The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will host an informational webinar titled Introduction to the New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Program: 2026 Round on 20 January 2026 at 08:00 UTC. This 60-minute webinar is designed for participants who are new to the domain name industry or unfamiliar with the New gTLD Program. [...]
Registration is now open for the next WSIS+20 virtual stakeholder consultation on the revised draft outcome document (Rev2). The session will take place on Monday, 8 December 2025 (07:00 EST, 12:00 UTC) and is organised by the Informal Multistakeholder Sounding Board (IMSB) in support of the WSIS+20 Co-Facilitators. Stakeholders are invited to provide targeted, paragraph-specific [...]
The LACNIC Technical Forum will take place during LACNIC 45, scheduled for 25–28 May 2026 in Panama. The Forum is a dedicated space within LACNIC’s annual event that brings together Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators, technical experts, and other stakeholders interested in internet technologies and policies in the Latin American and Caribbean region. It [...]
The ICANN85 Community Forum will be held from 7 to 12 March 2026 in Mumbai, India, with both in-person and online participation available. The meeting website is now live, and registration is open for all attendees. Participants planning to join on-site must register by 6 March 2026. As the final ICANN Public Meeting before the [...]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will host two events in Accra, Ghana, on 9 and 10 December 2025 under the titles Africa Engagement Forum and the Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum. These events bring African stakeholders into dialogue on internet governance, technical innovation, and the future of the DNS. The Africa Engagement Forum [...]
The AU-EU Civil Society and Youth Forum will take place from 20 to 21 November 2025 in Luanda, Angola. The event will be held in English. This Forum brings together 100 representatives of civil society and youth from Africa and Europe. Its purpose is to encourage dialogue, share perspectives on key regional issues, and develop [...]
The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) will convene its 2025–2026 inter-sessional panel on 17 November 2025 in Room XVI at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The gathering will bring together government delegations, international organisations, technical experts, and other stakeholders to examine this year’s priority theme: how science, technology, and [...]
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs will hold a virtual stakeholder consultation on the revised draft outcome document (Rev1) for the WSIS+20 review on 14 November 2025 at 8:00 a.m. EST. The meeting follows General Assembly resolution A/RES/79/277 and provides an opportunity for governments, international organisations, the technical community, private sector actors, [...]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2025 (WTDC-25) in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 17 to 28, 2025. Hosted by the Government of Azerbaijan, the event will bring together representatives from governments, regulators, industry, academia, and civil society to discuss priorities for advancing global telecommunications and digital development. WTDC-25 will [...]
Bread&Net, SMEX’s annual digital rights unconference for West Asia & North Africa, returns in person to Beirut from Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 October 2025. The three-day programme features hands-on workshops, panels, and community sessions across tracks including digital rights 101, privacy and data governance, freedom of expression and information controls, surveillance and transnational repression, [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
