The 14th meeting of ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Latin Script Diacritics Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group will take place on Wednesday, 30 July 2025, at 13:15 UTC, and will run for 75 minutes. This session will continue the group’s work on developing policy recommendations concerning the delegation of top-level domain names (TLDs) [...]
In 2025, a UN process will review the implementation of outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Twenty years after the finalisation of the summit (which was held in two phases, in Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005), the WSIS+20 review process will take stock of the progress made in the [...]
ICANN’s 84th Annual General Meeting will be held from 25 to 30 October 2025 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Ireland. The meeting will follow a hybrid format, allowing in-person and virtual participation. The six-day programme will include sessions focused on ICANN’s ongoing work, with additional time dedicated to capacity development and leadership training. As [...]
The annual Internet Engineering Task Force meeting, IETF 117, will be held from 19 to 25 July 2025 in Madrid, Spain, with online participation also available. A key feature of the event will be the IETF Hackathon and IETF Codesprint, scheduled for the weekend of 19–20 July 2025. These sessions will offer participants the opportunity to collaborate [...]
The AI for Good Global Summit is the main event of the AI for Good platform, organised by ITU in partnership with more than 53 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland. In 2025, the summit will be held from 8 to 11 July in Geneva, Switzerland and feature 3 events: AI for Good Global [...]
The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) will hold its eleventh substantive session on 7-11 July 2025 in New York, the USA. This will be the final session of the group’s work. The OEWG was established in 2021 by UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/75/240. The group is tasked to continue to develop the rules, norms, and principles of responsible [...]
The 2025 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, branded as the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, will take place from 7 to 11 July in Geneva, Switzerland. This gathering marks twenty years since the original WSIS meetings held in Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. The event is co-hosted by [...]
ICANN’s GNSO Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee will hold its 36th meeting on Monday, 23 June 2025, starting at 17:30 UTC and lasting 60 minutes. The committee, formed by the GNSO Council, is tasked with assessing the RDRS pilot and preparing recommendations for possible future policy development related to access to domain registration [...]
ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council will convene its next meeting on Thursday, 10 July 2025, beginning at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST). The session is expected to last around 2 hours and will continue the Council’s ongoing work on key policy decisions affecting the gTLD space. The Council, as the principal policymaking body within ICANN for [...]
The eleventh meeting of ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Latin Script Diacritics Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group will take place on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, at 13:15 UTC, and will run for 75 minutes. This session will continue the group's work on developing policy recommendations concerning the delegation of top-level domain names (TLDs) [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
