Engagement Calendar

Annual European Summer School on Internet Governance (EuroSSIG), and 20th anniversary meeting of EuroSSIG alumni.

ICANN staff attending as faculty. Interested potential students see: https://eurossig.eu/eurossig/2026-edition/call-for-applications/

The CANTO Annual Conference is the Caribbean’s premier telecommunications and digital technology gathering - a powerhouse platform where leaders, innovators, and change-makers unite to shape the region’s digital future. This flagship event brings together policy makers, global tech champions, operators, solution providers, and strategic partners ...

Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in collaboration with the National Directorate of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Communication Services (DINATEL) of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay, this regional seminar will be held in Montevideo from 12-13 August 2026 to promote the development of young ...

The Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) is a regional, non-hierarchical, multi-stakeholder forum initiated by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in 2005 to coordinate a regional approach to Internet Governance (IG), initially focussed on the ...

The Caribbean Youth Internet Governance Forum (CYIGF) is a regional, multi-stakeholder forum, initiated by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, to coordinate regional views, interests and challenges of youth within the Caribbean. 

The first CYIGF took place in 2022, and was planned and facilitated by Caribbean youth that attended the ...

ICANN Near You is a regional engagement initiative designed to bring ICANN closer to local stakeholders through in-country activities that combine technical capacity building, policy awareness, and stakeholder outreach.

The Dominican Republic edition will bring together key actors from across the Internet ecosystem, including Internet ...

The ICANN DNS root zone Key Signing Key (KSK) rollover is scheduled for October 11, 2026. On this date, the new cryptographic trust anchor (KSK-2024) will be used to sign the root zone for the first time. This event is vital to the security of DNSSEC-validating resolvers worldwide.

The National Conference on IT (NCIT) 2026 is a technology conference in Fiji organized by the Fiji National University. This platform will build on dialogue and collaboration amongst innovators, industry leaders, policymakers, educators, entrepreneurs, and emerging technology professionals from across Fiji and the Pacific.

The primary objective of the workshop is to strengthen participants' understanding of DNS Abuse, its impact on the security and stability of the Internet, and the roles and responsibilities of the different stakeholders involved in its mitigation. Organized in collaboration with the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) and the ...

This workshop on DNS Operations and DNSSEC is for the mobile network operators and ISPs operating in Tunisia.

The Hawaiʻi School on Internet Governance is a regional School of Internet Governance and part of the Dynamic Coalition on Schools of Internet Governance. Our purpose is to raise awareness and build capacity about digital technologies within the Hawaiʻi and Pacific ...

The meeting will apprise stakeholders of the upcoming series of regional and international meetings taking place in the next quarter of 2026. The Secretariat has invited partner organisations to present a brief on each meeting to demonstrate the importance of Caribbean representation at all major decision-making ...

Within the framework of PCC.I, the Final Preparatory Meeting of CITEL for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-26) will be held from September 7 to 11, 2026. As this will be the FINAL MEETING of the Working Group on the Plenipotentiary Conference (WGPP), and in accordance with the established ...

The annual regional school on Internet Governance takes place in Beirut, Lebanon. The purpose is to attract a cohort of participants who can move in to become active in IG related processes.

Slovenian Network Operators Group meeting

The Uganda DNS Forum is a multi-stakeholder platform dedicated to strengthening Uganda’s Domain Name System (DNS) ecosystem through policy dialogue, technical capacity building, research, and community engagement.

Croatian Network Operators Group

The capacity-development event in Puerto Rico is part of ICANN’s strategic objective to provide hands-on training to foster knowledge sharing, skills development, and technical engagement. This marks the third consecutive year that ICANN has delivered these sessions to students, ...

This 3-day workshop will teach participants Internet Governance and Digital Transformation. As a local SIG, the discussions will revolve around local needs and priorities in the digital era.

This is a closed event, and participants will be invited by the Saudi Arabian Internet Society.

As the CTU’s premier annual event, ICT Week provides a platform for regional and international stakeholders to exchange ideas, share best practices and shape digital policy and development across the Caribbean. 

The 2026 edition is particularly significant as it serves as a strategic prelude to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 ...