− | '''ICANN 56''' is a forthcoming [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN Meeting]]. The meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Panama City, Panama in June 2016, but as a result of an outbreak of the Zika virus in Central America, ICANN announced that the meeting would move to a different country.<ref>https://meetings.icann.org/en ICANN Website. Retrieved 20 Mar 2016.</ref> ICANN plans on returning to Panama City for a future meeting. | + | '''ICANN 56''' is being held from June 27-30, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland at the Finlandia Hall Ltd. It is the second [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN Meeting]] of 2016, which according to ICANN's new meeting strategy, will be largely policy driven. The meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Panama City, Panama in June 2016, but as a result of an outbreak of the Zika virus in Central America, ICANN announced that the meeting would move to a different country.<ref>https://meetings.icann.org/en ICANN Website. Retrieved 20 Mar 2016.</ref> ICANN plans on returning to Panama City for a future meeting. |
− | The conference will occur June 27-30, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland at the Finlandia Hall Ltd. It will be [[Göran Marby]]'s first ICANN conference as CEO and President. | + | The conference will be [[Göran Marby]]'s first ICANN conference as CEO and President. |