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Domain and trademark events
Where Domgate has met the domain and trademark community, and the coming ICANN, INTA and registry events.
Where has Domgate met the industry?
Our team has attended ICANN, INTA, APNIC and domain industry meetings to meet registries, partners and clients, and to keep up with the policies that shape country code domains. Each event below links to our article about it in the news.
2026
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ICANN87 Annual General Meeting
Bali International Convention Centre, Bali, Indonesia, 17 to 22 October 2026. Stifan Hiwale, our Business Development Head, met Domgate's partners, as well as registries and registrars, to discuss country code domains and long-term partnerships. The ccNSO presented the draft report of its Disaster Recovery Study Group, on the role of IANA when a ccTLD registry can no longer operate.
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APNIC 62
Mumbai, India, 4 to 10 September 2026. Stifan Hiwale, our Business Development Head, attended the conference, whose workshops and sessions covered network security, IPv6 and DNSSEC. Our report
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CloudFest 2026
Europa-Park, Rust, Germany, 23 to 26 March 2026. Philippe Boos, our CEO and founder, met industry leaders, existing clients and new prospects at this event for cloud computing, domains and hosting. Our report
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ICANN85 Community Forum
Mumbai, India, 7 to 12 March 2026. Our report covers the ccTLD work discussed there: the ccTLD retirement policy, the ccNSO review mechanism and IDN ccTLDs.
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Domain Summit Africa 2026
Nairobi, Kenya, 23 and 24 February 2026. Stifan Hiwale spoke on a panel about bringing African ccTLDs to the international market, and Domgate had a booth. Our report
2025
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ICANN84 Annual General Meeting
Dublin, Ireland, 25 to 30 October 2025. Philippe Boos and Stifan Hiwale met existing partners and new contacts from around the world. Our report
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Domain Summit Europe 2025
Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom, 2 and 3 September 2025. Philippe Boos gave a talk on trademarks and domain names, and why a business needs both. The talk, our report
2023
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Domain Days Dubai 2023
Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1 and 2 November 2023, the first edition of the event. Philippe Boos was on the programme to speak about brand protection in the session “Policy, Abuse & Intellectual Property in the DNS”. Our announcement
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INTA 2023 Annual Meeting Live+
Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore, 16 to 20 May 2023, and its online part, 27 to 29 June 2023. Stifan Hiwale attended sessions on trademark law, artificial intelligence and ccTLDs in Singapore, then the online meeting. Singapore, the online meeting
Our news also sums up the ccTLD topics of ICANN86, the Policy Forum held in Seville from 8 to 11 June 2026.
Which events are coming up for ccTLD and brand owners?
The coming meetings of ICANN, INTA, ccTLD registries and the domain industry, from October 2026 to May 2027. Dates and places come from each organiser’s website, read on 8 October 2026. Organisers can change them, so check their page before you travel. These events are run by their organisers, not by Domgate.
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INTA 2026 Leadership Meeting
17 to 20 November 2026, Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Attendance is limited to INTA’s committee members, its Board and a few other listed groups, such as representatives of government intellectual property offices. inta.org
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Domain Summit Asia 2026
6 and 7 December 2026, Holiday Inn Bangkok Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand, with the .asia registry as regional partner. domainsummit.com
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Domain Summit Africa 2027
18 and 19 January 2027, Diani Beach, Kenya, co-hosted by KeNIC, the .ke registry. The organiser still lists it as in preparation, with the venue to be confirmed. Domgate went to the 2026 edition in Nairobi. domainsummit.com
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AI & IP: Protecting Brands and Powering Innovation in the Digital Economy (Europe)
An INTA conference, 1 and 2 February 2027, Brussels, Belgium. inta.org
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APTLD91 & AGM
15 to 18 February 2027, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia, in person and online. The meeting of APTLD, the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association, an organisation for ccTLD registries in the Asia Pacific region. aptld.events
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APRICOT 2027 and APNIC 63
Hong Kong: APRICOT from 24 February to 4 March 2027, with APNIC 63 from 28 February to 4 March. Domgate went to APNIC 62 in Mumbai. conference.apnic.net
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Domain pulse 2027
25 and 26 February 2027, scalaria Event Resort, St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Austria. A German-language conference on domains and the internet, organised by the .at, .de and .ch registries (nic.at, DENIC and SWITCH), which host it in turn. nic.at hosts the 2027 edition, and its event team answers questions about it. The programme includes a panel with the heads of the three registries. domainpulse.at
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ICANN88 Community Forum
13 to 18 March 2027, Lisbon, Portugal. The first of ICANN’s three meetings of the year. meetings.icann.org
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CloudFest Global 2027
15 to 18 March 2027, Europa-Park, Rust, Germany. Philippe Boos went to the 2026 edition. cloudfest.com
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AI & IP: Protecting Brands and Powering Innovation in the Digital Economy (Americas)
An INTA conference, 17 and 18 March 2027, New York City, United States. inta.org
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INTA 2027 Annual Meeting
8 to 12 May 2027, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, United States. INTA’s 2027 calendar invites industry leaders, brand owners, government officials and service providers to a week of discussions on the future of intellectual property. inta.org
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Events: frequent questions
Follow our news: it reports on the events our team attends, and it announced our presence at ICANN84 in Dublin a month before the meeting. To meet our team, book a meeting.
Yes. ICANN states that its meetings are free and open to anyone who wishes to take part; participants pay their own travel and lodging, and can also take part online. Among typical attendees, ICANN lists domain industry experts and intellectual property managers. Source: ICANN.
At ICANN meetings, where the ccNSO brings together ccTLD managers from around the world to share their experiences, and develops global policies for ccTLDs, such as their retirement. At the meetings of regional associations, such as APTLD in the Asia Pacific region and CENTR in Europe. And at events whose programme registries prepare, such as Baltic Domain Days (by the .lv, .lt and .ee registries), or that registries host, such as Domain pulse, which the .at, .de and .ch registries host in turn (nic.at in 2027).
INTA, the International Trademark Association, holds its Annual Meeting from 8 to 12 May 2027 in San Diego, for industry leaders, brand owners, government officials and service providers. It also holds two conferences on artificial intelligence and intellectual property, in Brussels on 1 and 2 February 2027 and in New York on 17 and 18 March 2027. Its Leadership Meeting, from 17 to 20 November 2026 in Phoenix, is limited to its committee members, its Board and a few other listed groups. ICANN also counts intellectual property managers among the typical attendees of its meetings.
Use the Book a meeting button on our contact page: it opens our team’s booking page. You can also write to [email protected].
From each organiser’s own website, read on 8 October 2026. For past events, Domgate’s presence comes from our own news articles. Organisers can change dates and venues: check their page before you book travel.
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