ICANN71 Look Back

ICANN’s Senior Director, International Domain Names and Universal Acceptance Programs, Sarmad Hussain, discusses how the technical community, ICANN, and volunteers around the world have been working together to internationalize the Domain Name System (DNS) to promote linguistic diversity on the Internet.

ICANN will be opening a Request for Information (RFI) to better understand what may be commercially available in the marketplace to deliver some or all of the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure to Non-Public Registration Data (SSAD), including existing methods for identity verification. Click on the above title to find out more.

Rafik Dammak is one of the recipients of the ICANN 2021 Community Excellence Award. Marilyn Cade was also awarded posthumously for her dedication to the ICANN community. This award honors members of the ICANN community who have invested in consensus-based solutions and contributed in a substantive way to policymaking within the ICANN ecosystem. Click the link above to learn more about the award and this year’s recipients.

Public Meetings are central to our multistakeholder model. Our recent Public Meeting survey results show that the majority of the community is interested in returning to in-person meetings. Click the title to access our latest blog to learn more about the survey results.