The 124th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will take place from Saturday, November 1, to Friday, November 7, 2025, at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, Canada. The event will bring together global experts from academia, industry, and the technical community to advance open standards and protocols that make the internet [...]
In the lead-up to the IV CELAC–EU Summit (9–10 November 2025), the LAC–EU Civil Society Forum will bring together civil society organisations from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union to exchange perspectives on shared global challenges and bi-regional cooperation. Building on the 2023 EU–Latin America & the Caribbean Forum: Partners in Change, this [...]
Member States and stakeholders are invited to participate in two-day informal stakeholder consultations on the review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, with the aim to providing comments to the Zero Draft. The informal consultations will precede the 2nd Preparatory Meeting, which will take place on 15 October [...]
The 2025 International AI Standards Summit is scheduled to take place on December 2–3, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea. This global event is jointly organised by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with hosting support from the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS). The summit aims [...]
The AI Policy Summit advances to its sixth edition in 2025. The 6th AI Policy Summit continues the multistakeholder dialogue with leading experts to explore the use of public policy and societal engagement in capturing the benefits of artificial intelligence, minimising its risks, and enhancing its adoption. This year’s conference presents a unique opportunity for [...]
The European Commission will hold its second Global Gateway Forum on 8 October 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. This panel will offer an opportunity to examine the initiative from another perspective, focusing on its concrete impacts in areas such as energy, mining, climate, and infrastructure. Speakers will include representatives from the European Parliament as well as [...]
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 [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
