AIS’22) is jointly organized by the Africa Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) in collaboration with the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG).

Advanced Registry Operators Course 2023, Bujumbura, Burundi
2023-04-17 08:00 - 2023-04-21 17:00 (Africa/Bujumbura)
The Advanced Registry Operations Course is a 5 day (40 Hour) Course tailored for operators looking to build robust operations moving forward into advanced installation and configuration topics.
This course focuses on demonstrating a structured approach to network monitoring and management including further risk management plans. The course is highlighted by hands-on exercises to installation and configuration components. Topics in this course include but are not limited to architecture, monitoring tools and scripting.

ICANN 76 Mexico, Cancun
2023-03-11 08:00 - 2023-03-16 17:00 (America/Mexico_City)
News & Information

ICANN76 Community Forum will be held in Cancún, Mexico at the Cancún Center, 11-16 March 2023.

This will be a hybrid meeting with both in-person and virtual participation.
All sessions will be conducted during regular working hours in Cancún, Mexico (Eastern Standard Time / UTC-5).

Daylight Saving Time is not in use in Cancún, Mexico. However, most of the United States, Canada, and some northern border locations in Mexico will switch to DST on 12 March 2023.

Prep Week will be conducted 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2023. The Prep Week schedule will be published on 13 Feb 2023.
The comprehensive schedule will be published 17 Feb 2023.
In-person registration closes on 8 March 2023. Virtual registration will remain available through 16 March 2023.

AFRINIC - 36
2022-11-14 08:00 - 2022-11-18 17:00 (Africa/Accra)

ICANN75 Annual General Meeting (24th)
2022-09-17 08:00 - 2022-09-22 17:00 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur)
About

ICANN Meetings have been central to ICANN’s multistakeholder model since its formation in 1998. They provide a venue for learning about ICANN, advancing policy work, conducting outreach, exchanging best practices, conducting business deals, and interacting with members of the ICANN community, Board, and organization.
Designed to meet a diverse range of needs for ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SO/ACs), staff, and newcomers alike, an average ICANN Meeting accepts more than 350 submissions to schedule in twelve simultaneous sessions spanning four to six days.
Meeting Strategy
The current strategy for ICANN’s triannual meetings was developed by the Meeting Strategy Working Group (MSWG) and adopted by the ICANN Board in 2014. The MSWG was a cross-community Working Group created by the ICANN Board to look into all aspects of the ICANN Meetings. The group made proposals for changes to meeting timing, duration and format, rotation of the meeting location, meeting support and engagement activities, and meeting planning.
Learn More about the Meeting Strategy or Download the Final Report.
Where and when do ICANN meetings take place?
ICANN meetings are held three times each year in different regions of the globe to enable attendees from around the world to participate in person. Each ICANN Meeting held throughout the year has a different focus and duration. The meetings are known as Community Forum, Policy Forum, and Annual General Meeting (AGM).
You can see the list of the dates and locations for past and upcoming ICANN meetings at http://meetings.icann.org/calendar.

Secure Registry Operators Course 12 - 16 September 2022
2022-09-12 08:00 - 2022-09-16 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Secure Registry Operators Course is a 3 day (24 Hour) workshop that introduces ccTLD technical and operations staff to the security aspects of operating a registry. Attendees will learn principles of proactively securing their registries in addition to monitoring and response tactics through a structured approach guiding through creating a baseline, monitoring ongoing operations, detecting and analyzing cyber attacks, incident response, and recovery and mitigation strategies. The class architecture provides one registry network for every two participants allowing each small group to get a hands on experience as a primary method of instruction by enabling them to see attacks, use monitoring and detection tools to analyze those attacks and implement protective measures all LIVE on the in class network to emphasize real base lining , monitoring, detection, analysis and response

AfPIF 11
2022-08-01 08:00 - 2022-08-31 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
What is African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)?

The African Peering and Interconnection Forum addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent and provides participants with global and regional insights for maximising opportunities that will help grow Internet infrastructure and services in Africa.

Who Should Attend
The forum targets executives, Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), peering coordinators and business development managers from the African region, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and operators, telecommunications policy-makers and regulators, content providers, Internet Exchange Point (IXP) operators, infrastructure providers, data center managers, National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) as well as carriers and transit providers. The forum is planned as a non-profit event and international sponsorship and support have been sought to convene the event.

Advanced Registry Operations Course 20 - 24 June 2022
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-22
Advanced Registry Operations Course is a 40 Hour Course tailored for operators looking to build robust operations moving forwad into advanced installation and configuration topics. This course focuses on demonstrating a structured approach to network monitoring and management including further risk management plans. The course is highlighted by hands-on exercises to installation and configuration components beyond the “core”. Topics in this course include architecture, monitoring tools and scripting.

ICANN74 Policy Forum
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-16
ICANN73 to be Virtual Meeting, Board Affirms Intent to Hold Hybrid ICANN74
LOS ANGELES – 4 November 2021 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that ICANN73 will convene as a Virtual Community Forum Meeting due to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution and full rationale from the ICANN Board of Directors can be found here.

Africa Internet Summit 2022 (AIS''22)
2022-05-29 08:00 - 2022-06-10 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
The Africa Internet Summit (AIS) is an annual, regional, multi-stakeholder ICT conference. It is the pinnacle educational and business ICT event in Africa where key players in the Internet industry can interact with the global Internet community. Launched in The Gambia in 2012, the Summit consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums for sharing ICT knowledge within the African region.
The Summit aims to bring the ICT business and technical community in Africa together under one roof to discuss ICT issues and challenges.
The African Internet community, drawn from academia, public and private sectors, technical organisations, governmental institutions and civil society, interact on Internet issues and Internet development in general. Our audience benefits from various panels of international experts who deliver insightful knowledge of ICT technologies.
The range of topics spans mobile networking, applications, cybersecurity, cyber laws, Internet governance, ICT for development, research, civil and information society issues, and African ICT success stories.
This is an open platform for everyone. Join your peers as well as business and technical leaders for the Africa Internet Summit – the place for sharing knowledge and networking within the Africa ICT community.

Initial Registry Operators Course 28th - 29th March 2022
2022-03-28 - 2022-03-29
Initial Registry Operators Course is a 40 Hour course targeting new operators and those seeking a refresher on registry operations. The Course covers the basics of building and operating a registry and focuses on technology supporting business and resolution functions complemented by hands-on exercises to install and configure core components. Participants will be introduced to basic principals of risk management encompassing topics such as architecture , name servers, databases and operating systems.

ICANN 73 Virtual Community Forum
2022-03-07 - 2022-03-10
News & Information

ICANN73 Community Forum will be held virtually, 7-10 March 2022 (revised meeting dates). Read the announcement here.

All sessions will be conducted during regular working hours in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Atlantic Standard Time / UTC-4).
Prep Week will be held 22-24 February 2022. The Prep Week schedule can be previewed here.
The comprehensive schedule is now published. Registration and signing in will be required to sign up for sessions. Preview the full schedule here.
ICANN continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program. Learn more here. Application period closes 18 February 2022.

ICANN 72
2021-10-23 08:00 - 2021-10-28 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the third meeting in the three-meeting annual cycle, typically held in October or November. The duration of the AGM is six days, running from Saturday through Thursday.
The AGM includes time for internal SO/AC work and cross-community interaction, but the overall focus is to showcase ICANN’s work to a broader global audience, with more time dedicated to capacity building and leadership training sessions. The AGM is also where new members of the ICANN Board of Directors take their seats.
Who should attend?
ICANN meetings are all about participation, collaboration, and finding solutions to the small – and large – problems that the Internet constantly faces. The meetings are free and open to anyone who wishes to participate.
As a meeting participant, you could be from almost any profession and from any corner of the planet. ICANN is set up to allow everyone affected by its work – and that is pretty much everyone – to have a say in its processes.
To ensure that the organization stays flexible and changes to meet the needs and demands of a rapidly changing Internet, not only do the SOs, ACs, and the Board go through regular reviews, but ICANN also maintains a strong culture of general public participation.
Typical attendees include government representatives, business managers, IT managers and consultants, DNS industry managers and experts, intellectual property managers, academics, and others invested in the continuing stable, secure and resilient operation of the Internet. End users are also well represented.
If you cannot physically attend a meeting, ICANN offers a variety of services to ensure that the power of participation is just a click away.
Learn more at http://meetings.icann.org/remote-participation.
What are the registration fees?
Attendance at an ICANN meeting is free to the general public, although you will have to pay for your own travel and lodging.

9th Africa Domain Name System Forum 2021
2021-07-26 08:00 - 2021-07-27 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
WHY ATTEND

You will learn from international and regional field experts and industry stakeholders discussing the latest developments and issues in the global and regional domain marketplace.
You will participate with stakeholders from various sectors across Africa and the world, in discussions on opportunities for competitive growth in the Africa Domain Name industry.

Who Should Attend?

Individuals and organizations interested in the domain industry and related business. ccTLD registries, registrars (local and ICANN accredited), resellers, registrants, DNS experts, government representatives, ICT service providers, financial institutions, and academia. Domain name system investors drawn from the African continent and other parts of the world are also encouraged to attend

ICANN 71
2021-06-14 08:00 - 2021-06-17 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
ICANN Meetings have been central to ICANN’s multistakeholder model since its formation in 1998. They provide a venue for learning about ICANN, advancing policy work, conducting outreach, exchanging best practices, conducting business deals, and interacting with members of the ICANN community, Board, and organization.
Designed to meet a diverse range of needs for ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SO/ACs), staff, and newcomers alike, an average ICANN Meeting accepts more than 350 submissions to schedule in twelve simultaneous sessions spanning four to six days.

AFRINIC Policy Developement Process (PDP)
2021-06-02 08:00 - 2021-06-04 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
About AFRINIC
AFRINIC (See http://www.afrinic.net/) is the Regional Internet Registry for Africa headquartered in Ebene, Mauritius. It is responsible for the distribution and management of Internet number resources (IP address space and Autonomous System Numbers) in Africa and the Indian Ocean region. AFRINIC ensures equitable and efficient distribution of Internet number resources to the African Internet community to support Internet governance, technology usage and development across the continent.
Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s activities and the objective is to build competence within Africa in IPv6 adoption as well as associated technologies required to use internet number resources effectively. More on AFRINIC can be found at (see www.afrinic.net).

AF* Meeting
2021-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD – AROC, AfCHIX, ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet.

AFNOG Meeting 2021
2021-05-31 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Who Attends?
A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers, CSIRTs Engineers and Policy makers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and businesses.
Why Attend?

The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry
It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other.
It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT.
Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics

ICANN 70
2021-03-22 00:00 - 2021-04-25 17:00 (America/Mexico_City)
ICANN70 Community Forum will be held as a Virtual Public Meeting during the modified dates from 22-25 March 2021. Read the announcement here.
Sessions during ICANN70 will be held during regular working hours in Cancún, Mexico (EST / UTC-5, Chetumal).
Prep Week will be held 8-11 March 2021. The Prep Week schedule has been published and can be found here.
The Community Forum schedule will be published 1 March 2021.

To access the conference website click here

IETF 109
2020-11-15 08:00 - 2020-11-20 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
TBA

15th Internet Governance Forum
2020-11-02 08:00 - 2020-11-06 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 2 – 6 November 2020 under the overarching theme: Internet United.
Submit your feedback on the IGF 2019 and suggestions for improvements of the IGF 2020 by 10 January 2020.
The First IGF 2020 Open Consultations and MAG Meeting will be hosted at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 14 to 16 January 2020. Register to participate by 10 January through this form. Or register here to participate online.

ICANN 69
2020-10-17 08:00 - 2020-10-23 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Hamburg, Germany
22nd AGM Hamburg Germany

Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum
2020-08-18 08:00 - 2020-08-20 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Kigali, Rwanda
What is African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)?
The African Peering and Interconnection Forum addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent and provides participants with global and regional insights for maximising opportunities that will help grow Internet infrastructure and services in Africa.
Who Should Attend
The forum targets executives, Chief Technology Officers, peering coordinators and business development managers from the African region, Internet service providers and operators, telecommunications policy-makers and regulators, content providers, Internet exchange point (IXP) operators, infrastructure providers, data center managers, National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), carriers and transit providers, and [international financial organizations]. The forum is planned as a non-profit event and international sponsorship and support have been sought to convene the event.

IETF 108
2020-07-25 08:00 - 2020-07-31 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Madrid, Spain
IETF 108 Madrid
25 Jul 2020 – 31 Jul 2020
IETF 108 starts Saturday 25 July and runs through Friday afternoon, 31 July.

8th Africa Domain Name System Forum
2020-07-13 08:00 - 2020-07-15 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
The Africa Domain Name System Forum is an annual open event for stakeholders in the Domain Name Industry in Africa organized by Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD), the African Registrars Association, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
The objective of the three-day event is to help the Africa Domain Name Industry to grow at a competitive rate and ensure that the continent is on par with the rest of the world.
Africa DNS Forum targets registries, registrars, resellers, registrants, DNS experts, government representatives as well as entrepreneurs interested in investing in the Africa Domain Name industry.
More than 200 participants representing government, private sector, civil society, media and the technical community drawn from Africa and beyond are expected to participate in the Africa Domain Name System Forum. There will discussion highlighting the state of the domain name industry in Africa with an emphasis on current opportunities and challenges and how the same can be overcome.
This will be the seventh forum following events in Durban, South Africa (2013), Abuja, Nigeria (2014), Nairobi, Kenya (2015), Marrakech, Morocco (2016).
More information on the Africa Domain Name System Forum can be found here: www.dnsforum.africa

ICANN 68 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
2020-06-22 08:00 - 2020-06-25 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

AFRINIC 32
2020-06-10 08:00 - 2020-06-12 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo

Train the Trainers Workshop and Annual General Meeting
2020-06-08 08:00 - 2020-06-10 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo
EGISTRY OPERATIONS CURRICULUM
Train the trainer’s course
Course outline
0. Planning a training workshop
– Establishing level of subject material – IROC, SROC, AROC
– Selection of participants to be trainers
1. Teaching – methods and techniques
i) Preparation of Course Materials
ii) Delivery of Course Material – theory, exercises, hands on, practical’s
2. Preparation of Course Infrastructure
i) Setting up training labs through virtualization
3. Installation of Registry Software
i) Conducting training using Registry Software (FRED, CoCCA, DNS RGB)
ii) Running a boot camp.
4. Workshop evaluation
