Dates: 2 November - 9 November 2019
Location: Montréal, Canada


ICANN 66 was an annual general meeting, held in November in Montréal, Canada. ICANN 66 had 1,894 attendees (956 from North America, 543 attending for the first time). There were 328 sessions and an average of 49 people attending each.[1]

After ICANN 17, ICANN 24 and ICANN 45, ICANN 66 was the fourth ICANN meeting in Canada and the second time in Montréal.

Sessions edit

ASO edit

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), and the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) signed a revised ASO Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN. The revised MoU incorporates recommendations from the 2017 organizational review of the ASO.

ccNSO edit

  • appointed Barbara Povše (.si) as Chair of the ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee.
  • entered Next phase of the PDP of the selection of IDN ccTLD strings and amendment of Article 10 of the ICANN Bylaws to include IDN ccTLDs in the ccNSO.
  • Approved the IANA Naming Function Service Level Agreement change.
  • published IDN/Label Generation Ruleset Tables.
  • Supported the requested Fundamental Bylaw change for Section 18.7 of the ICANN Bylaws.
  • decided to begin a review and harmonization of the charters and terms of reference of all ccNSO working groups and committees.
  • The ccNSO Triage Committee led a project and work plan to guide ccNSO prioritization efforts.

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