The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen@ICANN Program at the ICANN84 Annual General Meeting. An independent committee selected the NextGen@ICANN84 participants based on their current studies and interest in Internet governance-related fields.
ICANN has announced a change in the location of ICANN84. The Annual General Meeting, originally scheduled to take place in Muscat, Oman, will now be held in Dublin, Ireland. The dates of the meeting remain unchanged and are set for 25–30 October 2025. ICANN84 will be a hybrid meeting to accommodate both in-person and virtual participation.
The 12 NextGen@ICANN participants attend universities in the Asia Pacific region, where they study engineering, political science, technology, and other relevant subjects. As the meeting is taking place in a different region than originally planned, participants who wish to defer to the next ICANN Public Meeting in the APAC region, taking place in Mumbai, India in March 2026, will have the option to do so.
NextGen@ICANN84 participants:
| Ahmad Umair Suhaidi | Universiti Tenaga Nasional |
| Anupam Gautam | Tribhuvan University |
| Areeba Shahid | University of Punjab |
| Arshia Rifat | University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore |
| Khun Sint Wai | Rangsit University |
| Kushagra Singh | National Forensic Sciences University |
| Mohammed Sajid | University of the South Pacific |
| Om Prakash Sharma | Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus |
| Sadichchha Silwal | Tribhuvan University |
| Saksham Jain | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| Shashi Raj | National Forensic Sciences University |
| Sowmyashree SM | Indian Institute of Information Technology |
For more information, visit the NextGen@ICANN Program website.