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And Vancouver added to ICANN meeting schedule — Seville, Muscat

And Vancouver added to ICANN meeting schedule — Seville, Muscat

ICANN discloses locations for upcoming meetings.

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Mark your calendars — ICANN now has locations for its next five meetings.

It had previously disclosed that ICANN85, the Community Forum, will take place in Mumbai, March 7-12, 2026.

ICANN86, the Policy Forum, will be in Seville, Spain, June 8-11, 2026. The most recent ICANN meeting in Spain was in Barcelona in 2018.

ICANN87, the Annual General Meeting, will be in Muscat, Oman, October 17-22, 2026. This is immediately following the Domain Days conference. It’s a replacement for this year’s planned meeting in Muscat, which was moved to Dublin due to conflict in the Middle East.

ICANN had also previously disclosed that ICANN88 will take place in Lisbon, March 13-18, 2027.

This stretch, it disclosed that ICANN89, the Policy Forum, will be in Vancouver, Canada, June 14-17, 2027.

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